Earlier this year I posted info about my attempts to receive StarChoice HD programming in Phoenix. Without the help of members here, I never would have reached this point.
My goal was to watch only F2 HD programming with a single dish/lnbf. After getting a replacement for a faulty 505A receiver, I had some success, primarily with watching only F1.
Watching programming while pointing at F2 only proved to be difficult at best. Often the good receiver would display a "loss of signal" and eventually lockup the box.
KuSat sort of dumped me after the second receiver didn't work. They all of a sudden took the position that unless I had two lnbf/dishes tied together with a 22khz switch, that it probably wouldn't work. My biggest complaint about their position was that they should have told be earlier. I told them what I was going to do.
Anyway, I added a 75cm lnbf/dish along with a switch to the existing 90cm lnbf/dish and so far everything seems to be okay.
The signal strength is not consistant day after day, which might mean the satellite is wandering a little. I use the 90cm dish on F2. I've never gotten the signal strenth on F2 to measure as high as F1 signal strength, so I put the bigger dish on the weaker signal.
I believe the problem with trying to point to only F2 may be associated with the lower signal strength. At some point is seems, the signal would get low enough to cause problems with the receiver.
I've been working on this since January and so far I have not made it two continuous weeks without a problem. So I'm not going to claim success yet.
If anyone is wondering, the F1 lnbf goes to the 22khz input of the switch and the F2 lnbf goes to the 0khz input.
My goal was to watch only F2 HD programming with a single dish/lnbf. After getting a replacement for a faulty 505A receiver, I had some success, primarily with watching only F1.
Watching programming while pointing at F2 only proved to be difficult at best. Often the good receiver would display a "loss of signal" and eventually lockup the box.
KuSat sort of dumped me after the second receiver didn't work. They all of a sudden took the position that unless I had two lnbf/dishes tied together with a 22khz switch, that it probably wouldn't work. My biggest complaint about their position was that they should have told be earlier. I told them what I was going to do.
Anyway, I added a 75cm lnbf/dish along with a switch to the existing 90cm lnbf/dish and so far everything seems to be okay.
The signal strength is not consistant day after day, which might mean the satellite is wandering a little. I use the 90cm dish on F2. I've never gotten the signal strenth on F2 to measure as high as F1 signal strength, so I put the bigger dish on the weaker signal.
I believe the problem with trying to point to only F2 may be associated with the lower signal strength. At some point is seems, the signal would get low enough to cause problems with the receiver.
I've been working on this since January and so far I have not made it two continuous weeks without a problem. So I'm not going to claim success yet.
If anyone is wondering, the F1 lnbf goes to the 22khz input of the switch and the F2 lnbf goes to the 0khz input.
