You're doing it wrong

[Panavision]

I've had my Fortec 1.2m dish for a few years. And during that time, I've thought the performance was okay at best. The other day I was going through the FTA equipment review section to see what others thought of the dish. Iceberg's review was informative and insightful. Mostly, it was eye-opening, however, because it made me realize that I've had my LNB holder on the wrong way!

Here's how I had my LNB before




Here's how it SHOULD be



I've got this dish dedicated for 103w. The maximum quality on NBC was 77%. Sometimes the picture would break up if the quality got down to 70%. Now, I'm getting NBC at 85%. I guess there's always something new to learn. Either that, or follow the instructions.

 

[KE4EST]

I've done this forever and am always learning something.

 

[Stargazer]

Reminds me of a service call I just did recently. The Glorystar lnb was not skewed at all! I don't think they got all their channels in. Previous tech did not do it right. Also seen a Dish 500 close to me for a while not have any skew set on it.

 

[Tron]

Its surprising that the LNBF was receiving well enough at that height to get 70-77 Q on NBC. Those TPs are somewhat weak as it is.

 

[Mr Tony]

maybe the larger dish helped bring them in even with the compensated LNB setup

 

[Kraven]

I did the exact same thing last fall. Couldn't understand why I wasn't getting a decent signal.

Cheers, K