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Message: <blockquote data-quote="guest poster" data-source="post: 432317" data-attributes="member: 262401">You sound well up so some of this will be obvious, so apologies for that.. Definitely ditto rd100...Test the LNBs view by going round the edge of the dish with material that will definitely block the signal and not reflect it either- A4 piece of thick card? .. .. That is 50mm in, 100mm in etc… until the signal lowers etc and monitor the signal ‘quality’ on the TP on a monitor showing the sat picture and signal bars ‘at the dish’ as well as a meter (and try a reflective piece of a4 ali mesh or tin foil etc.. moulded to the dish curve… just outside the rim of the dish to see if the LNB is seeing outside the dish area… . The signal should go up noticeably - loss can come from the LNB seeing noise outside the dish area.Remove the LNB from its holder and move it around and in and out on the same axis to check the lnb’s focal point matches the dish’s although its hard sometimes to distinguish this from loss from the lnb’s view being out. Check that the LNB support arms and holder are true.. They are really flimsy. Try the lnb’s off your other dishes… on the 1.8 and visa versa.. Double check that the 1.8’s position hasn’t got obstructions or reflections that the other dishes don’t- What about a laser level/digital measure to check the LNB feed horn cone match to the dish? They are cheap enough now… and you don‘t need to touch the dish / lnb etc. We use one for getting pole’s vertical after calibrating it exactly on a string line indoors- no wind problems although we still check it with a string line.and don't forget to try  <a href="mailto:tech_support@fortecstar.com">tech_support@fortecstar.com</a>All obvious stuff I know……but hope some of that’s useful.</blockquote>

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