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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Advice on 1.9m prime focus dish & 4.8'e
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<blockquote data-quote="trev1978" data-source="post: 1030902" data-attributes="member: 369429"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>I had an official standard definition Viasat sub to 4.8' and was able to pull in the northern beam using my 1.9m prime focus- however my signal was weak and i did get picture breakup in the evenings. Viasat changed to HD boxes in the summer and i haven't as yet renewed the sub as I wasn't confident of pulling the HD channels as I assumed i would need a much stronger signal for this. I was never 100% happy with my dish setup and i have have been making some improvement. There was a slight warp in the dish which I have now corrected (divide dish into 12 segments with fishing line) and I discovered that the LNB wasn't 100 % centred on the dish. I am hoping that correcting these two items will help to bump of the signal.</p><p></p><p>I have a small portable standard def signal meter. Could anyone advise on what would be a good TP for me to max out the signal to. My meter won't read the HD sports channels that I am actually looking for.</p><p></p><p>Also when I set up the dish 6 years ago I bought both invacom and inverto blank LNB's. I ended up using the inverto as from memory it was pulling better quality on the horizontals. Has there been any further developments in LNB's for prime focus dishes? I am using the invacom scalar feedhorn.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p></p><p>Trev</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trev1978, post: 1030902, member: 369429"] Hi all, I had an official standard definition Viasat sub to 4.8' and was able to pull in the northern beam using my 1.9m prime focus- however my signal was weak and i did get picture breakup in the evenings. Viasat changed to HD boxes in the summer and i haven't as yet renewed the sub as I wasn't confident of pulling the HD channels as I assumed i would need a much stronger signal for this. I was never 100% happy with my dish setup and i have have been making some improvement. There was a slight warp in the dish which I have now corrected (divide dish into 12 segments with fishing line) and I discovered that the LNB wasn't 100 % centred on the dish. I am hoping that correcting these two items will help to bump of the signal. I have a small portable standard def signal meter. Could anyone advise on what would be a good TP for me to max out the signal to. My meter won't read the HD sports channels that I am actually looking for. Also when I set up the dish 6 years ago I bought both invacom and inverto blank LNB's. I ended up using the inverto as from memory it was pulling better quality on the horizontals. Has there been any further developments in LNB's for prime focus dishes? I am using the invacom scalar feedhorn. Thanks, Trev [/QUOTE]
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