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<blockquote data-quote="a33" data-source="post: 1027179" data-attributes="member: 332642">To which point the LNB 'is looking' is not the most important thing (though you really can win a few percent with the LNB pointing exactly to the 'G-spot' of the antenna!).Most important thing is that the Phase center of the feedhorn of the LNB is exactly in the focal point of the dish.The way you manipulate the LNB-arm with stones doesn't sound like stable positioning at the focal point?When the LNB is not at the focal point, the dish has to be (fine)tuned again to reflect the satellite signals of 30W to the spot where the LNB is now, at the expense of losing some of your signalquality.So when you want to receive weak transponders: check if the LNB-feedhorn really is in the focal point. Usually (but by no means allways) the manufacturers make the LNBarm in such a way, that the arm should not be manipulated extra...Greetz,A33</blockquote>

[QUOTE="a33, post: 1027179, member: 332642"] To which point the LNB 'is looking' is not the most important thing (though you really can win a few percent with the LNB pointing exactly to the 'G-spot' of the antenna!). [B]Most important thing is that the Phase center of the feedhorn of the LNB is exactly in the focal point of the dish.[/B] The way you manipulate the LNB-arm with stones doesn't sound like stable positioning at the focal point? When the LNB is not at the focal point, the dish has to be (fine)tuned again to reflect the satellite signals of 30W to the spot where the LNB is now, at the expense of losing some of your signalquality. So when you want to receive weak transponders: check if the LNB-feedhorn really is in the focal point. Usually (but by no means allways) the manufacturers make the LNBarm in such a way, that the arm should not be manipulated extra... Greetz, A33 [/QUOTE]

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