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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zorch" data-source="post: 809194" data-attributes="member: 262469">Hi Captain Jack, nelson_b, aceb et al,@Captain JackYou've done a very nice job there mate... however there are a few issues that I would be a bit wary of... but please don't take any of my observations as criticism mate... far from it... I can't do anything like this myself now due to health problems... I wish I still could...From looking at your pictures... the sturdiness of the mounting pole and place of installation looks to be a bit insubstantial to me... as a comparison... my Fibo was professionally installed 18 years ago and was mounted on a cast-iron drainpipe (which is protected from the elements by means of industrial lagging) ...the drainpipe has no give in it whatsoever... and it was secured vertically to an exterior wall (rather than base mounted) by means of three massive T-brackets which are about a foot apart... and the installers used the biggest masonry bolts I had ever seen...Myself personally... I wouldn't have modded/replaced the original polar mount... I have never modded anything on my dish... there are still numerous Fibo enthusiasts around who could have helped you out with a replacement Fibo 36v motor if yours was no longer in working order... and if you had added limit switches to the arc part of the mount... you could have then used DiSEqC 1.2 positioning and converted the commands from your receiver to 36v via a V-Box or an Aston Interface etc. etc.I also have had terrible trouble with that tiny (Hex/Allen key) grub screw on the feed horn... it will not come loose... therefore I have only tried/used C120 flange LNB's on my dish... the Inverto Black Pro is very good... it knocked spots off the Invacom SNF-031 which I tried for a week or so... before it came off for good...I suspect (suspect) that your Fibo dish is under-performing due to LNB focus issues and also issues arising from the exact/precise elevation/declination of the dish due to it's stability and the modification/replacement of the original polar mount... I have found the original mounts to very very accurate...As I said at the start of my post... please don't take any of my observations as criticism mate... the installation of any Fibo dish has to be both very sturdy and very precise... even with ones that have had no modifications done to them... but I'm sure you will persevere though... and you will eventually get the results you are looking for/expecting from the dish...BTWYour Fibo dish is exactly the same as mine... it was re-branded as an SCT Highway back in the day... yours seems to have lost the logo stickers from the face of the dish and the sub-reflector... mine are still in place although they have now been bleached white by the sun...I hope you get it sorted mate... it will be well worth the effort...!!Best Wishes,Zorch</blockquote>

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