Hey all, I got into FTA because my mom wanted korean language programming. So I got a receiver and dish from tantv.com (the asia network - channels on AMC4) and set it up on my mom's roof, with the help of iceberg and a few others on this very helpful forum.
Here's my issue. I bought 2 powersat lnbs from tantv and also bought 2 fortec lnbs from sadoun.
My mom's dish originally had a powersat lnb on it but I had to replace it with a fortec lnb this past week because the powersat crapped out: loss of signal quality until it completely crapped out a few weeks ago...
I also installed korean tv at my friend's house last week because his wife wanted the programming. We set it up fine a week ago today with a powersat lnb (same as on my mom's roof) and it worked great initially, had a 70% signal quality on 11860 (anything over a 30 is a clean picture). But a few days later it crapped out, and my friend was on his roof trying to regain the signal but no luck. He told me that when he went up there, nothing seemed loose or out of place, which I was pretty sure of because I made sure to lock everything down pretty snug. Still, he tried pointing the dish again, still can't get a signal quality over 10 percent.
So now I'm thinking: I bought 4 lnbs and two of them have apparently crapped out. Is this normal? Am I not doing something right? Do I need to weatherproof these things with silicone caulk before mounting them? Do I need to buy a quality/more expensive lnb?
Or is it just me? I don't think so, I've installed about 5-6 dishes so far and while not an expert, I think I know how to lock in a signal - for example, when I replaced my mom's lnb this past week, I was up on that roof for the better part of two hours with the old lnb (not fun in 40 degree weather) before I finally gave up and tried the new lnb: bam, in under 5 minutes I got a 60 signal quality on 11860. So I'm thinking it's the lnb and not me, but I figured I'd post my story here and see what more experienced people have to say, if any one else has had a similar experience and/or can tell me what went wrong and what I need to do in the future to avoid such frustrations...
Here's my issue. I bought 2 powersat lnbs from tantv and also bought 2 fortec lnbs from sadoun.
My mom's dish originally had a powersat lnb on it but I had to replace it with a fortec lnb this past week because the powersat crapped out: loss of signal quality until it completely crapped out a few weeks ago...
I also installed korean tv at my friend's house last week because his wife wanted the programming. We set it up fine a week ago today with a powersat lnb (same as on my mom's roof) and it worked great initially, had a 70% signal quality on 11860 (anything over a 30 is a clean picture). But a few days later it crapped out, and my friend was on his roof trying to regain the signal but no luck. He told me that when he went up there, nothing seemed loose or out of place, which I was pretty sure of because I made sure to lock everything down pretty snug. Still, he tried pointing the dish again, still can't get a signal quality over 10 percent.
So now I'm thinking: I bought 4 lnbs and two of them have apparently crapped out. Is this normal? Am I not doing something right? Do I need to weatherproof these things with silicone caulk before mounting them? Do I need to buy a quality/more expensive lnb?
Or is it just me? I don't think so, I've installed about 5-6 dishes so far and while not an expert, I think I know how to lock in a signal - for example, when I replaced my mom's lnb this past week, I was up on that roof for the better part of two hours with the old lnb (not fun in 40 degree weather) before I finally gave up and tried the new lnb: bam, in under 5 minutes I got a 60 signal quality on 11860. So I'm thinking it's the lnb and not me, but I figured I'd post my story here and see what more experienced people have to say, if any one else has had a similar experience and/or can tell me what went wrong and what I need to do in the future to avoid such frustrations...