Fortec Receivers: DIY Installation Guide

[Sadoun]

We have updated the quick DIY installation guides for the Fortec Receivers.

Click on the model you have to read the instructions:

1- Fortec Star Lifetime CLASSIC NA (also Platinum, and FS5400NA)
2- Fortec Star Lifetime ULTRA
3- Fortec Star 5900
4- Fortec Star DVB-786NA (also 786v2, 786v3)

 

[pestie]

That's a very handy guide, but I have a question. Isn't it the case that the LNB skew on a fixed dish depends on the location of the satellite in the arc vs. your longitude? Are the numbers you gave just for a fixed dish pointed at IA5? I seem to remember a calculator somewhere on your site that let you put in your latitutde/longitude and it computed the azimuth, elevation and LNB skew (something I've never seen in other such calculators) necessary for a given FTA sat.

 

[PSB]

Give us your zip code and we can give you all those angles!

 

[Sadoun]

Isn't it the case that the LNB skew on a fixed dish depends on the location of the satellite in the arc vs. your longitude? Are the numbers you gave just for a fixed dish pointed at IA5? .

Yes, that is correct.

I seem to remember a calculator somewhere on your site that let you put in your latitutde/longitude and it computed the azimuth, elevation and LNB skew (something I've never seen in other such calculators) necessary for a given FTA sat

Yes, it is still there: http://sadoun.com/Sat/Installation/Satellite-Heading-Calculator.htm

 

[pestie]

Thanks! That LNB angle calculator allowed me to get a good 20% improvement in signal quality over my "run outside, move the LNB a little, run back in to check it" method I was using before. I have some software which computes az/el numbers, but not LNB angle, so I was just trial-and-erroring my way to a better signal before I found that page.

My girlfriend informed me that my Fortec Lifetime Classic from Sadoun just arrived today - I think I know what I'll be doing after work.