OTHER Question about using a Directv Satellite Dish with a FTA reciever.
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Ok, I will try that, although the holder I am currently using is actually just rubber gearties & "The Handyman's Secret Weapon" Duct Tape.
Put the original LNBF back on the dish and make a template (cardboard, foil or other material) that will allow you to place the new LNBF center of the throat opening at the exact position, height from the arm, distance from the reflector and angle into the reflector. Install the new LNBF so that the center of the feedhorn cap is at the EXACT position as the original DirecTV. Rotate the LNBF skew in the clamp to match the skew angle provided for the target satellite on www.dishpointer.com.
I tried it out & the signal quality is still at 0%. According to Dishpointer, I have too many obstacles to the South of me & that I need to have the dish about, at least, 9ft off of the ground.
I also found out that, according to this website, that the satellite dish has to, at least, be mounted to a vertically upright pole. The pole I am currently using doesn't quite fit the base, a well as the mount on the back of the dish as well. Also, the ground under the base is not perfectly flat. As a result of all of this, the dish leans quite a bit. I think I might need to get a LNB bracket as well. What kind of bracket could I get to use on the dish (DirecTV Slimline dish.)
Fixed, but Sat Hit sounds right though. Go there to find stuff to hit that satellite.
There are no commercial solutions or "happy accident will-fits" to mounting a linear LNB to a Slimline. Some have done as well as can be expected by shimming and bending up a universal mount.
It is imperative (as Titanium stated in post #45) that the linear LNB horn be at the same general location (and at the same angle to the feed arm) that the original DIRECTV LNB assembly was or the LNB won't be where the signal is being focused. This can further compromise a solution that is already suffering from being marginal due to the reflector size (lack thereof really).
There is a relatively small element (less than an inch long) inside the feed horn that needs to pick up all the signal it can get and that can't happen if the element isn't at the focus of the dish.
I found this video of a guy doing something similar with a DirecTV Slimline dish like what I am trying to do.
He gives a good basic explanation of the process. A little slim on the fine details but enough to get you started on a proper install.
I was wondering, what kind of LNB bracket the guy in the video is using.He gives a good basic explanation of the process. A little slim on the fine details but enough to get you started on a proper install.
I use this kind. Works great and inexpensivet!
UNIVERSAL SINGLE LNB BRACKET HOLDER MOUNT for 40 or 30mm LNB FTA Satellite Dish | eBay
Ok, Thank you. I thought it was something like that.I use this kind. Works great and inexpensivet!
UNIVERSAL SINGLE LNB BRACKET HOLDER MOUNT for 40 or 30mm LNB FTA Satellite Dish | eBay
You rotate the whole dish assembly on the pole.
I'm still not able to get anything. There is a hill, some buildings & trees to the South of me that may be blocking the signals. I can't get the signal quality meter to register anything. I've tried raising the dish above 9ft & it still won't work. It could be that the pole & stand that I am using are not stable enough.
Also, I am wondering, what is the cheapest C\Ku band dish there is.
Also, I am wondering, what is the cheapest C\Ku band dish there is.
