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I've been using a commercial 6' DH solid for ku band for over 4 1/2 years with less then adequate results. I've seen people posting better signal quality while using a 39" dish. From the start I had to modify the lnb bracket holder and the tread on 2 of the 3 arms snapped off. I have changed about 10 feeds in an attempt at improving signal quality but to no avail. Finally, I spent 3 hours the other day skewing and tweaking and finally have decided to give up on this dish. My sat bud in Montreal just happens to have an 8' fortec brand new in the box and I bought it today. I'll take a truck home with me next week and hopefully have it installed by next weekend with the help of my ever sat knowledgable neighbour. This dish has 2 coax coming into my basement and I've decided to slap on a ku/c band lnbf and will post results in comparison to my DH dish.

I will post my signal quality on my azbox on all ku sats on my band as is; manhattan and openbox signal quality meters are a bit suspect and unreliable. Keep in mind that the signal quality on an azbox receiver is usually about 10% less then most fta receivers. Can't wait to see the results. Here's a picture of the dish:


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I can't wait to finally get a dish which is going to show me the signal quality that it should. Just as a comparison I'm going to document my signal quality on all ku sats and would like to hear from others as to what sq they are getting.
 
No problem Costa, once your setup I'd be happy to post my signal Q from my 39" dish to compare.
 
I'm going to give it to my satguy where I'm picking up the 8' fortec, lower the cost some what.
 
Good stuff.. Nice that you have the existing pole to mount the new one. should be a pretty easy setup..what kind of motor are you using with it ?
 
My neighbour helped in the refurbishing of a VonWeise actuator, it'll take the place of the venture I was using.
 
Costactc said:
My neighbour helped in the refurbishing of a VonWeise actuator, it'll take the place of the venture I was using.
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Nothing but the best...This should be interesting...that is a huge dish for just KU...What model LNB are you going to be using..
 
Actually I'm planning to use it for c band also, I only have ku in the basement. I'm thinking about a bsc621-2d lnbf for universal on the Atlantic sats but not a priority.
 
Costactc said:
Actually I'm planning to use it for c band also, I only have ku in the basement. I'm thinking about a bsc621-2d lnbf for universal on the Atlantic sats but not a priority.
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Nice, that's the LNB I'm using on the 7.5...works well for C-Band, but can't get the damn thing to work at all for KU...
 
My neighbour is using an lnbf that is about 20 years old and he's picking up about 99% signal quality on all ku sats on his 10' bud. He purchased the dmx741 lnbf and his ku signal quality went down big time. I'll have to ask him what he's using.
 
I managed to scan my sats before removing the 6' solid and noting my signal quality on 1 tp from each sat. Considering it's a 6' solid, my signal quality should be 99% on all sats but an azbox receiver will show lower signal quality:

Telstar 12-15w 11712 58%
Hispasat 1c/d/e-30w 11884 66%
Amazonas 2-61w 11734 94%
Amc 6-72w 12055 84%
Horizons 2- 74w 12060 98%
Amc 9- 83w 11735 70%
Amc 16-85w 11784 46%
Ses 2-87w 11716 100%
Galaxy 28-89w 11955 85%
Galaxy 17- 91w 11950 58%
Galaxy 25- 93.1w 11920 53%
Galaxy 3- 95w 11780 86%
Galaxy 19-97w 11789 70%
Galaxy 16-99w 11809 40%
Ses 1-101w 12060 44%
Amc 1-103w 11946 59%
Amc 15-105w 11856 49%


That's as far as I went. It'll be interesting to see the results with the 8' solid.
 
I got bad news on Monday when my sat dude said that the 8' wouldn't be dropped off until next Wednesday. I don't trust mother nature as real cold temps should start soon so I scrambled, with the help of my neighbour, to install his old 6' startrack mesh dish- reason why I haven't been on too much lately. We're still making the final adjustments and I'll post the results and keep the 8' fortec for next Spring. I have a bsc621-2 slapped on the 6' dish and my refurbished VonWeise jack.
 
Something to look forward to in the Spring, just wanted to make sure I wasn't left high and dry on my basement setup and ku band.
 
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