30"or 33" dish? - ABA DSS

dangerous.dan · June 27th, 2009

I amlooking to purchase a new dish to chk out true fta on birds galaxy 10r-123w&intelsat americas 5-97w.is it possible to use 2 linear lnbs on this dish and be able to receive both birds?I am using a VsUlite for a receiver.I am in N.America(Mich.)It seems these birds each have programing that I would like to have.I need to know if I can do this with just one dish and what typ of mount?for the linear lnb?I am really new to this and ANY help is greatly appreciated!!

**tnp12** · June 27th, 2009

check out the true fta forum for more info on this subject, Im not sure if you can get a bracket to get more than one true fta sat or not but I do know you can get a motor and get them all!

**satmaxx** · June 27th, 2009

can't go too big on the dish size; for standard LNB setup 20 degrees of separation between SATs is about the maximum; after that you need some custom LNB brackets to allow further adjustment; as per TNP12 suggestion, there's tons of dish setup info on here some w/pix of custom brackets;

**gibahca** · June 27th, 2009

a motor sounds much better and it works very well but vsULITE and all models from VS are not the best ones to get true fta sat's.
My own exp.LOL
you should check olders receivers like coolsat5k.

zoogor · June 27th, 2009

i agree with the motor route. 33 inch dish with motor and get several sats rather than 1 or two.

**bill of oz** · June 27th, 2009

you would never be able to get 97w and 123w both on a stationary 30-33 inch dish with quality good enough for regular viewing.....the further your LNBs are off center of the dish, the more the Q drops.....this is even more noticeable on the "H" TPs cause they are affected more as you get closer to the edge of the dish.....and the focal point gets smaller and smaller.....

i have managed to get these two birds on a stationary 1.2m dish using a fully adjustable LNB bracket.....i pointed the dish at 110W first then lowered the elevation by about 4-5 degrees.....i then removed the 110 lnb and mounted two linear LNBs (one on each side of the main holder)......no lnb in the main holder (on the arm)......

i will warn you ahead of time.....this was EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to aim these LNBs even for somebody who is VERY experienced as myself.....unless you have ALOT of experience aiming dishes then i would not even recommend trying this......it is very time consuming and frusterating......

as others have said, you might wanna consider a motor......

**Victor Hugo** · June 28th, 2009

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Originally Posted by dangerous.dan

I amlooking to purchase a new dish to chk out true fta on birds galaxy 10r-123w&intelsat americas 5-97w.is it possible to use 2 linear lnbs on this dish and be able to receive both birds?I am using a VsUlite for a receiver.I am in N.America(Mich.)It seems these birds each have programing that I would like to have.I need to know if I can do this with just one dish and what typ of mount?for the linear lnb?I am really new to this and ANY help is greatly appreciated!!

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**slowboy** · June 28th, 2009

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