lnb install

[bigevil69]

Originally Posted by madman1611

ahhhhhhhhh.. i bought a regular type LNB.. $20 down the drain

not really you can always get an old dtv dish off that auction site and use that lnb and point at another sat

[creativegenius]

No forget the bracket .... use a muffler clamp or some extra long and strong tie straps like so:


Luckily an LNB is about 9 degrees in width (perfect for this app).

Creative Genius

[creativegenius]

My buddy's set up uses the above LNB arrangement (although we used tie straps) it's been working for a while (rain, snow, sun etc ...) no issues.


Creative Genius

[madman1611]

that is truly genius, creativegenius! i'm gonna give that a try first because I a lot of muffler clumps lying around the house. would this hold up though in severe weather conditions?

[creativegenius]

Yeah its good in the weather ... you should have no problems.
Later on, you can always make it look a bit sexier

Creative Genius

[madman1611]

ahhh.. crap.. you know what i just realized, the bell express view dish is actually pointing to 61.5.. arggggg and the other ariza dish is pointed at 110. my question now is guys, can i hook on Y Yoke to the ariza dish and install two lnbs on that dish? the two dishes seem rougly the same size.

[bigevil69]

should work the same

[creativegenius]

Your ariza dish is an eliptical one correct? (i.e., curved) measures about 18 x 24"?

Creative Genius

[madman1611]

yes, i believe so. it says ariza on it. and it is curved. don't know the exact measurements though

[creativegenius]

That will be fine :-)

If you really want to get organized get one of these, this is what I meant about make it sexy later



Creative Genius

[madman1611]

alrigght guys, HUGE problem here. i desperately need some help. okay, so the dish that is pointed at 61.5 W, which is a bell express view, i took off the lnb to just try out a ocuple of things. didn't touch the dish whatsoever! now when i hook back on the lnb, with the Y Yoke and everything... on my receiver it just says "searching signal.." and i get 14% strength and 0 quality. i didn't even touch the dish!! still i made like mm adjustments and no change in signal whatsoever... please guys i really wanna get this running, my family is going crazy lol

[bigevil69]

adding the Y yoke to a dish and moving the lnb that is already set throws off the aim of the lnb since it is in a different position

[madman1611]

i put the lnb back into the exact slot it was on before in the Y Yoke. but anyways, so how would i fix tihs?? i really wanna get this up and running. **** maybe, i shouldn't of had touched this dish stuff.. but i really didn't wanna have to pay $50 to hook up an lnb arggg

[bigevil69]

you will need to try to get it back to the old settings by tweeking the dish

[madman1611]

so some major adjustments or minor? could it be a problem with the switch?

[bigevil69]

did you turn off the back switch on receiver before unhooking the cable

[madman1611]

noo i did not

[bigevil69]

then you may have fried the disq switch if you are using one

[madman1611]

i don't think its fried though. because my other sat pointed to 110 is also hooked onto the 4X1 diseqc switch and works flawlessly. with signal strengths of 85+ ....so what still could be the reason for no signal on 61.5?

[madman1611]

and how do i go bout fixing the problem