Sat Radar 30" Dish

[stickyfingers]

Guys, I need a bit a of help. I have a buddy of mine who wants to setup a 30" Sat Radar dish to be used to get 121W sat. Attached are the pics of this dish:
http://www.hotel197.com/testsite/sat_radar1.jpg
http://www.hotel197.com/testsite/sat_radar2.jpg
http://www.hotel197.com/testsite/sat_radar3.jpg
http://www.hotel197.com/testsite/sat_radar4.jpg

We tried a few times but we can't get any signal. So, can we use this dish and do we have the correct LNB?

Using a 4900 receiver. I wanted to put a regular LNB to find 119 as 121 is fairly near and then switch to the original LNB. But the arm of this dish is so skinny that I can't get the regular dish LNB to work.

Thanks in advance!

[stickyfingers]

anyone? or screw this and get a new dish?

[RoofleChicken]

It appears that you have a FSS LNB and the dish size is correct. Did you account for the skew for the 121? I can't tell from the pictures if the skew adjustment is on the dish itself or on the LNB but I do see hashmarks on the LNB which suggests to me that the skew is on the LNB. If the skew isn't right you won't be able to hit the satellite. Remember that the 121 is a low power bird and is somewhat tricky to hit. It appears to me that your setup would work and I'm thinking it' just a matter of adjustment. Good luck!

[stickyfingers]

It appears that you have a FSS LNB and the dish size is correct. Did you account for the skew for the 121? I can't tell from the pictures if the skew adjustment is on the dish itself or on the LNB but I do see hashmarks on the LNB which suggests to me that the skew is on the LNB. If the skew isn't right you won't be able to hit the satellite. Remember that the 121 is a low power bird and is somewhat tricky to hit. It appears to me that your setup would work and I'm thinking it' just a matter of adjustment. Good luck!

Hmm, tried playing with the LNB but that didn't work either. The dish itself does not allow me to skew (the way its built), I can only change the azmuith and the elevation. I'll try the LNB again.

Thanks for the reply.

[tester293]

As rooflechicken said, rotate the lnb to adjust skew.........

[stickyfingers]

Will try that tonight.

Thanks guys!

[leet83]

polarization to the lnb should be set somwhere near 40 to 45 degrees from center.....it is a stacked LNB so twisting it too much or too little will only get you either H or V transponders....
you can put a normal LNB on that dish by putting some electrical tape around the feedhorn of the standard LNB.....good luck

[nelfort]

put a regular dtv lnb on that and hit 119 then swap lnb back to ku then fine tune

[nelfort]

I have the exact same dish.....take the screw and nut off to disconnect black plastic lnb holder from arm...........spread the plastic open remove the KU lnb and you should've got a adapter when you got that dish for thinner lnb's put the DTV lnb in there and hit 119 once hitting 119 swap the lnb back to KU and botton of LNB should be at about 4-5 O'clock.................


you could be there for says trying to hit 121 without trying the 119 method

[stickyfingers]

I have the exact same dish.....take the screw and nut off to disconnect black plastic lnb holder from arm...........spread the plastic open remove the KU lnb and you should've got a adapter when you got that dish for thinner lnb's put the DTV lnb in there and hit 119 once hitting 119 swap the lnb back to KU and botton of LNB should be at about 4-5 O'clock.................


you could be there for says trying to hit 121 without trying the 119 method

Thanks man. I'll try this out tomorrow and cross my fingers, get it going.