Ka Ku main lnb shield?

[rstokas]

My new 5lnb dish looks a bit different. On the big lnb I only have a the shield over the left half of the lnb. I saw photos with the shield going all the way around the 101/103/99 lnb on other photos


Is mine defective?

 

[hdtvtechno]

http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/669/at59detzooma7wz.gif

 

[charper1]

You may have seen protptype photos; maybe a few photos from different vendors as DirecTV was getting ready to place orders before they choose a specific design/vendor.

 

[rstokas]

i saw the guys on dbstalk.com and his has the whole shield. mine covers only the left side. its like its half broken off, but its not!

 

[charper1]

can you share his photo with us?

 

[hdtvtechno]

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showpost.php?p=414116&postcount=70

 

[charper1]

Those are yours, but I was wanting the pics of the one he is referring to.

 

[rstokas]

lnb

I dont have a digital camera, but I looked today and the shield is cracked in half. The installer must not have cared because it did not affect the signal.

The shield covers the left top portion of the lnb but not the right. Poor install.

When they installed the dish the 110/119 lnb did not work. They spent forever trying to peak the 101 which they did at 81 on the D20, which is good.

However when the replaced the broken 110/119 lnb they never repeaked the 101! Also the main lnb shield was broke.

I have a service call Sat. to replace the 101/103/99 lnb with a non-craked one and to get the dish peaked.


Will my signal be higher with a non-craked shield? What is the shield for? snow and rain?

 

[hdtvtechno]

rstokas what was your Tech ID # ?
it should say on the pink Apex work order paper the tech left you

 

[little dish guy]

You should have a complete shield, it was put there for a reason. It's more important to see if the main cover is cracked or compromised, which could let moisture in the feed. The signal should not be affected because the shield is not in the signal path, they are to keep rain and snow off the business end of the feed.
Bob