Primestar Dish Set-up

[turbosat]

Great pics Cbandlover, A-1 install there. I liked the cicada story too, lol. Those things have an interesting story, live in the ground for like 16years before they emerge.

 

[iafirebuff]

I would just like to ad in case this has not been brought up,but make sure to mark with a sharpie or the likes the position on the pole and on the dish. This way if you ever move things, you can quickly go back to a known spot

 

[Sadoun]

Is this primestar dish similar in size to our 36" x 27" Channel Master (Globecast branded) elliptical dish? It looks like the same lnb is used also.

The CM dish has a smaller pole mount 2" vs. 2 5/8"? for the primestar.

 

[ChuckBoozer]

One other question:

I have a long run from my dish to the receiver - using a 125 ft. RG6 coaxial cable to run from my dish to the garage and then connecting to another 25 ft. cable fished through the wall to my bonus room upstairs.

Should I consider using an in-line amplifier with this length of cabling to improve signal quality?

 

[iafirebuff]

I would think you should be ok without one.

 

[ChuckBoozer]

Well, I went ahead and purchased the single output Hughes LNB to test with my set-up to see if it performs any better than the original Primestar LNB. I also like the idea of the single coaxial output.

A couple more questions:

1. How do the noise figures compare between the two LNB's?
2. Will I be able to skew the Hughes LNB similar to my current "dove bar" set-up?

Any help would be appreciated - no matter what, I will be anxious to see how the signal quality compares between the two.

 

[gabshere]

the way it works best for me is to use the feedhorn that goes with the dish , it should be able to swap with the removal of four bolts . It should be skewable some lnb's were some weren't.

 

[ChuckBoozer]

I know you are just getting started, but like someone said, you will get hooked quick, and when you do, you will want a motor to move that thing. When that time comes, I would like to recommend the Stab 100, as it is very beefy and stable, and the dish mount will slide right over it with minor modification.

Not to get ahead of you. But it is something I am sure you will get to--this hobby is awesome, especially for feeds, obviously. : )

Already thinking about it!

By the way, what are the minor modifications you reference re: the dish mount?