Upgrades

[flyfish]

Currently, I have the basic FTA package of the Fortec receiver, hh90 motor, and 80 cm dish. What sort of quality and will I be able to bring in a few more channels with a 100 cm dish? Also, some of my FTA channels say no or bad signal. By upgrading to a 100 cm dish, will this remedy this problem? Let me add that I have the .4dB lnbf and was also thinking of going to the .3dB quad circular. I live in San Antonio and am able to scan from 58 all the way to 145 degrees.

[brentb636]

I'd say it depends on your location. If you are in Central US and toward the south, your system may be adequate. You'll always get more signal strength with a larger dish, however. I live in Central Michigan with a 80 cm dish system and wish I had at least a 90 cm, just for that added margin of signal strength. I am able, to capture TV from 61W to "not quite" 148 W ( limit of motor ) and its a treat.
As for the "black" and "no signal" channels, frequently some of these transponders are only active for short periods of time ( to conserve power when not in use) and your receiver may catch them during a blind scan, but later they're not in use.

My gut advice is at least get a 90cm dish and a low noise LNBF . Your HH90 motor will handle the Fortec Star 90 , but might be small for anything larger.

:-)