Is it possible or am i beating a dead horse trying to line this 31"up to T5 ,the dish is the one i got with my Lifetime system(it is a fortec dish with Universal Lnb model FSKU-v)<starting to figure its to small for reception where i live
i am located in winnipeg ,manitoba ,canada
just want to make sure before i waste any more time , as i have had no luck at all ,the Birdog sat finder you guys sell is looking real good at this point in time ,he he
I am new to this KU setup ,i have only setup bev,dishnet and dtv before(to easy) ,what am looking for in the foot print ? or is there somewhere i can read about it first without asking to many stupid questions
You should look for your location in the footprint. 30 inch for Winnipeg seems to be small. You should be able to pick up a signal from T5 but don't be disappointed if the quality reading is below 50%. If you want better signal, try a 1 meter dish. It should do it.
Yes; the lower the reading the larger the dish required; you just follow the lines through your location and see what reading it falls into; if it is in the higher number circle than a smaller dish is OK; but as you move away from the center of the footprint the signal gets weaker.
Winnipeg is located between the 46 DB and 44 DB Line.
46 DB = 76 cm dish antenna
44 DB = 1 Meter Dish Antenna
So I recommend you use a 1 meter antenna or bigger. You will be able to get signal from T5 with a 30 inch dish but weak transponders won't response. You'll have quality readings of ~ 40 % or less. I'm in Quebec City and the footprints here is 46 db. I have a 30 inch old round star choice dish with non-stacked flashlight type LNB. I get 76% signal strength and the Quality start from 25% on weak transponders and goes to a maximum of 70% on very high powered transponders (12152 H and 11749 V).
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