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    Dish upgrade(ish)

    after the high winds a month or so ago my motor on my dish got busted, so i'm planning new system.... motor, 85cm dish but what lnb should I look to get.I live in the north east of england...

    hope someone can give me some advice on this please

    cheers

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    Security Admin echelon's Avatar
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    any of the usual suspects , inverto , invacom , mti , sharp , humax etc

    I bought the Inverto Twin 0.2 Universal LNB myself last summer for mine

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    Am I correct in thinking the lower the db the better... so 0.2db is better than 0.3db or is it the other way round?

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    no, your correct - but depending on manufacturer - a 0.3 "could" be better than a 0.2

    its all swings and roundabouts.

    invacom is a good compromise.

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    Take the noise figure with a pinch of salt.

    If you get this months what satellite in it they have tested a number of LNB's and marked them.

    The smart titanium won.

    I have here the twin titanium and its very good, I also have the sharp and that again is very good.

    As for the dish if you can afford it then get a Fracarro 85cm dish, its a strange shape but I have just replaced my 110cm televes dish with one and along with the smart titanium lnbf its working great on moteck motor

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    Hi
    But note
    In case whitch Motor you use it can be necessary to use a Single LNB
    for Exampel: I use a DISEqC 1.2 Stab Rotor and this one Work´s only with a Single LNB
    I guess the Inverto LNB is good choice.

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    a stab rotor can work with any lnb , single , dual , quad

    my last lnb on my stab 1.2 was a quad sly lnb for a while and it worked fine , and before that a single invacom

    a dual lnb will work on a motor , as I said in post 2

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    check out this months what sat for lnb tests smart titanium cam out on top, as stated above just loking for a c120 version.

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    Quote Originally Posted by echelon View Post
    a stab rotor can work with any lnb , single , dual , quad

    my last lnb on my stab 1.2 was a quad sly lnb for a while and it worked fine , and before that a single invacom

    a dual lnb will work on a motor , as I said in post 2
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    Maybe your Rotor,but my Rotor is a few Year´s Old(6-7 year´s) and he Work´s only with a Single LNB and he has never Worked with a Twin or even with a Quad.In fact of the Low Power he can not Move the Twin or Quad.

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    what happens, as your motor gets old it draws more current and a twin or quad lmb also draws more current than a single lmb..
    thats why i always recommend a 36volt motor system if somebody wants a motorised satellite.. hassle free viewing ..

    the best dish is a channel master 1.2 and a polar mount 18" motor..
    Last edited by icum; 23-04-2008 at 01:04 AM.

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    the power to the lnb is cut when the motor moves so makes no difference if you use a quad lnb or single one

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