I dont have another receiver but the customer is going to find/borrow one
this week

My former boss I havent seen in 15years, he worked in radar systems setup
and maintenance in the military for ? years then had 2 successful satellite
shops in the 80s. I worked close with him, when he said a dish had some
problem or diagnosed something, I recall in about 10 years he was right
about 100% of the time. So I know that he was very good and customers knew
it.

But we went different ways because the markets just changed, people used to
pay $ to fix tvs and stuff, then they went to the small dish, which didnt
move and seemed to work well. tvs and vcrs are disposable, you cant charge
$200 to fix stuff these days that costs $89 at Circuit City to buy new

Back in the day, my former boss would have all kinds of extra receivers but
when you sell the shops and have to get rid of inventory?

I like the older C band systems but have direct tv, if people can afford it?
its easy and the pix is great

I mean the ABC that comes in on G5, the dish will not move, I only need to
position it on ONE satellite. Other satellites may have worked better but
still had some static.

Right, the dish is not damaged, its been in one location for many years, its
tight and the inclination bolt clearly hasnt been moved in years; the feed
is clean, there are no trees, no phone poles, nothing in the sky its a clear
shot to where its pointed

Thats a great website thanks. Nobody seems to know what reflects microwave
noise. If Verizon installed a microwave repeater 6 months ago? I want to
build something to block the microwaves

so I figured a 4x8 CDX, coated with aluminum foil on one side, then sheet
metal, will work. Im going to try this after we try another receiver and
bypass the cables

If the power supply was vershtunken? Well I havent measured the voltage to
the LNB I dont get many calls for C band anymore. But some channels are
clear with a sharp pix. espn is clear but with lots of white it makes
noise. Is there a word for that? I dont think its white noise its like
the video bleeds over into the audio band when the video is peaking


"majortom" wrote in message
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Hmmm, Do you have or can you borrow another Known Good Receiver???
That might eliminate a possible receiver problem. Ur buddy while as
experienced as he may
be, probably is just brushing ya off to go digital. If he's as
experienced as ya say he outta
have something lying around you could try. If not he may not be as
experienced as ya think???.

When you say the ABC channels, are you referring to the "in the clear'
ABC feeds
on T6 (AKA Intel Americas 6)?? Or the Subcription ABC Networks from
Denver on F1 or
WKRN on AMC3?? I too have an antenna that's almost as old as I, but it
does fairly well
on G5. My main problems are due to obstructions, although some of what
I said before
applies to me as well.

I have noticed the WSEE signal on AMC3 (W3) which is rather high in the
sky for me and free
from obstructions has gotten very crummy lately. While the rest of that
same sat is fine. That's why
I mentioned that digital signals on adjacent satellites can cause
interference when usiing older mesh
antennas that just don't have the tight & narrow beamwidth of modern
antennas.

You may have the lowest noise temperature LNB available, and it won't
do you any good whatsoevr if
the antenna has a crummy noise figure itself, or is otherwise "out of
shape in any way". Look for dents in
the mesh, signs of the dish being warperd out of round, etc...check the
alignment of the feed for
correct focus, etc...

The following is a good link, has some notes on checking for those
sorts of defects..

http://www.geo-orbit.org/sizepgs/tun...l#anchor469886

Hope it helps...If nothing else you'll learn something reading it.