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I have a prime focus dish. I have always used "C" band. Today I decided to hook up the Ku side of the lnb and play with it. At first, I thought perhaps the Ku side of the lnb was not working because I couldn't get signal from any linear polarized transponders. I then pointed at 121w and could receiv...

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I am enjoying my V7.

Does anyone know of good IKS for America. Looking at 111W at the moment.

Anyone know of a good IKS for ku - AnikF3 119W ?

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My prime focus is 71" wide x 24" deep

Ill see if I can get my hands on a linkbox LNB

Thats a good idea using the sun and a mirror to check your shape (and also LNB alignment).

A laser tape measure pointing through your scaler ring hole could do a similar task.

So with that said the V7 refrences the softcam.key file (or firmware) and does not do a autoroll. An autoroll is where the receiver automatically harvests the new key from the transport stream. Based on what you said, Im assuming the V7 does not harvest the new key from the transport stream.

When you insert an inline booster 20db Freq 900-2400Mhz into a C-Band LNB feed, you can increase your quality by 2-4%

I saw my CBand quality on some frequencies increase from 31% to 35%

What does your satellite rig consist of?

Im currently playing with a .96 offset dish and a 6ft mesh prime.

Can anyone recommend a Ku ONLY LNB for a prime focus dish? I would like to run some Ku tests comparing the signal strength differences of a 6ft mesh prime focus vs a .96m offset Ku dish. Im curious if some frequencys will do better on one dish or another. Also curious if one dish will respond better...

I did happen to notice the LNB was not pointing dead center. I bent the rods holding the scaler ring and immediately saw an improvement. I then rechecked my elevation on my direct south satellite and got a little more improvement in signal. Does solid metal dishes get better signal than mesh dishes?

Does the V7 autoroll? If so, why does it need a softcam.key file?

You can make a simple 9 pin null modem cable. Pins 2 & 3 swap. and pin 5 is straight through. The other pins dont get used in this simple version.

Hi There. Ive got a small 6ft mesh. Im located in central California and for me 125W is slightly off from direct south from my location. A few transponders come in great such as 125W 3960 H 29270 @ 27% quality and 125W 4080 H 30000 @ 31% quality. Some transponders do not come in so well such as 125W...

113W is amazing for latin america channels. Lots to choose from.

A tone finder is my biggest friend. It helps allot to find sats that have power on their transponders turned down or if you are on a fringe area. Ill spend an entire afternoon looking for new satellite configurations. Ill leave the sat tone box inline for the whole day while I am playing with pointi...

Hello. Can someone send me the latest N. America softcam list?

Thank you kindly.