I recently had a self-installed 3 LNB oval upgraded to a AU9S KaKu 5 LNB Slimline by Direct Tech New England and I must say that the rain haze issue that had plagued my old Dish is all but a distant memory! :allthumbs
When I pointed my old dish, I always had high signal readings on the A & B satelltites, but the C was mid 80's at best and usually in the 60's and 70's. That was the best I could do. Even a moderate rain storm would knock out most of my channels and always the HD ones. The SD locals seemed to be pretty rock solid, but anything on the C dish was usually toast relatively quickly. Even my OTA antenna outperformed them. Right now we are in the midst of the fallout from a tropical depression and it's been rock solid with only a "Searching on tuner two 771..." message briefly and rarely. My old setup would be gone by now, without a doubt.
Is it typical for this new Slimline 5 LNB dish to reduce or eliminate this problem? My Father-in-law got the older, bigger, uglier AT9 version and his goes out all the time (which was one of the reasons I avoided this witch until I was all but forced to). I realize his look at the SW may be less ideal then mine but...
BTW, my new dish is pretty much in the same exact place my 3LNB stood and nothing in the environment has been changed (e.g. trees, etc.). The tech couldn't get on top to use the built in level on the mast, as it's at the peak of my roof, so I gave him a small two foot level and it seems to be working great.
When I pointed my old dish, I always had high signal readings on the A & B satelltites, but the C was mid 80's at best and usually in the 60's and 70's. That was the best I could do. Even a moderate rain storm would knock out most of my channels and always the HD ones. The SD locals seemed to be pretty rock solid, but anything on the C dish was usually toast relatively quickly. Even my OTA antenna outperformed them. Right now we are in the midst of the fallout from a tropical depression and it's been rock solid with only a "Searching on tuner two 771..." message briefly and rarely. My old setup would be gone by now, without a doubt.
Is it typical for this new Slimline 5 LNB dish to reduce or eliminate this problem? My Father-in-law got the older, bigger, uglier AT9 version and his goes out all the time (which was one of the reasons I avoided this witch until I was all but forced to). I realize his look at the SW may be less ideal then mine but...
BTW, my new dish is pretty much in the same exact place my 3LNB stood and nothing in the environment has been changed (e.g. trees, etc.). The tech couldn't get on top to use the built in level on the mast, as it's at the peak of my roof, so I gave him a small two foot level and it seems to be working great.
