I have an older CalAmp AU9 dish next to my newer WNC SlimLine. They're both optimally aligned and the AU9 reads about 5-10pts lower on the Ka-band transponders. No noticabled reception differences between the two dishes.
Question for AU9 Installers
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Actually, someone here did post a comparison of the Eagle Aspen, the Andrew, and the WNC Slimline LNB's a while back, and the WNC was not the "hottest" one. They were all pretty close, though. I think the conclusion about the CA situation was that the D10 signals in CA were comparable to everywhere else, it was just that the installations there were mostly all Calamps - a lot of AT-9's and quite a few Slimlines as well. At the time, most of the other LNB's reporting were WNC's, and it was pretty clear that the WNC's were easily running 5-10 pts higher and sometimes more.
There are also different versions of the WNC LNB. I've used a Ver. 1, 1C, and 1D, and I can't tell any noticeable difference between them, signal strength-wise, but I haven't done any serious comparison. There's probably something on the internet somewhere that documents these revisions, but it's probably in Chinese.
There are also different versions of the WNC LNB. I've used a Ver. 1, 1C, and 1D, and I can't tell any noticeable difference between them, signal strength-wise, but I haven't done any serious comparison. There's probably something on the internet somewhere that documents these revisions, but it's probably in Chinese.
I already pulled my sidecar off... the connections crumbled away when I did so, so that was a one-way operation. The sidecar plastic had pretty much completely turned light beige from its original grey (the 99/101/103 LNB plastic housing didn't do this).
I am planning to run it like this as long as I get guide data OK without seeing the 119 sat (seems to be some mixed info on whether or not that's possible for extended periods). If this ends up not working long term, I'll either put up my SlimLine5 or eliminate rain fade altogether and go with the AK/HI setup. So far I'm still getting high 80s and low 90s on the Ka sats, and rain fade is not common but still occurs to some degree in almost all passing thunderstorms (since this is Florida, that's more often than I'd like).
Come to think of it, though, rain fade was worse on the locals, and they were coming from 119 and the bum sidecar. I'll have to pay attention the next time weather comes through, and see how "broke" it is before I decide to "fix it".
I am planning to run it like this as long as I get guide data OK without seeing the 119 sat (seems to be some mixed info on whether or not that's possible for extended periods). If this ends up not working long term, I'll either put up my SlimLine5 or eliminate rain fade altogether and go with the AK/HI setup. So far I'm still getting high 80s and low 90s on the Ka sats, and rain fade is not common but still occurs to some degree in almost all passing thunderstorms (since this is Florida, that's more often than I'd like).
Come to think of it, though, rain fade was worse on the locals, and they were coming from 119 and the bum sidecar. I'll have to pay attention the next time weather comes through, and see how "broke" it is before I decide to "fix it".
Thanks to VOSDirac said:
I have an AU9 spare but I'm tempted to put it into service since it's a better looking dish IMO. I didn't get a bug up my butt to do it this past weekend so it will probably wait.
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