Slimline 5 + SWM 8 Install

Looks real nice and neat. Not sure but from this angle the line to the house seems to flow into the SWM and might give moisture issues. But like I said the angle of the pic might make it look worse then it is.

Oh, Good Call, so you think I should have the cable curve up from the bottom?
David

That would be best so water runs along the cable away from the swm not into it. Helps it deal with weather better.

Looks good. I am still surprised Directv did not come up with some kind of pole mount or something for the SWM so you could integrate it into the dish...but I guess since it is aimed at commercial installs it is not as necessary for most.

Very nice job! :righton:

Looks alright, but as much as those SWM's cost, you might want to douse the connectors with some silicone sealant to keep water from fouling out the connections.

I think your 99c and 103c signals could go up by about 5 or 6 points, but they are not bad at all. I see your 101 signals are 95 100 95 100 etc. as opposed to more consistent. So I think perhaps something might be off (elevation and/or azimuth?) just a hair and a slight tweak might even them out. But I am just being nit picky.

Where is the dish grounded? I see no form of grounding.

Looks great. Now I don't want to sound negative here, but the single SWMLNB would have been a better fit for your situation, but what you have set up will work too.

eandras said:

Where is the dish grounded? I see no form of grounding.

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It's not... Does grounding it help prevent lightning from damaging the system?

I know the SWMLNB would probably be better but I thought I was going to use a legacy port haha.

Is there anything else I should do to protect the connectors from water other then silicone? Are the black rubber caps sufficient for the ports that are not terminated or should i get some more silver caps similar to the SWM 2 port?
David

tkrandall said:

I think your 99c and 103c signals could go up by about 5 or 6 points, but they are not bad at all. I see your 101 signals are 95 100 95 100 etc. as opposed to more consistent. .

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Those are the 4, 8, 12 etc spot beam transponders they will always show higher, that said there is a small improvement to be had but I'd be ok with those.

dsheli said:

It's not... Does grounding it help prevent lightning from damaging the system?

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Nah, it's more of static buildup at the ODU, lightning will still fry the dish.:lol:

dsheli said:

Are the black rubber caps sufficient for the ports that are not terminated or should i get some more silver caps similar to the SWM 2 port?

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Some of the D* training diagrams do sho terminator son unused ports. But those rubber caps are quite snug.

dsheli said:

Are the black rubber caps sufficient for the ports that are not terminated or should i get some more silver caps similar to the SWM 2 port?
David

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Rubber caps are what you want on the legacy ports and unused flex ports. Terminators are what you want on an unused SWM port. You absolutely do NOT want to put terminators on non-SWM ports.

Carl