Satellite TV versus internet
Hello, I am a new RV owner. I am hoping someone has been through this before and can offer tips: My class A has a manual crank satellite dish installed on the roof, but it is not setup for the TV. I...
Forum Discussion
wildmanbaker wrote:
Isn't the LNB just a high speed switching diode? It would scope just fine. After putting an awful lot of money into the crank-up for new "ware" parts, I just gave up. A wind to most, a breeze to us, would mess with the reception. Just our experiences.
LNB="Low-Noise Block" downconverter
An LNB is a frequency sensitive device with an antenna tuned for specific blocks of satellite transmission frequencies as input and a preset range of lower frequencies for output to the receiver. The differences between KU band and KA band LNB's for instance, is a lot more than just a switching diode...
A cutaway Free-To-Air LNB:
