Acampingwewillg
Oct 27, 2015Explorer II
King Dome in motion
OK...wife wanted an in motion Sat for Direct TV, so while at an RV show, I found a deal on a used King Dome. No complaints so far just a question. Tonight, as I was playing with things in the drive-way, I turned on the King Dome and while it got a signal of about 67-68, I never did get any channels up and running. So just to verify all was OK, I switched on the Datron Roof Dish(an oldie but a goody) and got a signal of 95-97 on all but one transponder.(the king dome was hit and miss on the transponders lots of zero's).
I just checked on the internet to see what the manual says...my only guess right now is that I moved some components around, shifting some coax and used a couple of those 90 degree connectors on the King Dome tuner...tomorrow, I'll change those back out again and use the correct connectors(they specify Compression not crimped and to use dielectric grease on all connections). OK....am I missing anything??
I guess I find that that 30 or so difference in signal strength is a bit more than I thought it would be even though I know the Domes aren't as efficient. Sorry for being so long winded...Thanks
I just checked on the internet to see what the manual says...my only guess right now is that I moved some components around, shifting some coax and used a couple of those 90 degree connectors on the King Dome tuner...tomorrow, I'll change those back out again and use the correct connectors(they specify Compression not crimped and to use dielectric grease on all connections). OK....am I missing anything??
I guess I find that that 30 or so difference in signal strength is a bit more than I thought it would be even though I know the Domes aren't as efficient. Sorry for being so long winded...Thanks