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AceB · 08-04-11, 01:06 PM

I've just bought from Ebay a zone 1 diish with quad LNB and another quad LNB from another seller, both are new and both come with Zinwell LNBs. What I don't get is both have elliptical feeds as expected but they are taller than they are broad, it looks very odd as it's opposite to the standard oval dish. Each one is badged Sky and they have the skew markings on the side so I don't think they are dodgy fakes, is this correct for new LNBs, my thinking is the feed should be in the same plane as the dish?

Robbo · 08-04-11, 01:21 PM

All I could say is that the LNBs are correct and work very well with the zone1 dishes (as they should), I've fitted loads of them.

I think the the wider the horn the narrower the beamwidth, so it would make sense. Also the LNB's are pre-skewed I believe.

AceB · 08-04-11, 03:47 PM

Cheers Robbo, not used these ones before so it just looked odd to me, they do seemed to be pre skewed too. Looks like I'll be able to install it this weekend without getting wet, that'll make a nice change lol

08-04-11, 01:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
AceB Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: East Sussex coast Posts: 108 Thanks: 5 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Zinwell quad LNBs I've just bought from Ebay a zone 1 diish with quad LNB and another quad LNB from another seller, both are new and both come with Zinwell LNBs. What I don't get is both have elliptical feeds as expected but they are taller than they are broad, it looks very odd as it's opposite to the standard oval dish. Each one is badged Sky and they have the skew markings on the side so I don't think they are dodgy fakes, is this correct for new LNBs, my thinking is the feed should be in the same plane as the dish?

08-04-11, 01:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Robbo Satellite mad Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 9,374 Thanks: 97 Thanked 1,981 Times in 1,603 Posts	Re: Zinwell quad LNBs All I could say is that the LNBs are correct and work very well with the zone1 dishes (as they should), I've fitted loads of them. I think the the wider the horn the narrower the beamwidth, so it would make sense. Also the LNB's are pre-skewed I believe. __________________ القمر الصناعي هو أفضل TM600 linux,TM6800HD,TM5200,TM1000,TM2200 motor, Triax TD110 dish. Electronics Engineer and satellite installer.MBC Satellites

08-04-11, 03:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
AceB Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: East Sussex coast Posts: 108 Thanks: 5 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Zinwell quad LNBs Cheers Robbo, not used these ones before so it just looked odd to me, they do seemed to be pre skewed too. Looks like I'll be able to install it this weekend without getting wet, that'll make a nice change lol

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