ORIGINAL: flemflam000
It's a clean secure installation which is excellent but the antennas on the satellite receiver are parallel to the ones on the main receiver as you have it. They need to be perpendicular. Just rotate one of them 90 degrees and it will be perfect.
Could someone please explain to me why the main receiver and satellite receiver antennas need to be perpendicular to each other. If I am not mistaking they are both omni-directional antennas and will receive the same no matter what their orientation is to each other. Is it just for aesthetics or is there a technical reason for installing the receiver and satellite this way.
Thanks
Brett
Brett,
I won't be able to answer your specific question, but I do know that the receiver instructions do mention mounting the two perpendicular to one another, however, the picture that shows the proper installation is identical to the picture that I had shown above (receiver bodies perpendicular to one another, but antenna parallel to each other), hence my question. I have since turned the satellite 90* just to be sure, but as a matter of interest, I would like someone with more knowledge than I in this field to answer your question.
All - I would appreciate it if we would refrain from turning this to a brand discussion. There are no shortages of threads for that, and if you feel the need to be vocal about your brand preference I ask that you do so in one of those. I would encourage us to keep this discussion specific to the question at hand.