G10r will end this weekend ! (swapping to new bird)

**brotherhood** · 06-03-2008 07:34 PM

gettting very strong tps now on g10 which is great because i'm living in northern canada.

**Larry1** · 06-03-2008 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by RollBama

I lost all the channels on 11800, a few days ago, I still had 11720, anyone else have this or did I just have my own personal failure?

Previously, if I peaked my dish for the absolute maximum on 11720 (for WNGS) then my reception of 12114 (RetroJams) was extremely weak and not reliable on a 1m dish. When peaked on 12114 and 11800, then 11720 went down some, but was still reliable.

**K9SAT** · 06-03-2008 07:51 PM

Congratz Gary, I will have to check this out when I get my FTA back up in about a couple of weeks.

**tvropro** · 06-03-2008 07:53 PM

Im noticing that 11720's quality is really stable now. Very little fluctuation. Also it was pouring buckets earlier today and even though the signal dropped in the 30's it didn't break up or go away at all. I have really had trouble for the last couple month's keeping anything there when it rained heavily. All in all Im pleased with the performance. I guess I won't need that dish tune up after all

**tvropro** · 06-03-2008 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Keith Brannen

See definite improvement on 11720, (but still down from from when it was close to 11800 late last year/early this year).

Same here it's back more or less where it was at last summer although less fluctuation. I wonder what caused the thing late last year where it was right up there with 11800. I really was hopeing for that.

**Iceberg** · 06-03-2008 08:19 PM

I merged this thread and the "11720 gone??" thread together since it deals with same thing

**Keith Brannen** · 06-03-2008 09:42 PM

Went out and did a re-point of the dish and with a slight increase in elevation was able to boost 11720 from 45 up to 60 and 11800 went up from 60 to around 75! Much better!

**tvropro** · 06-03-2008 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by Keith Brannen

Went out and did a re-point of the dish and with a slight increase in elevation was able to boost 11720 from 45 up to 60 and 11800 went up from 60 to around 75! Much better!

That may be because you did a touch up a while back when everything was dropping and the old G-10 was drifting. That's why I held off (as much as I didn't want to) Im sure when I did my last alignment it was still in the box since it was last year. I may try touching up my dish this summer but after today with the great performance in the rain I don't know what I would gain.

BTW is your G-10 lnbf at boresight? And is your dish pointed with that lnbf at G-10? Just curious since your signature is showing 3 sats for your G-10 dish. Or are you compensating any with the dish for those other bird's? Mine is boresighted at G-10 with G-27 off to one side.

**Keith Brannen** · 06-04-2008 01:34 AM

Originally Posted by tvropro

That may be because you did a touch up a while back when everything was dropping and the old G-10 was drifting. That's why I held off (as much as I didn't want to) Im sure when I did my last alignment it was still in the box since it was last year. I may try touching up my dish this summer but after today with the great performance in the rain I don't know what I would gain.

BTW is your G-10 lnbf at boresight? And is your dish pointed with that lnbf at G-10? Just curious since your signature is showing 3 sats for your G-10 dish. Or are you compensating any with the dish for those other bird's? Mine is boresighted at G-10 with G-27 off to one side.

I think it very possible that adjustments I made in February compensated somewhat for the problems and drift with G10R and gave me a better centre point for the satellite to fluctuate in. The adjustment today was very minor, but very effective! I hadn't attempted any adjustment in the last few weeks as I knew G10R was soon to be replaced (I am rather pleased how I was able to restrain myself, as it does go against my natural instinct).

Yes, the LNB pointed at G10R is at the centre of the dish while the other two LNBs are both off-centre, and is used as the boresight for the dish. I get good signals on both of the other LNBs so no compensation is necessary for them.

After my re-point today, signal levels on Echo7 (119) also increased slightly (an added bonus). G27(129) may have gone down a little and need an adjustment, but it was hard to tell as the signal was already lower than normal and fluctuating either due to the weather (very cloudy) and/or uplink problems. When I was checking to see if it needed any adjustment, I only had time for a quick re-point (not too effective) as rain was imminent (it started raining as I was putting the ladder, coax, and TV away) so will re-check levels and re-adjust on a sunny day if necessary.