Thread: Motorized Geosat Pro dish aimed at 30W

Originally Posted by toucan-man

Radar, did we ever see a picture of the dish you have pointed at 30W? You're pretty far west is why I ask.

Toucan-man,

I received my new replacement USB adapter for my cellular phone micro storage memory chip today. Now I can retrieve my photos. Here are some pix of the dish parked at 30°W, Hispasat (from 96.4°W longitude).

RADAR

Over here at 79.3 even with 30W sat higher in the sky with lots of bumps and trees no hope at all in pointing that far east. I think you lucked out with flat land and no trees.Then again... you get tornadoes.

boy if you got any snow that sucker would be buried

I like it. Has it been reliable for you motoring over that far east?

lt looks like your view east is completely unobstructed. My longitude is 81.6W, and I can get 15W fine... that's the equivalent of you being at 96.4W and receiving 30W. When I point my dish at 15W, it looks just like the pics you posted.

Originally Posted by toucan-man

I like it. Has it been reliable for you motoring over that far east?

Toucan-man,

Thank you. Yes, the signal is strong and the channels pop in everytime like a snap! I usually watch Cubavision on TP 11884 V (signal quality is currently showing 80% on my AZBox).

Tonight I am logging in 21 active TPs with 61 ITC TV and 58 ITC RADIO channels. The weather is not the best for scanning right now, but it is fair. Since I do have to look through a lot of the atmosphere it does diminish the signal quality at times when it is heavy overcast or raining.

Originally Posted by Iceberg

boy if you got any snow that sucker would be buried

Ice,

It is definitely low to the ground, but when we get lots of snow, we usually also get LOTS of wind. The dish is in quite an open area of the yard and the wind blows all the snow away from the base of the dish. It's kinda "self-cleaning". Bad part of where it is located is that certain times in the spring, the wind direction (and strong gusts) hit my dish at just the right angle and starts it "fluttering". The dish and the LNBF support begin to set up their own harmonic vibrations and if they are not in sync, I can detect quick blips in the signal quality that cause the video and audio to drop out for a split second. At times, this can be very annoying.

Originally Posted by Andrew K

lt looks like your view east is completely unobstructed. My longitude is 81.6W, and I can get 15W fine... that's the equivalent of you being at 96.4W and receiving 30W. When I point my dish at 15W, it looks just like the pics you posted.

Andrew,

At my location, I would only have a LOS to as far as 20°W, but I won't get there with my motor. I would have to set up a fixed point dish to test the sats between 20°W and 30°W. I am almost at the physical limits of the motor travel when at 30°W and I can only go a degree or two more.

RADAR

Radar, be sure to keep the grass in that field cut for about a mile or so ...

Originally Posted by Tron

Radar, be sure to keep the grass in that field cut for about a mile or so ...

LOL! We grow corn in that field. Doesn't seem to bother the reception, so I guess it is OK. That is, as long as they don't hybridize the corn to grow 10-12 feet high!

RADAR

Originally Posted by AcWxRadar

LOL! We grow corn in that field.

You could grow a row of broom corn and have fresh brooms each year to sweep off your dishes. Talk about self-sufficient.