Recent content by Dale_Gribble

For me it would go to zero at any random time, and loose it's memory of stored positions. Changing to a different sat sometimes made the dish go all the way east, even if the desired sat was west of the previous sat. That was diseqc and not USALS, but I saw that he's using a CS5000 so I thought...

When I had my Coolsat 5000 hooked up to a G-box dish mover, the G-box would do lots of weird things like move the dish all the way to the east limit or reset the counter to 0000 at any time for no reason at all. The G-box was brand new at the time, I thought maybe I got stuck with a bad G-box...

Universal LNBF and SW 21 (a 22khz switch) do not mix well. 22 khz switches also do not like circular or primestar LNBFs. If you look in the "Tip of the iceberg" section, it says the reason is that universal LNBFs have thier own 22k switch built in. The built in switch is for changing from low to...

If you have an inclinometer and a small piece of pipe(roughly 1/2 inch by 6 inches) attached to something that you could stick in the ground, this can be usefull for seeing just how clear your path to the satellite is. It's not dead-on-balls accurate, but close enough to be usefull. For me...

For what it's worth, I live at 44.5 and used to have an offset dish with the same motor, and your dish looks way too low to me. What about the other elevation adjustment, not the one on your motor but the one on the dish? Looks like that's where the problem is. I have attached some pics that...

All your settings look right to me, and the S meter displays something, so yes the LNB most likely is working. Here's what I would try: move the dish around until you get the highest S meter signal, then do a blind scan. Hopefully it will receive some TPs and channels, then at least you could...

Have you tried adjusting the elevation setting? I used to have the SG2100 motor, I think the directions say to have the pole level and set it according to your latitude. I over-tightened the bolts and this threw my elevation off by about 3 degrees, more than enough to miss a satellite...

Probably should be 9750 and 10600 Hopefully after setting the LO to 9750 and 10600 now all 5 should at least display something There are only a few active TP on 79 west, but there is one very strong one, it's station KTEL at 11900 mhz, symbol rate 2170. If 11900 mhz is not one of the 5 TPs...

I guess ghetto moving is OK, it's more the way that think looked that was silly. Two tire rims welded together and a rusty piece of exhaust pipe for a stand sitting right there by the front door. No wonder my wife hated that thing, but I absolutely loved it, especially on Sundays with all the...

That's what I would do, I would watch the signal level meter and don't worry about the quality for now. Also it would be much easier to find a good signal at 82 west (Bell TV) instead of 79. Bell TV signals are much stronger, once you lock on to something on 82 then adjust the dish elevation to...

I had one of these CM-B1 LNB holders on 1 meter CM Primestar dish. They are about the correct diameter for a newer KU linear LNBF. However in my experience this mount puts the LNBF just a little too far away from the dish. The original Primestar LNBF had a longer feedhorn opening than the new...

If you like Kuwait 2 then I think you would like the Cubavision channels on 30 deg. west. Sometimes they run un-cut and commercial free American movies with english audio and spanish subtitles. Right now I'm in search of another primestar dish so I can watch it again.

Probably right about the GM sending unit, but that's the only fuel sender that I happened to have lying around. The motor is a Von Wiese, and I attached a pic showing the limit switches. You set the west limit first by running the motor with the long rod unbolted from the dish until the bottom...

I've been moving my 8 foot aluminum bud with a center off type dpdt switch an a 12 volt/850ma power supply for a couple of months now. There are mechanical limit switches and diodes in the motor. The limit switches can be adjusted. I forget what the name brand of the motor is, but maybe tommorow...

Have you thought about cutting the dish to a smaller size instead of buying a brand new 6 footer? I recently cut a 10 footer down to 8 feet. It's a unimesh dish, I cut it with a small grinder and blue blade. I had to re-design the LNBF mount and calculate the focal point. I don't know how much...