Recent content by ipsolutions

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a "feed"? If there is a weekly show on a satellite, doesn't it mean that if I receive that satellite's transmissions, I will see the show?

MeTV Scuse my ignorance, but what satellite carries MeTV?

I have loved my FTA setup, and have been talking to a friend about setting one up for him. He is a Formula 1 racing fan, and that is about all he watches TV for. Does anyone know if Formula 1 is broadcast from any FTA satellite? He is particularly interested in some upcoming race in Belgium...

No, I haven't found these other satellites, but haven't looked very hard either. But this does suggest I may yet have an obstruction. Maybe the next step is to raise the dish, though I hate to do that unless I'm confident everything else is OK, as it will be much harder to work with. I am...

First of all, I want to thank everyone for their helpful replies. Without your help, I would not have gotten out of the starting block. I am using USALS but have tried DisEq for Galaxy 19 in an effort to locate it, because with DisEq it allows me to adjust the position manually. I failed and...

Thanks for the info, the satellite I was looking at was indeed SES1 (AMC4). I will bring my camera next time and photograph. Meanwhile, I can now pick up multiple satellites, incl AMC4 (SES1), AMC6 and AMC9 (I think that's what it is, it has only the Bloomberg channel on it). So I am...

I hope I am making some progress. I can now find multiple satellites, but not without adjusting the dish by hand. It worries me that there does not seem to be any detente or locating feature on the dish bracket that locates it relative to the motor stem, so it could be off by a few degrees. Am...

OK, Jim, thanks for the response and clarification. When I use USALS, I have to go in the "antenna setting" and choose USALS for a particular satellite. This satellite then shows up in "motor settings" with the USAL options. This is where I should put in my lat and longitude? Does the receiver...

and regarding the AMC5 vs AMC6 business, doesn't the receiver need to know the identity of the satellite in order to choose the right frequencies and settings for detecting the transmission? That is, if I tell the receiver to scan transponder 1 of AMC5 and the dish is pointed at AMC6 instead...

Yeah, I am really missing the basic idea of how this receiver works. There is no "installation" or "setup" screen where I tell it my longitude. The owner's manual tells me to put my longitude into the satellite setup screen for a satellite, but that doesn't make any sense to me, since all...

Now have one satellite, how to get more?? Thanks for the help, everyone. I did a blind scan, as someone suggeseted, and I thought I was doing it on AMC5. The scan picked up six channels, which I can now see on my TV, but can't get more sats. It looks like the satellite transmitting is AMC6...

OK, so in order to get a reading on Quality, I have to be pointed at the satellite that the receiver is expecting. Not only that, I have to have selected an active transponder from that satellite. So if I think I am pointed at AMC9, I should first try to aim the dish a best I can with the...

I might also mention that when I drive the motor between AMC5 and AMC9, the signal finder peaks in both locations, suggesting the dish is pointed about right.

My motor latitude is set to about 39 (I am at latitude 38.7), and the dish elevation has got some crazy scale I don't understand. I measured the dish angle directly with a level, and got about 20.5 degrees. As this is an offset dish (24.65) this seems about right for the near-south satellites...

I am still having no luck with this gear, getting frustrated. Iceburg said AMC5 was gone, so I looked instead for AMC9 with a signal finder. As before, I see a signal on the signal finder peaking where the satellite should be, but still get 0% quality and 30% signal. My LNB is "on", standard...