Recent content by TryingMyBest

Coolsat and USALS Radar, you are 1000% right about USALS and SV. Armed with your information , I went to the STAB home page, and downloaded their instructions. You are quite right, they clearly state that USALS compliance should be marked on the box. I didn't know the background on this until...

Thank you all for taking so much time out of your day to share your knowledge and for your kind words of encouragement. Honestly, I enjoy this process tremendously, and love learning anything and everything. I have always been fascinated by satellite technology, even from an early age. I would...

My newbie mistake--so sorry I had re-read the threads here over the weekend and one said to "blind scan" the satellite (SatMex5) once I was locked onto it. What I find totally hair-pulling and frustrating in general, as I alluded to earlier, is the lack of a central source for knowing basic...

Pictures Here are pictures of the Transponders I got, showing both Horizontal and Vertical. There were 34 in total--half horizontal and half vertical. The quality was 99% yesterday, and it clearly says SatMex5. I moved the dish back to 97 West last night, hence the 0 quality right now. But you...

Answers to your posts Hi Radar and Tron, Thank you for your posts. To address the issues you raised; (1) I got the precise, decimal coordinates from Dishpointer.com, and confirmed it by handheld GPS. Cities in California are geographically quite large compared to those back East. The "city"...

So here's what happened I spent the day on the roof, following every suggestion that was posted. I used the inclinometer and Conky's idea of tape measure to zero in on SatmMex5, my True South satellite. I tried all the suggested transponders posted (12024, 12059, 12175, 11739, 11740) and got...

Thank you--final 2 questions Thank you Jim S, Tron, Radar, and AvgJoe, for your helpful input on multi LNB's. I would like to note that I have learned a tremendous amount through my beginners questions from everybody here. All the suggestions everybody has made have been helpful and contributed...

Motor madness, and Multi LNB's revisited Well, I am starting to come around to Radar's conclusion that the SonicView is malfunctioning. On Sunday night the TV was on, and a thunderstorm hit, at which time the signal vanished. Naturally, I attributed this to the weather. It has been overcast...

Thank you for all your advice, your hours of typing and effort Thank you for all your advice, your hours of typing and effort. I am truly grateful and humbled. Everything you posted has been read and re-read, and will continue to be. The weather here is still overcast so I cannot even get a...

Update and thank you--One last important question Firstly, thank you all again for your time and shared knowledge, all immensely useful. The weather here has turned rather nasty, with thunderstorms last night through the day today. I lost my signal on 97 West, which was at Quality of 99. It...

Answers to your questions Hello AcWxRadar, and thank you for your time and help. I will answer your questions first: (1) Yes, I did indeed have the motor OFF while first attempting to get SatMex5. The motor was already off since I first found 97 West. I left out the small details in the...

Forgot to mention--I did skew the LNB when pointing to 97 West with the motor. Everything else, though, is perfectly aligned, as if I were pointing to the True South satellite. Multi LNB: here is the video I saw YouTube - Adding 110 LNB to existing 30" dish

No Luck with motor and True South satellite Hi all. Again, thank you to everybody for graciously sharing their time and knowledge. I took 2 days to study all the prior posts, and re-read the great treatise published by AcWxRadar. Here is what happened: I mounted the motor, making sure...

Almost forgot Do I need to somehow "center" the bent motor pole, since I previously moved it all over the place? If yes, how do I make sure it is where it needs to be? Or do I just acquire the True South satellite and all is well? Thank you !

Heartfelt thank you to Tron, AcWxRadar, and BJ I have read all your postings and thank you immensely for your sharing your time and knowledge. I will profess that I don't totally understand the reason for True South satellite being important, but I DO understand it is important and get the...