DirecTV Slim Line in Florida for FTA, need help

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Also, in order to get any signal, you will need to add a transponder manually if there aren't any in your list. Try 11966 H 22000
I did get the lnb to standard, and all the other settings you suggested were right on. It was too dark to see what I was doing on the dish. I also have a Pansat, but it is a 3500, and very old compared to the Amiko . I keep watching craigs list for someone wanting to get rid of a bigger round dish.
 
Can't set it to standard and get 10750

What LO(starting)-number do you get when you choose 'standard', then?
Otherwise choose USER and add 10750, though I guess it should work with Universal and 10750 and 10750 set as values.

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Edit: Ah! You posted in the meantime.....
 
Your Location
Latitude: 27.2545°
Longitude: -80.2298°
Satellite Data
Name: 97W GALAXY 19 (G-19)
Distance: 36891km
Dish Setup Data
Elevation: 53.1°
Azimuth (true): 213.4°
Azimuth (magn.): 220.2°
LNB Skew [?]: 29.3°


If you have the lnb with a rectangular base that slides into the arm. then you will have to skew the dish. Set the dish to 119 ( 90 plus the 29 degree skew for 97 west). Disregard if your setup lets you twist or skew the lnb.

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I was trying again today, and the gutters and downspout are awfully close to the proximity of the dish path, too close for comfort. I got very close to what i needed, but the receiver never moved off of yellow. I read your post Catamount, and I'm not sure which is the skew adjustment, except there was a adjustment for a twisting of the arm holding the LNB, so I would assume that is it. I did try turnthat in both directions for the strongest signal. I feel that i might have to put a pole in concrete and move the dish away from the house a bit. The path is in the clear, so I have to think that the gutter down spout is messing with me. I can only verify this if there is another strong satellite I can get from here, that will have me swing the dish so far south.
 
I was trying again today, and the gutters and downspout are awfully close to the proximity of the dish path, too close for comfort. I got very close to what i needed, but the receiver never moved off of yellow. I read your post Catamount, and I'm not sure which is the skew adjustment, except there was a adjustment for a twisting of the arm holding the LNB, so I would assume that is it. I did try turnthat in both directions for the strongest signal. I feel that i might have to put a pole in concrete and move the dish away from the house a bit. The path is in the clear, so I have to think that the gutter down spout is messing with me. I can only verify this if there is another strong satellite I can get from here, that will have me swing the dish so far south.

But you did get a signal lock??
 
I could get a tone on the simple satellite detector, and I kept turning it to 5 or 4 and kept tuning it up to 10 many times, so I was sure I was pointing at it, yet I could not get the receiver to go above yellow, it never hit green.
 
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Techno, go hunting for a old primestar dish or better yet a 1 meter channel master. It will make your life alot easier. By the way I am from Stuart, but now living and loving the mountain life of upstate SC.
I could get a tone on the simple satellite detector, and I kept turning it to 5 or 4 and kept tuning it up to 10 many times, so I was sure I was pointing at it, yet I could not get the receiver to go above yellow, it never hit green.
 
On a dish like that, make sure your LNBF is at 0 and skew your whole dish. If you are not skewing the dish on a smaller dish like this, you will never get it.
 
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