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  1. J

    Adventures In Dish Hunting 2012

    Thanks for the info/inspiration. 5 guys, 1 sawzall, 1 pick-up truck and 1.5 hrs and down cam the Sami! The dish was about 6 blocks away so transporting wasn't very bad. It cleaned up nicely, and the actuator still works great! Even had a chaparral feed horn/polarizer. Now I just need to work on...
  2. J

    Adventures In Dish Hunting 2012

    Olegray, I have a 10' Sami that I am getting ready to remove, do you have any tips or notes from the one that you took down? Did it fit in you pickup truck like the photo?
  3. J

    Adventures In Dish Hunting 2012

    Olegray, I have a 10' Sami that I am getting ready to remove, do you have any tips or notes from the one that you took down? Did it fit in you pickup truck like the photo?
  4. J

    Adventures In Dish Hunting 2012

    Just talked to a neighbor about this dish, I took a few photos quickly as they were getting ready to leave. Can anyone ID this dish? the feed cap says Sami, but I don't know what size 8ft maybe?
  5. J

    Coolsat 5000 Help

    Thanks for the response. I do have a tv out with me, and the strength stays at 100% even if I aim the dish at the ground, both readings never change, thats why I'm so confused, shouldn't the strength go away if I'm not anywhere close to the satellite?
  6. J

    Coolsat 5000 Help

    New Receiver same problem! Just to recap, I have a 39" ku dish with a linear 10.750 lnbf mounted on a 5' tripod. I use a Digital Satellite Signal Meter to get the satellite and then blindscan on the Coolsat 5000. In the coolsat 5k I select the sat I want, set the lnb freq to 10.750 and received...
  7. J

    Coolsat 5000 Help

    Thanks all again for the help. the latest is that I get good readings on my small satellite signal meter as I move the dish left to right. quite a few good full level signals on my scan. my procedure since the coolsat levels won't respond was to find a good signal with the meter, then do a blind...
  8. J

    Coolsat 5000 Help

    I am trying to get AMC 1, or Horizons 2. I have a DSF120 Satellite Signal Meter Finder that will read about 5 satellites, but the receiver dosen't respond to anything. I tried doing a blind scan when the dsf120 found a good signal, but I only got 1 satellite and that was amazonas 2 (no free...
  9. J

    Coolsat 5000 Help

    I just got a 39" dish with a linear lnb that says L.O. 10.75. I hooked it up to my coolsat 5000 and went into the dish setup screen. when I set the lnb type to single, and the lnb freq to 10.000 I get a level of 75% and a quality of 6% with the dish not aimed. when I change the lnb freq. to the...
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