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    Junk C-band dishes?

    So a standard receiver can see the channel, and pull down PID info, just cant decode it. I have a TBS card in a server inside. That was how i was watching it before the Derecho pulled the dishes off of my roof last summer. That was good kite flying weather...
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    Junk C-band dishes?

    Set the lnb and dialed in TP 4120 as best i could. Get a nice lock on Galaxy 19 again. This time i get ALOT more channels and at a higher quality. I think i found my problem though. NBC national feeds are on 4120 97W, ABC nationals are on 4120 99W. That explains why i was getting channels from 2...
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    Junk C-band dishes?

    Whilst waiting for more ideas, i decided to go out, drill more holes, and get to my 53" focal length. Cut my hand on the pre-torn mesh, so grabbing a bandaide and going back out to sweep the sky
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    Junk C-band dishes?

    I drilled my holes, and moved the arms. I measured again and am now at 51 3/4". i dont have the neat markings on my feed horn so i just backed it out a little farther than normal. I can now easily lock on almost any bird i look for. Still cant get the TP I am after. I interned at the local ABC...
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    Junk C-band dishes?

    I measured 137 3/8" Diameter, 22 1/4" deep which comes up to 53.001 for a FL I went out and measured from the scalar ring to the dish, and am at 47 3/4 I am a dumb ass...lol It kinda makes sense now that i look at the holes that were drilled in the front of the dish, and how they sent out the...
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    Junk C-band dishes?

    Here are some images of my dishes. I will add that i had to pull the lnb back out of the scalar ring pretty far to get what little signal i can
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    Junk C-band dishes?

    i did pre assembly inside on most of the parts as i had poor instructions and wanted to to be able to move the parts around on the bench to make sure it looked right. then i carried it all outside and put it up. The panels were put together inside so that i only had to make 4 trips instead of 8...
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    Junk C-band dishes?

    I forgot to add, i am in Cedar Rapids iowa
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    Junk C-band dishes?

    last year i set up an 8' solid dish on the roof where i work and was able to lock in tp 4040 on galaxy 16 with marginal signal. We do analytics on OTA signals, and my boss wanted a better quality stream as we would lose signal during storms or overcast days. So i did some research and we bought...
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    C-Band transponder issues

    I decided to upgrade my equipment a bit, to see if i could get the channels any better. I bought a GPU server, 2 TBS6909 boards, 1 6908 board, upgraded my LNB to Norsat 8525R and used a BPF-C-1. I am using a power injector for the LNB's so i dont damage the boards or server, and i am using a...
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    C-Band transponder issues

    I am getting 13.4 V and 18.2H. I went off of the output of the regulators on the LNB itself
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    C-Band transponder issues

    From my Satlink WS-6906 I can run a blind scan right at the dish. I can also see when the meter is switching between 13 and 18 volts. While watching the scan i can see the meter find 4 Horizontal transponders. Then it switches voltages and finds the same transponders but as Vertical. It the...
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    C-Band transponder issues

    I thought that was the way it worked too, then i opened one of them up and noticed that each one had a different voltage divider off of the regulator. The regulators were identical though. Still confused as to why i get all transponders as vertical and horizontal with only 1 output being used...
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    C-Band transponder issues

    Finally figured it out. I have my dishes on a metal roof near solar panels. I rebuilt a Ku set up and accidentaly flipped the j-mount which raised the dish 2 1/2 feet. I did a sweep on it from there and locked every channel i went hunting for. I got some extra cinder blocks and raised my 8' dish...
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    C-Band transponder issues

    I don't get s/n on my meter, just the 2 bars showing signal lock. The best i can get after an LNB depth adjustment is 97% and 2%. I have 6 other dishes on the roof, 3 being for Directv and Dish, and o never have problems locking them in. For giggles, i tried to lock 103W Ku on my smaller dish...
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    C-Band transponder issues

    I have an 8' dish with a titanium C2-PLL LNBF, and have been sweeping for certain transponders for about 4 days now. I use 2 satlink meters, and a linkbox 9000i sat box. I am after CBS feeds from 97W, but the ONLY channels i can get are azteca channels from 3760 and 3813. I have marked the...
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    Linkbox Blind scan shows same channels on multiple birds

    I started out with making sure my dish was not warped, and never got past that point. I used 6 strings, 1 from each wedge, and only 2 of them touched. Tomorrow i will go up with a friend and round it back out. Then we will verify the feed horn position. Right now it is sitting at the 38 hash...
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    Linkbox Blind scan shows same channels on multiple birds

    I can do that monday when I go back up. It is suppose to get above freezing then. This is the LNB I am using. My dish is stationary, no motor. I have it mounted just like in the picture, heat sink up and rotated so 0 degree is off center a few degrees There are alot of settings on my box. is...
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    Linkbox Blind scan shows same channels on multiple birds

    ok guys, I put the new LNBF up, rotated the dish, and locked in on EPIX with 78% quality on my Satlink. I went inside and got the epix channels, me tv, heroes, Decades, and a few others to pop up on the tuner. No newsy... I also noticed that I only got 1 Horizontal Transponder to show up. The...
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    Linkbox Blind scan shows same channels on multiple birds

    did a scan again for every channel i could get from SES 1, with the specific TP parameters set. Wrote down the list of channels I got and checked on lyngsat. The channels are coming from Galaxy 17 91 W. I am trying to figure out why my STB and my sat finder both indicated that they were on the...
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    Linkbox Blind scan shows same channels on multiple birds

    the LNBF came with mounting instructions, but not alignment instructions. I did a 90 rotation and it is now identifying TP with proper polarity
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    Linkbox Blind scan shows same channels on multiple birds

    Titanium, Fixed cband with copper running from LNB to STB with no breaks or splitters. Cable run is about 40 feet. LNBF is a cheapo Ebay dual polarity C band one. The feed horn is ALOT smaller than the mounting ring that comes with it, and there is only 1 set screw to hold it, so I wrapped it in...
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    Linkbox Blind scan shows same channels on multiple birds

    ok, I only get those channels when I do a blind scan for FTA, But i get them no matter what sat i scan and I found the 5150 setting on the linkbox. odd that it is under the antenna setting menu
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    Linkbox Blind scan shows same channels on multiple birds

    Magic, I read the information on the link. explained alot Horsepower, on my sat link i have it set to 5150. no option on the linkbox for it. I went up, rotated the lnb, spun the dish to get 98 signal and 83 quality for the transponder on 101 i am after, and locked everything down. I went back...
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    Linkbox Blind scan shows same channels on multiple birds

    Glad I said something. I can aim a dish no problem, but after that i am lost. I spent 12 years aiming dishes for the Motorola state wide paging systems. I had a nice loud indicator when I had it right. With FTA, I am learning it is a different animal.....