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Any more advice on where to go from here? Thanks Sam

Brian I actually turned off USALS or any motor functionality this time around except to aim the dish at AMC-6. Basically I told it to go to AMC-6 then I I just scanned for channels. No motor involved. I'm figuring right now if the ViewSat sucks at motor control I'll try to use it in another...

Well initially I took your advice and used only the L side of my LNB. That's how I aimed the dish. At this point I'm connected to the switch with both C and L. I think I was picking up these channels with only the L as well (at least initially). Is that possible then? What's the...

Ok here goes... Basically I think I'm on Nimiq 2 because of the following reasons: 1) I'm seeing "Nimiq 2" displaying on the bar of the box sometimes when I'm playing with the antenna setup of other satellites 2) Some of the stations look like "ABCHE", "NBCHW", etc... doesnt' sound like FTA...

Well I'm supposed to be pointing to AMC-6 but I'm picking up a hell of a lot more than 2 channels! Problem most of the channels I see on my receiver I don't see on the lists you sent me... I guess they are restricted?? Not sure... I have a feeling I'm on Nimiq 2. I can explain but long...

Thanks guys... helpful as always. -Sam

I think things are looking good... I'm not 100% sure yet. How do I know I'm on the right satellite? Is it possible to accidently be picking up another bird? Thanks Sam

Hello I wanted to give you a status update. I fixed up my mounting post yesterday to make sure it was as perfectly upright as I could. It's pretty close right now like I said it's too high for me to get it absolutely perfect. This is really pretty good though. Since I've done this I think...

Hello I was wondering if there is a max length RG-6 can carry power from the receiver to a motor. I saw somewhere that you shouldn't run more than 100' of RG-6 for signal quality but there is surely no way I can make it to my TV on that length. Plus to ground my dish I'm going to have to...

Hello I was wondering if anyone has had success with a motorized ViewSat Ultra. I understand ViewSat's motor control pretty much stinks and I read some posts on the Xtreme not working well (http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=88784&highlight=viewsat+motor). I was trying to find out if...

I'm so completely and utterly frustrated. Sadly I think I've regressed here... I can't seem to lock in any of those satellites nor even get quality now... I get 70+ signal strength but no quality on AMC5 12182. Is it possible that my mounting pole isn't 100% vertical and that's what's...

Yes I read it... however it unfortunately includes SBS-6 as a 24/7 strong signal bird... Thanks for the information about the variation on frequencies.

Hi Bob Thanks for clarifying... I didn't know there were two kinds of Linear waves. I'd like to find something that gives me more background on the differences and also explains the difference between Ku and Ka and the HD stuff eventually. Thanks Sam

Hi Brian I'm going to try to aim at one of the satellites you recommended the next chance I get to play around with this. Does it matter that my TP freq don't correspond exactly to the ones you have below? The ViewSat Ultra doesn't seem to have those exact numbers. Thanks Sam

Hi Bob I'm a bit confused by what that mean. I apologize for my ignorance. What do you mean by tweak it to 12143? What exactly should I be tweaking? What's Vertical mean? I'm also not aware of what symbol rate is. Do all receivers allow you to change those settings? Thanks Sam

Almost success... I'm picking up channels from Nimiq 2 and EchoStar 9. No love on SBS-6 though... SBS-6 is not locking signal quality... I can't quite tweek it to hold steady... I tried a bit up, a bit down, a bit left, a bit right... still can't hold... Not quite sure why... Thanks so much...

Bob... thanks for that... I would have done it the wrong way if it wasn't for your advice. Consider it's quite late at this point I'll give it another try tomorrow.... thanks again

Bob Should I be moving the dish's elevation or should I be moving the motor's elevation and/or latitude? Thanks Sam

Brian... that's so much for your time... I have the dish now setup at 24 degrees and the latitude set to 41 degrees on the motor. Everything I believe is set. Here goes nothing... One question however: SatelliteFinder.exe says I should be at 42.8 degrees elevation and when I was playing with...

Brian I just confirmed with 100% certainity that the range starts at about 20 and goes to 80... there is no way for me to get it lower than 30 as well because the motor post hits the bolt as is visable in the PDF you sent me. It's hard to read the scale on the Dish Elevation Picture in the PDF...

Brian... I forgot to ask... what is normally the assembly issue when customers complain about this? In other words, is there usually one culprit that leads to this improper setup? The rest of my setup looks right to me when cross referenced with the PDF. I'll confirm tonight. Thanks Sam

Hi Bob... it says 30°-DECLINATION ANGLE. Hi Brian... it sounds like maybe the elevation pointer is easily misread. I'm going to try again this evening once I get home and I'll review the settings. As far as I remember however the reading closes to the dish itself is 30° and it increases from...

I'm so close and yet so so sooooo far away... Damn this... ok so I took the motor off and tried to align the dish. I almost had signal and quality. so I marked the area on the arm where the dish was and noted the elevation on the dish... it was about 46. I then removed the dish mounted it on...

I know this is going to sound funny but I don't have a digital camera... I'm not very into taking pictures. Although I will have to buy one soon because they are becoming essential... I'm going to talk to the guys from GoSatellite tomorrow and ask them why it is that the unit can't be...

I can't set the dish to 24 degrees because the shaft of the motor where the dish connects hits one of the bolts on the dish stand so you can't push it any further. That's basically all there is to it unfortunately.... When I'm only connected to the L side of the LNB with no switch and my TP...