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I need to buy a new DiSEqC switch. Anyone have any suggestions as to which brand I should buy.......I have read about the Chieta and it sounds like the one I am leaning towards.....CHIETA 4x1 DiSEqc WSD-2041 (Heavy Duty). Any comments suggestions....pros and cons would be appreciated......

ok....thank you very much PSB....just went back up on the roof during a rain storm to recheck my connections.....been very frustrated........and found out that I am just a GOOF.....when I jumpered out the diseq switch I used a barrel connector to splice the 2 lines in.....(1 from the motor to...

yes I did go up there when I disconnected the diseq switch and changed both lnb outputs....but I have not tried to change the cables......if water was a factor...could you only get some freq out of a water logged cable and not others?

I have a captiveworks 600, fortecstar 90, staab 90 rotor, and disq switch....all in working order...until we had some thunderstorms here on saturday night. On sunday I decided to check out the NASA channel on 119. No channel available. So I went into my install menu and saw that I had no...

i guess I was ill informed......I am using the linear side of the lnb to check for signals on satellites....when or what satellites should i have the circular lnb set to?

ok....I guess I shouldnt have bought the invacom l/c lnb since I will get no use out of it unless I am using a bigger dish....I guess I was confused on what the lnb allowed me to view.....

I am mostly interested in news/wild feeds on C band satellites like Galaxy 11....figured that would be fun to watch....but still cant get the box to located the satellite....

ok..I am finally up and running.......just needed a 2nd capable set of hands to help get the dish aligned.....now when I click thru the install, the box will rotate to the next satellite all the way thru 148 - 61....the problem that I am now finding....I cannot get any C band satellite to...

ok.....yes these channels were just a test signal or something.....said roberts communication....... Good then I am on the right track.....its starting to make some sense......

Nope...guess I still am confused......

ok...I finally found a satellite......I was trying to find AMC 3 but apparently since I couldnt find that one I rotated the dish to the west slightly and found Galaxy 3C.....at least I think I did.....the receiver found 5 channels listed as Roberts Communication.....just a graphic of the channel...

Continuing the thought on the protractor.....could I put the protractor on the back of the dish and use that to calculate for dish elevation? For example if AMC 3 87.0W 178.4 181.4 41.8 at my location and my dish is a fortec star 90 with an offset angle of 24.62 then can't I take 41.8 - 24.62...

Also anyone have any suggestions on a good analyzer for pointing the dish....I bought a basic Triplett SatAlign analog meter for testing.....would I be better off with a better tester?......dont mind spending a little $$$ if this will help me out and help me to enjoy this hobby a little more.

That might be my first problem.......trusting the meter in the captiveworks receiver!!! O.k. I am getting ready to move my dish at a different satellite and I am going to take everyone's advice and bypass the rotor for now........here is my question: The stab website gave me a dish elevation of...

ok...i will give that a try tomorrow......i am sure by tomorrow night i will have more questions after moving the dish!!! Thanks...

i actually did go ahead and disconnect everything and I re aimed the dish to amc3 using the Linear side of the invacom....so cable goes directly from invacom lnb to the captiveworks receiver......but after even that.......i still have poor signal quality on my unit.....i set the l.o. 10750, my...

tried to change the l.o. for other satellites listed in the captiveworks menu.....no luck....amc 3 is the only satellite where I have found any type of signal. Anyone have any primer or guide that I could read off of the web that may better explain how to go about setting up this fta...

ok tried setting l.o. to 10750....progress.....saw my quality meter register for the first time.......i guess i just dont know what I am doing yet.....did a scan and found one channel....no audio and no video just a blank screen.....am i on the right track or am i completely lost? I wish...

I set up my new system: Captiveworks 600 , Fortec Star 90 dish, stab 90 rotor, invacom quad lnb......I used a satellite finder meter to locate my southmost satellite....located AMC 3......zip is 60440 so its my southmost satellite. The satellite has good signal off of the tester....dialed the...