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Thanks so much for talking me off the elevation adjustment ledge. I went out and measured the leg to the dish rim, checked the feed being parallel, and also measured the elevation and declination...well, as suspected, the angles were still good. I swung the dish on the polar mount, but bit the...

Update: Some progress, but I'm still off the arc big time. I can confirm the pole's still vertical. The dish doesn't appear to be bent, but I haven't done a formal string test yet (hard to do when you're just one person). Basically, I used a different receiver to blind scan and drive the...

Thanks! That was my assumption, too. Unfortunately, I've tried rotating the dish along the pole west and east today, and no results on 101W. I have also tried using the actuator to move the dish east and west once aligned in a new position, but no signal that way either. I'm sure I am still...

A tornado came through our area about a month ago, toppling over a huge 50 ft tree. My BUD wasn't affected. Then, just last week, an unexpected storm stirred up again with downbursts and very gusty winds. My BUD was a casualty. The actuator was fully extended and over on 127W. After it was...

Cable tested and is working well. Connected back to a new LNB, moved dish with V-box and STB, and CTV at 82% on 107W! ASC1 hopefully will arrive tomorrow to replace the V-box. A little reprogramming and tidying up and should be back running. Fantastic!

The new shielded sensor wire came today and works like a charm on the V-box, so I know the reeds are OK. Yay! I'll have to spend some time this week, weather cooperating (which it probably won't in the evenings when I get home from work), to check whether the other fault lies in the LNB and/or...

Yeah, just sensor wire. I think I'll go ahead and order some of it. Thanks!

Thanks! That will save quite a bit. Right now I have a 16 AWG but it's unshielded. So, no problems with a 150' - 200' run with 18 AWG shielded? It is such low voltage, I'm guessing it would be fine. I know making the connections will be easier with 18 AWG!

Weather conditions and other errands have postponed my testing today. I did look at Home Depot for about 150 - 175 feet of 18/2 AWG shielded wire, but it is only available in 500 foot rolls! I tried to order "by the foot" online, but the order won't process unless you request lengths under 100...

I'll have to see if I can find an old battery. The sensor wires should be connected to the actuator on one end and to nothing but the ohm meter at the other, right? I'm still pretty new to an ohm meter; am I still checking for ohms / continuity as I did on the wire before, or something else?

Checked the sensor wire for continuity, and looks good. Will check Coax after lunch. I own a 24" Venture maxi acme screw actuator. 1. how would I test the sensors? And if they are fried, 2. where would I find a replacement? 3. how do you install them? Totally new at this bit...

Yeah, same result after disconnecting everything from the ASC1, unplugging it for an hour and plugging it back to the outlet with nothing else connected to it.

Well, a few weeks ago on my last day of vacation, a young man ran into my car at a traffic light and totaled it. Added to my bad luck, today a lightning bolt struck a pine tree about three houses down and started a small brush fire. Thankfully, it was extinguished pretty quickly, but I had a...

So, you removed your 8 foot dish and up a 6 foot dish, correct? I know this isn't the main problem, just just a reminder that you probably will lose some of the weaker transponders and could have a signal reduction on the other ones when comparing to your 8 footer.

Thanks! I was just really confused.

So, as in the inset shown here? (ignoring the large photo...just for wire color reference)

OK, so to clarify, I'm good to connect the unused red terminal (no wires) to the M2 terminal with the black motor wire?

No panic this time; just asking for directions. I want to install MagicStatic's OHR Sensor Adapter using the standard reed switch installation. According to the color coded instructions, I should be using the white and black terminals to connect my sensor wires (yellow and blue), while the red...

LOL!

Moderator, please feel free to delete the panicky Sunday "well duh" thread.

Update: yeah, it was the coax. I had the wrong one plugged it all this time. Duh! Sorry! I have to learn it pays to walk away from something for a while to clear your mind.

LNB power is on (Amiko Mini HD RE). I'm starting to suspect I did something to the coax during a moment of carelessness. Now that the sun is down, that'll be an after-work project sometime later this week.

From what I recall in this ordeal, I had just moved the dish to the Luken mux on 87W, optimized the signal, and saved it. When I tried to move it to Venesat/Simon Bolivar on 78W, it showed no movement (kept the same strength). Same deal when I tried to move it back west to any other of the...

After months of perfect or near perfect operation, I am now without C-band. Last night, I noticed my V-box wasn't moving the dish anymore. I waited until this morning, and also thought it would be a good time to connect the new ASC1 as my mover. There were some frustrations, but after redoing...

Just wondering if anyone has successfully installed a linear lnbf with a circular offset lnbf on a motorized big dish, and what hardware you did to use it. I had some clamp and extending rods I bought for a Ku-band dish, but the diameter is too small for the C-band arms. It's a little...