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For me it would go to zero at any random time, and loose it's memory of stored positions. Changing to a different sat sometimes made the dish go all the way east, even if the desired sat was west of the previous sat. That was diseqc and not USALS, but I saw that he's using a CS5000 so I thought...

When I had my Coolsat 5000 hooked up to a G-box dish mover, the G-box would do lots of weird things like move the dish all the way to the east limit or reset the counter to 0000 at any time for no reason at all. The G-box was brand new at the time, I thought maybe I got stuck with a bad G-box...

Universal LNBF and SW 21 (a 22khz switch) do not mix well. 22 khz switches also do not like circular or primestar LNBFs. If you look in the "Tip of the iceberg" section, it says the reason is that universal LNBFs have thier own 22k switch built in. The built in switch is for changing from low to...

If you have an inclinometer and a small piece of pipe(roughly 1/2 inch by 6 inches) attached to something that you could stick in the ground, this can be usefull for seeing just how clear your path to the satellite is. It's not dead-on-balls accurate, but close enough to be usefull. For me...

For what it's worth, I live at 44.5 and used to have an offset dish with the same motor, and your dish looks way too low to me. What about the other elevation adjustment, not the one on your motor but the one on the dish? Looks like that's where the problem is. I have attached some pics that...

All your settings look right to me, and the S meter displays something, so yes the LNB most likely is working. Here's what I would try: move the dish around until you get the highest S meter signal, then do a blind scan. Hopefully it will receive some TPs and channels, then at least you could...

Have you tried adjusting the elevation setting? I used to have the SG2100 motor, I think the directions say to have the pole level and set it according to your latitude. I over-tightened the bolts and this threw my elevation off by about 3 degrees, more than enough to miss a satellite...

Probably should be 9750 and 10600 Hopefully after setting the LO to 9750 and 10600 now all 5 should at least display something There are only a few active TP on 79 west, but there is one very strong one, it's station KTEL at 11900 mhz, symbol rate 2170. If 11900 mhz is not one of the 5 TPs...

I guess ghetto moving is OK, it's more the way that think looked that was silly. Two tire rims welded together and a rusty piece of exhaust pipe for a stand sitting right there by the front door. No wonder my wife hated that thing, but I absolutely loved it, especially on Sundays with all the...

That's what I would do, I would watch the signal level meter and don't worry about the quality for now. Also it would be much easier to find a good signal at 82 west (Bell TV) instead of 79. Bell TV signals are much stronger, once you lock on to something on 82 then adjust the dish elevation to...

I had one of these CM-B1 LNB holders on 1 meter CM Primestar dish. They are about the correct diameter for a newer KU linear LNBF. However in my experience this mount puts the LNBF just a little too far away from the dish. The original Primestar LNBF had a longer feedhorn opening than the new...

If you like Kuwait 2 then I think you would like the Cubavision channels on 30 deg. west. Sometimes they run un-cut and commercial free American movies with english audio and spanish subtitles. Right now I'm in search of another primestar dish so I can watch it again.

Final Dish Mount With Motor on Flickr - Photo Sharing!@@AMEPARAM@@http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2023/2044344814_88a8f2aa54_m.jpg@@AMEPARAM@@2044344814@@AMEPARAM@@88a8f2aa54 This guy has some good pictures showing how to install a motor. I recommend replacing the original LNB with a BSC321S-2...

Do you have any truoble with the remote controls like changing channels on the wrong box or are they different? I have the Coolsat 5000 now and I am thinking about upgrading to HD.

I'm saying that the metal lampshade helps somewhat, not a lot. I could get some stations with a stock scalar ring, but I couldn't quite get the networks from the Caribbean Islands, but now I can. Still even with the lampshade the dish has to be dead-on, no room for error. Also note that before I...

What I found out with C-band on the 1 meter primestar the BSC-421 scalar rings seemed to work the best when they were flush the end. And the front of the scalar rings had to be a few inches closer to the dish than the original KU lnbf. Maybe this is because the 2 little antennas inside the...

Ok I uploaded some more pictures above, hopefully this will help. I included another failed attempt at make-your-own conical scalar. Also I tried adding a ring or 2 to the metal lampshade, those made it worse too. I'm starting to think you need a scalar that is all one molded piece, you can't...

Thanks Iceberg. I'm still a newb so I don't know much about forward error correction or SR, but Lyngsat says there are 15 stations sharing 4.040, I guess that should tell me something. Cracklincrotch when you get the bsc421 if you can't get the nets on 99 right away, keep trying! I recently...

I can pull those 5 network stations in on 99 west with the bsc421, although it's not easy. So far those network stations are the only thing that I have been able to receive that I was actually interested in watching on C-band. I would love to have those other 2 on 95 west, but they are weaker...

Nice dish Dreamfox, if have time, would you see if you can get any stations from 4.040H on 95 west? There are 2 stations there that I would love to get, WRAZ and WBTW. I can't get them on a 1 meter primestar and wonder how big I would need to go.

I have made a few of the cantennas myself. The coax cables most people use are problem because a 2.4 gig signal will have loss if it's more than a few feet long. I use a USB wireless with an antenna that is about 2 inches long (it came with the card). Then I cut a hole about the size of a USA...

The scaler ring modification is just a piece of aluminum sheet-metal 2 and 1/2 inches wide, but it's not flush with the back of the scaler rings. It's actually pushed back about 1/2 inch past the back of the rings, so maybe it's a little too wide. It's not fastened down in any way, in fact this...

hello all, I am new to the FTA hobby, but I have a 40 x 44 inch P* that I modified for C-band with a BSC421. I live in Wisconsin and I now get the 5 network stations from the Virgin Islands on 99west. I have my LNBF mounted at the same height and angle as the original LNBF, but through trial...