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Thanks. Same to you. :) I'm glad I'm not the only one that's taken an extended break from the tinkering.

Well basically, I know the LNB is working, that's about it. I bypassed my switch, and connected it directly to the Linear input of the LNB. I can get SBS6/G17 if I play around with it for a long time, but as soon as I move the dish to another satellite, I get very weak to nonexistent signals...

Well that's good. I'm still stumped on my install. Driving me insane. It's been months and I can't get it right. Some guy that installed BUDs has offered to help me out for an outrageous price, but dammit, I'm about ready to call him. I just want to enjoy it, and maybe after I watch him do...

Well I'm back. Hopefully some of you remember me (the pain in the ass from a few months ago). Been pretty hectic around here lately. I just started college, so it's even worse. But I've got the hankering to tinker with my dish setup once again, and I was wondering if SBS6 is still up, and if...

If that is indeed the case, that's one screwed up business case for selling MPEG4 receivers.

Well I didn't get to try it today. Had to go out of town. Maybe tomorrow.

Cool. Anything that cuts down on the complexity is good. I was drooling over a mesh dish today. If only I could get my KU setup working first. :(

Cool. Thanks for the tip. I'll try that tomorrow. :)

Yeah I should take it down and play with it without a motor, but I'm so close it seems. Here's my problem now. I'm getting quality of 70% on AMC5 11900/H/2170, and I'm getting about 58% on 12182/H/2300. As soon as I move to any other satellite, it doesn't pick anything up. Something has to...

On AMC 5? Which transponder?

Yeah I know. I've thought about that many times. I just got a solid signal that doesn't deviate out of the 65 - 75 signal quality range. I'm gonna see what happens. Maybe I finally got it......:eek:

I think it's because of the angle I took the picture at. I'm getting very short spikes of up to 85 - 90 percent quality, but it goes right back down again. Gotta keep playing with it. Best yet. Hopefully it's not just a fluke with the receiver detecting the strength.

I've moved it all over the place trying to find a decent signal. I can't seem to get it to stay decent no matter what I do, and I've never seen a signal quality out of the 60s.

Here's a video of the signal quality jumping around. Does anyone have a clue as to why this would do that? I can't seem to lock onto a decent signal permanently, and this has been the best I've been able to do. It's annoying The satellite is AMC5, 12182/H/2300. ImageShack - Hosting ...

Exactly. Not too happy with the SG2100 at this point. It's making pointing it even tougher. I still can't get out of the 30s for a constant signal quality, and when I am able to get it higher, the play in the motor screws it up as soon as I try moving it. :rolleyes:

Well right now I sort of have a signal on AMC5. It's jumping between 28% and 60% signal quality. Is there anything I can do about motor play?

There's hell of a lot of play in the damn motor arm, so much it's almost impossible to keep the same signal stregnth after letting go of the dish. It wonders around. :rolleyes: Getting spikes up to 57% on AMC 5, but I just can't seem to keep it there.

The cable goes from the receiver to the motor, then from the motor to the switch, the switch is then connected to both the circular and linear outputs on the LNB which goes through a grounding block before getting to the switch. I don't even have a 13 inch tv around. The smallest I have is a...

Thanks guys. I probably am making it harder than it is.

I live in an area where houses and streets run wherever the horse carved the path 150 years ago. ;) I've verified it with several levels, and all indicate the pole is plum. I just can't seem to lock onto a darn signal.

I thought the invacom quad LNB could receive both circular and linear polarized signals?

Could I use a a Dishnetwork satellite to aim the dish, considering it puts out a much stronger signal? It's not close to being my true south, but I think it'd be easier to get in.

Yeah, it just teases us now. :mad: Well I'm gonna go out and try tweaking the dish once again. I'll report back with my findings.

Wow, thanks guys for the great tips. I'm gonna go out and try things shortly. I just have one question. Wouldn't using the button on the motor screw up where the receiver thinks it is?

So, true south is actually 194.45 degrees on the compass and my true south satellite is at 193.20 degrees. If my calculations are correct whiich were derived from going to this site: NOAA's Geophysical Data Center - Geomagnetic Data entering my latitude and longitude to find my magnetic...