I can hit AMC 6 72W with Q in the 70s. However, I cannot get more than a few seconds of 10-15Q on 74W.
I've got a 90cm dish/Ku LNB temporarily mounted on a portable light stand. (Too much snow to drag the ladder to the deck at this point, but I wanted to start playing with it). I'm manually moving the dish/changing the elevation and from the spot it's at on my deck I can move from 72W to 103W and basically hit anything I decide to point at with acceptable or excellent Q with the exception of 74W.
Could be trees? I've got plenty, but they are just sticks at this point.
Any tricks to finding this bird? Is the Ohio Network up? I've checked and re-checked the setup/frequency multiple times. The frequency is different on lyngsat (by 1). Tried them both.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Ohio News is up right now on 11733 H 6616
nice and strong here in MN
BigVideo,
The way you describe it, it sounds more like this satellite (74.0W) is not set up properly for its orbital position in your menu(s). If you get a glimpse of it and then it disappears, it almost sounds like your motor is driving the dish there, but is continuing to drive beyond the best alignment spot. That is just an assumption as a gut reaction and may not be at all what is happening.
I would say that this might be the problem as you seem to find 72.0W. However, you should get 72.0W in with a much better quality reading than 70%. No matter what receiver or LNBF or dish you have, 72.0W should pipe in with mid to high 80% quality levels if not more.
In the past, I have had some unusual troubles with 74.0°W, but no longer notice anything odd. It is still weaker than the signals from 72.0°W, but it always falls int place just fine.
If your site coordinates for USALS are precise, then this satellite should pipe in for you just fine and ONN should be pretty strong. I would have to say that your dish antenna, motor or the skew (polarization angle) is not absolutely perfect and that is causing the problem.
Since I can confirm that the signal from 74.0°W and the ONN channel is weaker than the signals I get from 72.0°W in the Omaha, NE area, and you are very low for quality readings on 72.0°W, I simply must assume that the problem is merely in the alignment.
Even though these two sats are very close together, it definitely does make a diiference how precise your alignments are. Since I cannot detect any unusual problems with my signal quality and Ice seems to have fine reception as well, then I am betting that you just need to do some more fine tuning with either your dish, LNBF or your motor. One or more of these outdoor devices must be off just a little (if your menu settings are correct). It does not require much of an error to cause a problem with these linear satellite signals.
You did not mention a motor, but I am tossing that variable into the discussion anyway. That is for your future endeavors and anyone else that might be following along who does have a motor.
RADAR