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Well, after a long wait, I have put my FTA system together. Details: M1 system from Sadoun (80cm Fortec Dish, Fortec star ultra, .4 universal LNB, and a satcontrol SM3D12 motor. Location: Saint Paul, MN, Lat: ~45, Long: ~93. I set the motor at 45 degrees, the dish elevation at 38 degrees and it's pointed to the south (I am assuming AI6 is my south satellite).
OK, guess what, I had zero signal quality on the screen and the sat finder reading is 1/10 no matter where i turn the dish or change its elevation. Talk about a frustrated first timer
One point should be mentioned here. 2 trees sit to the SE and SW but the sout is clear.
I know I'll get perfect clearance from trees and electric cables, etc if I mount it on top om my roof, but since this is my first attempt I thout the garage roof will do.
A desparate who is in desparate need for help. Thanks
Well, after a long wait, I have put my FTA system together. Details: M1 system from Sadoun (80cm Fortec Dish, Fortec star ultra, .4 universal LNB, and a satcontrol SM3D12 motor. Location: Saint Paul, MN, Lat: ~45, Long: ~93. I set the motor at 45 degrees, the dish elevation at 38 degrees and it's pointed to the south (I am assuming AI6 is my south satellite).
OK, guess what, I had zero signal quality on the screen and the sat finder reading is 1/10 no matter where i turn the dish or change its elevation. Talk about a frustrated first timer
One point should be mentioned here. 2 trees sit to the SE and SW but the sout is clear.
I know I'll get perfect clearance from trees and electric cables, etc if I mount it on top om my roof, but since this is my first attempt I thout the garage roof will do.
A desparate who is in desparate need for help. Thanks
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(I'm here in the Twin Cities too)
at least someone likes the 90's....65 and sunny is OK with meadwan001 said:
(I'm here in the Twin Cities too)
remember that the elevation for the dish will change when you add the motor. IA6 (and actually IA5) are at abvout 38 for fixed and 23 for motorizedI just received a 90 cm dish replacement for the previous smaller one which was shipped in error originally.
Here is what I will do--of course, wife and kids permitting
1- Redo all calculations for a fixed dish
2- Remove the motor
3- Recheck the position of the mast to see if it's still plumb as it was before
4- Install the 90cm dish and position it to hit my true south
5- Try to get the Telstar 6 as my standard for positioning, even though I am more interested in the Telstar 5 because it has about 20 Arabic channels.
6- If this works, then I will reinstall the motor and reposition again relying on the settings I saved in the receiver from the previous install.
some systems don't round. Elevation on the motor is the same as latitude. For Twin Citians, its 45 on the motor
Thanks Iceberg for the tips. My original home town is Gaza, Palestine and over there 90 is only the spring warm up. When July comes, we don't use our water heaters any more 
It worked... But!!
Hi folks,
I was set to get this done no matter what. After spending the good part of the hot afternoon relocating the entire thing to give it better chance of avoiding the trees' effect, I came back empty handed. No signal whatsoever.
At around 8:30 PM I went back at it again. And I relaized what I was doing wrong. My compas was the culprit. It was giving me false reading because I was setting it on top of the mast to see where I should point the dish and it always gave me an error by at least 10 degrees west. I beleive this happened because the needle was attracted to the metal and it just went over my head. I felt ashamed because physics was my favorite subject in high school.
To make a long story short, I remembered PSB once telling me that IA5 is more south than where my current D*Network dish is pointing. So, I looked at the little dish and started moving my setup more towards the east. And voila, I ACTUALLY SAW THE GREEN SIGNAL. I couldn't belive it. After some twaking and fine tuning, it got an 85-93% signal and in an instant I got a 93 channel line up. It was so euphoric, I didn't even care about the countless mosqueto bites I got
I was done by about 10 after hooking up the long cable, threading it into the house, and doing all other connection. In minutes I was surfing IA5 and watched it till 1 AM. And now here is the bad news. I lost the signal again
and because it was 1 AM I didn't want to go out there playing with it again and decided to go to sleep and to wait for today to do that. I am thinking that the dish has moved or the elevation slipped but it wasn't a windy night and I tightened all bolts needed to keep it in place. What else could have gone wrong?? Any input!!
Hi folks,
I was set to get this done no matter what. After spending the good part of the hot afternoon relocating the entire thing to give it better chance of avoiding the trees' effect, I came back empty handed. No signal whatsoever.
At around 8:30 PM I went back at it again. And I relaized what I was doing wrong. My compas was the culprit. It was giving me false reading because I was setting it on top of the mast to see where I should point the dish and it always gave me an error by at least 10 degrees west. I beleive this happened because the needle was attracted to the metal and it just went over my head. I felt ashamed because physics was my favorite subject in high school.
To make a long story short, I remembered PSB once telling me that IA5 is more south than where my current D*Network dish is pointing. So, I looked at the little dish and started moving my setup more towards the east. And voila, I ACTUALLY SAW THE GREEN SIGNAL. I couldn't belive it. After some twaking and fine tuning, it got an 85-93% signal and in an instant I got a 93 channel line up. It was so euphoric, I didn't even care about the countless mosqueto bites I got
I was done by about 10 after hooking up the long cable, threading it into the house, and doing all other connection. In minutes I was surfing IA5 and watched it till 1 AM. And now here is the bad news. I lost the signal again
and because it was 1 AM I didn't want to go out there playing with it again and decided to go to sleep and to wait for today to do that. I am thinking that the dish has moved or the elevation slipped but it wasn't a windy night and I tightened all bolts needed to keep it in place. What else could have gone wrong?? Any input!!
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The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.
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Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner
The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.
Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.
. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.
. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
Yup, I agree, I'd rather be 2 or 3 till the last few weeks.They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.
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We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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