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Hello,
We are attempting to get the AFN broadcast on a 4.5 meter (14.7') dish using the following equipment:
- Challenger Communications Prime Focus 4.5 Meter dish (manual Az-El mount)
- Harvard Scientific HS-200 Dual C-Band Feed Horn
- NORSAT 8520 C-Band LNB
- Cisco 9865H Signal Decoder
We've identified two satellites that have footprints that cover our location and are carrying AFN feeds, they are listed below with their respective azimuth and elevation points as calculated by dishpointer.com:
- SES-5 (5.2E): El 44.1, Az 266.9
- NSS-12 (57E): El 75.3 Az 102.3
When we point and attempt to fine-tune the dish for SES-5 we are able to get a signal level of approximately 76-77 and an unstable lock and signal quality of 5-22 which is enough to receive time and the guide but no video/audio.
Pointing at NSS-12 gives similar signal levels of 70-73 but no lock or signal quality.
We're at a bit of a loss on how to proceed, we've spent a lot of time making small adjustments to both azimuth and elevation but haven't been able to significantly increase the level or quality past what's listed above. We have attempted to make adjustments to skew as well by turning the feed horn in its mount but haven't seen any changes in the signal.
Any advice at all on how we might be able to get a stable signal would be very much appreciated, if you have any questions or if I've left any critical information out please query and I'd be happy to provide what I can. Thanks for your time and help!
We are attempting to get the AFN broadcast on a 4.5 meter (14.7') dish using the following equipment:
- Challenger Communications Prime Focus 4.5 Meter dish (manual Az-El mount)
- Harvard Scientific HS-200 Dual C-Band Feed Horn
- NORSAT 8520 C-Band LNB
- Cisco 9865H Signal Decoder
We've identified two satellites that have footprints that cover our location and are carrying AFN feeds, they are listed below with their respective azimuth and elevation points as calculated by dishpointer.com:
- SES-5 (5.2E): El 44.1, Az 266.9
- NSS-12 (57E): El 75.3 Az 102.3
When we point and attempt to fine-tune the dish for SES-5 we are able to get a signal level of approximately 76-77 and an unstable lock and signal quality of 5-22 which is enough to receive time and the guide but no video/audio.
Pointing at NSS-12 gives similar signal levels of 70-73 but no lock or signal quality.
We're at a bit of a loss on how to proceed, we've spent a lot of time making small adjustments to both azimuth and elevation but haven't been able to significantly increase the level or quality past what's listed above. We have attempted to make adjustments to skew as well by turning the feed horn in its mount but haven't seen any changes in the signal.
Any advice at all on how we might be able to get a stable signal would be very much appreciated, if you have any questions or if I've left any critical information out please query and I'd be happy to provide what I can. Thanks for your time and help!
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1/4" inside the feed opening is an estimated starting point. The optimal convergence point also depends on how the install will be used. The optimal focal point will be different for a stationary dish on a fixed satellite/carrier, vs an FD averaged position for a motorized dish that would be exposed to different sidelobe influences as it moves across the arc.
Adjusting a servo skew on a circular polarized separates the installers from the techs! LOL
Adjusting a servo skew on a circular polarized separates the installers from the techs! LOL
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
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It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.
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I bought the fixed color version of these bulbs for my store several years ago...work great and no more replacing ballast. Finally had one go out and when I went back to Amazon I saw that now they come in selectable versions so no more guess work as to what color light would do best in a certain area. They are now double OR single ended...used to be strictly one way or the other. If any of you are looking at replacing the old style 4 or 8 ft bulbs, you might want to give these a try. The 8 footers are BRIGHT. I put 5 in my shooting/target shed and you can get a decent tan if you are in there long enough.
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