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I am trying to get IA5/97 (1 week now)
Setup: pansat 2700a, digiwave 33" dish, digiwave standard linear lnbf. lnb straight to receiver.
Approach:
On the roof, with walkie talkie, brother with walkie talkie by the receiver and TV. He sees signal go up, he contacts me.
I use a compass to get azimuth. Can't be 100% right b/c I can only eye it. So I use a signal meter to see if I'm pointed at any sats. Elevation is by eye too, using 18" dish that is pointed at 110 as reference- difference of only 4 degrees.
Using the signal meter I seem to hit 3-5 different sats in the region of 97. I believe they can be IA6/93, G3C/95, IA5/97 G4R/99, AMC4/101 and IA5 is what I want. By moving the dish just a little bit I get a signal on the meter, and moving it a bit more looses it and a little more I get another signal.
Between these sats I get a signal from one of them and on the receiver its a bouncing signal of 10% to 99%. and it doesn't matter how much I adjust, as little as it may be, I can't get a lock. I either loose it completely or get the bouncing signal. With the bouncing signal I only have a signal on 2 TPs and all other ones are 0%.
PROBLEMS:
How do I know that I have IA5?
How do I get a lock on IA5?
How do I get a better signal?
How do I get a signal on other TP's
Oh ya, if you say the dish is too small- I know 4 other people that have the same size dish and they get all 200 channels off IA5- these peoples paid $300 for "professional installation."
Setup: pansat 2700a, digiwave 33" dish, digiwave standard linear lnbf. lnb straight to receiver.
Approach:
On the roof, with walkie talkie, brother with walkie talkie by the receiver and TV. He sees signal go up, he contacts me.
I use a compass to get azimuth. Can't be 100% right b/c I can only eye it. So I use a signal meter to see if I'm pointed at any sats. Elevation is by eye too, using 18" dish that is pointed at 110 as reference- difference of only 4 degrees.
Using the signal meter I seem to hit 3-5 different sats in the region of 97. I believe they can be IA6/93, G3C/95, IA5/97 G4R/99, AMC4/101 and IA5 is what I want. By moving the dish just a little bit I get a signal on the meter, and moving it a bit more looses it and a little more I get another signal.
Between these sats I get a signal from one of them and on the receiver its a bouncing signal of 10% to 99%. and it doesn't matter how much I adjust, as little as it may be, I can't get a lock. I either loose it completely or get the bouncing signal. With the bouncing signal I only have a signal on 2 TPs and all other ones are 0%.
PROBLEMS:
How do I know that I have IA5?
How do I get a lock on IA5?
How do I get a better signal?
How do I get a signal on other TP's
Oh ya, if you say the dish is too small- I know 4 other people that have the same size dish and they get all 200 channels off IA5- these peoples paid $300 for "professional installation."
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From what you have said it sounds to me like you do indeed have a standard linear LNB.
If you tighten the dish mounting bolts too much it can warp the dish, or your dish could have been damaged in shipping (if it was shipped that is). If you take the LNB arm off and lay the dish face down on a level surface does it appear twisted or bent?
I would tend to agree with PSB in that if bending the dish gets you better signal quality - then by all means bend it.
If you tighten the dish mounting bolts too much it can warp the dish, or your dish could have been damaged in shipping (if it was shipped that is). If you take the LNB arm off and lay the dish face down on a level surface does it appear twisted or bent?
I would tend to agree with PSB in that if bending the dish gets you better signal quality - then by all means bend it.
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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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