A Friends FTA Question

[Nov-01]

just the other day I received this note from the fella I bought a spare dish from (that I then returned due to mounting gear missing)...anyways He had been having a Heck of a time getting his dish to see G19, his questions follows.

..."I thought I might give you my latest update. I have been having trouble with Galaxy 19 for the longest time. I recently lost the Galaxy 19 signal when I was fiddling with other satellite signals. The only signal I was able to get was Galaxy 3C which supposedly was on 95W. Since I knew I was on 95W I figured if I moved the satellite clockwise by 2 degrees I would get 97W. However I found out that this is incorrect. I had to move it counter-clockwise by 2 degrees. I still don't understand this. Can you explain?
Anyway I finally managed to find Galaxy 19 2 days ago. I have been trying nearly everyday to find it. However the signal was on 25% at best. I finally managed to cut down a tree. Signal was still not getting better until I finally realized that my dish was warped. I replaced the dish with the one you returned and wallah, I got 58% now. It has been a host of problems but now I am locked in and I can see about 200 channels.
Thanks for all the help."...

Can anyone answer the bold print in an easy to explain/understand way?

 

[Magic Static]

He said the dish was warped. Answered his own question. If it's still happening on the replacement dish.It would suggest some serious lobe issues and you need to check LNBF positioning.

 

[Titanium]

How did he know that the dish was aimed at 95w? Scanned and watching channels or had a signal reading?

If it was based on only a signal quality reading, it could be a transponder with similar parameters giving a false positive.

 

[KE4EST]

Yeah I bet he was on 99W satellite, but had the receiver set for 95W.