Aiming at True South (AMC 5 79W Toronto)

[gwemor]

Guys I seem to have Locked In on AMC 5 so far my signal rate is 15-59% the highest seem to be on Transpondent 2 11972 H 8.417 yet I get no channels when I do a blind scan however it finds 10 transpondents. What could be the problem?

 

[qwert1515]

Signal rate does not mean much, what you want is a high quality level.

What receiver are you using?
What size dish are you using?

Also I believe that 11972 H 8.417 is on 83 Degrees West not AMC 5.

Use 11741 V 11110 or 12181 H 23000 which are on AMC 5.

 

[gwemor]

Signal rate does not mean much, what you want is a high quality level.

What receiver are you using?
What size dish are you using?

Also I believe that 11972 H 8.417 is on 83 Degrees West not AMC 5.

Use 11741 V 11110 or 12181 H 23000 which are on AMC 5.

Sorry I was actually referring to my quality not the signal as 15-60%. It's quite posible I'm pointing at the wrong satellite then.

 

[Mr Tony]

you're at the wrong satellite...

AMC5 has 2 strong transponders
11742 V 11110 (freq, pol, symbol rate)
12182 H 23000

 

[gwemor]

you're at the wrong satellite...

AMC5 has 2 strong transponders
11742 V 11110 (freq, pol, symbol rate)
12182 H 23000

I have the right satellite now but the signal stays on 10% and jumps 99% frequently I simply can't get it to stay on 99%. I've done a lot of tweaking to no avail.

 

[Mr Tony]

well lets ask the obvious...I assume the LNB LO is set up right? According to the equipment in your sig, the LNB LO should be 10750.

 

[gwemor]

well lets ask the obvious...I assume the LNB LO is set up right? According to the equipment in your sig, the LNB LO should be 10750.

Yes I have set it up to be Standard 10750.

 

[Mr Tony]

oh ok

try a smart scan...let it scan all and see what channels come up. Then we can tell

 

[qwert1515]

Have you tried playing with the LNB skew, dish azimuth, dish elevation?

Also are you using a motor or a fixed dish?

 

[gwemor]

oh ok

try a smart scan...let it scan all and see what channels come up. Then we can tell

I get Kuen-tv and Sinclair, Cat1-6, Program

 

[gwemor]

Have you tried playing with the LNB skew, dish azimuth, dish elevation?

Also are you using a motor or a fixed dish?

I'm using a Motor dish with Invacom LNB. Is there any other 10750 sat that I can try? I'm getting Picture on Kuen-tv but the signal is too weak.

 

[Mr Tony]

Thats AMC5 so you are in the ballpark

 

[gwemor]

What does the SKEW do? I've been able to determined that my east and west movement of the dish is okay it's just the up/down movement that I need to fix. I'm not sure whether I can use the receiver to correct this because it's off by just a tiny bit.

 

[Mr Tony]

skew on the box is if you have an old LNB like what was on the C-Band setups. There were 3 wires that hookd ot the back of the box to control polarity. SInce you are using a LNBF that skew is moot

On those 2 transponders on my 1500 (the little brother of the 2500) I get around 65-70 quality on both transponders posted