Hey Guys,
I'm new to this forum and to the satellite dish world.
I'm from Argentina and living in Los Angeles, CA. I got a paid DTV receiver with an active card who was sent by my relatives in Buenos Aires and I'm trying to get some Argentinian channels.
I've been reading a lot on the web (and on this forum) and I found out these things:
1- According to SatBeams both the West (Horizontal - Oeste) and South (Vertical - Sur) beams have a strong footprint in southern California.
2- I needed at least a 70cm dish.
3- With a circular LNB that receives the transponders form the 13 to the 40 (some on the West beam and some on the South) with frequencies ranging from 11.4ghz to 12.1ghz (According to LyngSat).
4- The channels for south american countries (i.e. Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, etc...) are broadcasted from the South beam.
5- According to my exact location I need to set up the dish like this:
- Elevation angle: 43°
- LNB Tilt (skew): 30.4°
- True azimuth: 142.2°
- Magnetic azimuth: 129.5°
With all of that information I went online and bought the WS7630 dish, with the Eagle Aspen LNB DTVGS apparently specific for DTV Latin America.
Now, after setting everything up with a compass, a level and an iPhone app (SatFinder) I'm getting 0% signal on all transponders.
Since I bought the satellite dish separately from the LNB I don't think it fits properly and I think that might be the reason why it isn't working.
So to make sure that there was a signal, I connected my DTV receiver to a DirectTV US installation from a friend and I got 89-90% signal on half of the transponders on the West beam, obviously this wasn't enough to get channels or even the programming guide.
My question is, do you have the same equipment that I have? can you show me a photo of your installation?
Much appreciated and I hope the other information might be helpful for future "googlers" like me![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I'm new to this forum and to the satellite dish world.
I'm from Argentina and living in Los Angeles, CA. I got a paid DTV receiver with an active card who was sent by my relatives in Buenos Aires and I'm trying to get some Argentinian channels.
I've been reading a lot on the web (and on this forum) and I found out these things:
1- According to SatBeams both the West (Horizontal - Oeste) and South (Vertical - Sur) beams have a strong footprint in southern California.
2- I needed at least a 70cm dish.
3- With a circular LNB that receives the transponders form the 13 to the 40 (some on the West beam and some on the South) with frequencies ranging from 11.4ghz to 12.1ghz (According to LyngSat).
4- The channels for south american countries (i.e. Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, etc...) are broadcasted from the South beam.
5- According to my exact location I need to set up the dish like this:
- Elevation angle: 43°
- LNB Tilt (skew): 30.4°
- True azimuth: 142.2°
- Magnetic azimuth: 129.5°
With all of that information I went online and bought the WS7630 dish, with the Eagle Aspen LNB DTVGS apparently specific for DTV Latin America.
Now, after setting everything up with a compass, a level and an iPhone app (SatFinder) I'm getting 0% signal on all transponders.
Since I bought the satellite dish separately from the LNB I don't think it fits properly and I think that might be the reason why it isn't working.
So to make sure that there was a signal, I connected my DTV receiver to a DirectTV US installation from a friend and I got 89-90% signal on half of the transponders on the West beam, obviously this wasn't enough to get channels or even the programming guide.
My question is, do you have the same equipment that I have? can you show me a photo of your installation?
Much appreciated and I hope the other information might be helpful for future "googlers" like me