
I just got my Coolsat 8000, but I can't figure out how to edit USALS satellite locations. For example, I'd like to change 83.0W to 82.8W because my dish is a little off. Do any of you guys know how to do this?
Thanks,
LoTech
Thanks,
LoTech
Thanks Brent and McGuyver. PBS HD looks great. Still no luck on DVB-S2 though.
Montana PBS-97Q
PBS HD-69Q
Pentagon Channel-50Q
OETA/LPB/NBC(DVB-S2)-0Q
That's a big difference in quality between Montana PBS and PBS-HD. Also, the Pentagon Channel comes in at 75Q on my Coolsat 5000, but only 50 on the 8000.
Is S2 generally harder to pick up than regular DVB?
Sounds like you're getting closer all the time, but for the S2 sigs you'll need to have the dish peaked perfectly to get all that you can. S2 are harder to pull in and they say a BIGGER dish is always beneficial, at least in C-band anyway.
I too have trouble getting some S2 sigs, I have 5 Ku dishes and 2 C-band dishes and I'm still working out all the kinks to get the best sigs possible. Just like a drag car, always tweaking to get every drop of performance.
Tell us about your dish setup so we can help you better. type, size, etc., and location is a factor sometimes too.
Thanks guys. I kinda figured that. I tinkered a while longer last night, and then gave up, had a cold beer and a salisbury steak, and watched a little TV.
As for my setup.... Well I have a landscape timber pole sunk about 2 feet in the ground with the dish mount bolted on about 4 ft high. Not real sturdy - the pole keeps moving/warping/shifting in the ground. Its always worked fine for the regular DBS signals though. I even had RTV at 69Q not long after they moved to AMC9. I guess I'll have to sink a metal pole and peak my dish again. Maybe that will yield some results.
When did Pentagon move to 125W?
LoTech, If you feel creative and have the tools and skills you can possibly make use of these plans I drew up some time back.
It didn't. It's still right there with NBC on AMC1. I just threw Pentagon and Montana PBS in for signal comparisons to NBC and OETA/LPB.
That's pretty cool. Using that setup you can re-plumb the pole if it somehow shifts in the ground, or replace the top pole if it gets bent. Ingenious.
Bigger dish is a big help on Ku band DVB-S2, too.
remember the funky skew on AMC1
My first BUD had a plumb adjustment built in. I don't know why they don't sell mounts like this anymore, as at least an accessory. But the way the plumb adjustment worked, was that the bottom of the actual mount was connected to a flat triangular plate with an indentation in the center, and holes for bolts at the three ends of the triangle. The part of the mount that slipped over the pipe in the ground was a bigger pipe with a similar triangular plate welded to the top, again with an indentation in the center. Then they had a big ball bearing, maybe 1/2", that sat in that indentation, and the triangular plate of the upper part of the mount then sat on top of the triangular plate of the lower part with the ball bearing sandwiched between, so that the upper part could move around at any angle on top of that big ball bearing. Then, with nuts/bolts through the 3 holes of the 2 triangular plates, you could adjust the plumb of your actual mount by tightening/loosening the 3 bolts. The thing came with a little level permanently attached to the top plate, so that you could see the level as you adjusted the 3 bolts. Pretty nifty. That being said, it's not really necessary to have a plumb pole, but it sure makes things easier.That's pretty cool. Using that setup you can re-plumb the pole if it somehow shifts in the ground, or replace the top pole if it gets bent. Ingenious.Quote:
LoTech, If you feel creative and have the tools and skills you can possibly make use of these plans I drew up some time back.