Do I have the right equipments?!!

[panorama]

Hello,

I'm a newbie, and I'm trying to setup a dish to receive FTA arabic channels from 97.0 west GALAXY 19 Satellite. I live in Toronto, Canada

Would these work:

1- An oval shaped Q-sat dish 30 inch wide and 36 inch long
2- A digiwave DGL-990D Dual DSS Linear LNBF-10750Ghz (Standard) LNB
3- Coolsat 5000 receiver

Thank you,
Panorama

 

[roosman]

Hello,

I'm a newbie, and I'm trying to setup a dish to receive FTA arabic channels from 97.0 west GALAXY 19 Satellite. I live in Toronto, Canada

Would these work:

1- An oval shaped Q-sat dish 30 inch wide and 36 inch long
2- A digiwave DGL-990D Dual DSS Linear LNBF-10750Ghz (Standard) LNB
3- Coolsat 5000 receiver

Thank you,
Panorama

Yup!

 

[panorama]

Great.. thank you roosman.
I'll start putting up my dish, and I'm sure I'll be back for more questions

 

[panorama]

Hello,

My dish is pointing at Galaxy 19 now (I think!) but I'm not receiving all the channels!! I'm receiving about 30 channels which most of them have the $ sign and don't work!! Do I need to keep moving the dish? Is it the receiver setting?!

Thanks

 

[Lak7]

List what you are getting.

 

[Electro960]

Hello,

My dish is pointing at Galaxy 19 now (I think!) but I'm not receiving all the channels!! I'm receiving about 30 channels which most of them have the $ sign and don't work!! Do I need to keep moving the dish? Is it the receiver setting?!

Thanks

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Globecast delivered via G19? If so, the dollor signs indicate that its a premium channel. You will need to purchase a receiver through Globecast World TV with a smart card to subscribe and access these channels.

 

[Lak7]

There are / were many free channels on 97 west.

 

[panorama]

Some of the channels I'm getting are:

CCTV4
CCTV9
CCTVF
CCTVE
RTN1
RTN2
---
RTN9
HRTV
RTN11
RTN12
---
RTN40
MACTV
ATV
PSTV
AON

 

[Jim S.]

You need to move two degrees west. You're at 95.

 

[panorama]

You need to move two degrees west. You're at 95.

Thanks Jim.. moving two degrees, is that like a couple of inches?!

 

[Lak7]

Thanks Jim.. moving two degrees, is that like a couple of inches?!

About 1/32" on the pole.

 

[panorama]

Thanks Lak7.. I'll try it when I get home tonight

 

[Lak7]

If you can, drag a TV and the receiver to the Dish
In the Receiver's Setup menu, have a known Hot TP selected, then slowly push the dish to the west, until the Quality meter lights up.

 

[Mr Tony]

you are very close. Make a mark on the mast so you know that you know where you had a good signal (95W)

 

[Lak7]

you are very close. Make a mark on the mast so you know that you know where you had a good signal (95W)

Always a good idea!

 

[panorama]

Thank you guys for your help
I moved the dish to the west a little bit and I ran blind scan, and it picked up some channels from 97W. Then, I moved it a little bit more to the west, and it picked up more channels. However, it didn't pick up the couple of channels that I want. So, I moved it more to the west, and I lost every thing. Then, I moved it back, and now I have some channels but not all. If my dish is pointing at 97W, shouldn't it pick up ALL the channels, why do I need to move it more?!! Is it the setting on my receiver?!Do I need to move it up and down this time?!

 

[Tron]

Sounds like the dish isn't precisely aligned on the arc. Are the channels you got before and after moving the dish west all from Galaxy 19?

 

[Davage]

panorama - did you adjust the skew of the LNB? Meaning, did you turn the LNB (counter-clockwise I believe for you) by a few degrees? The LNB may not be properly skewed.

 

[panorama]

Thank you guys.
Tron - Yes, the channels are from Galaxy 19 because my parents are getting the same channels, and I checked the Lyngsat website also

Davage - Actually, I DID turn the LNB counter-clockwise randomly, so I don't know if I went too far, or too little. I have to check that out tonight, I know it has to be 17.4 degree, but I didn't know how to measure that!

 

[Lak7]

Can you list what you are not getting?
When behind the Dish, which way did your Skew the LNB?
For the LNB Skew, 17 degrees is about 1/4"

Also: Do the TP numbers match what Lyngsat shows?