hey guys! So happy to have found this awesome community!
As you can see, I am just getting into the FTA KUBand hobby. I am trying to experiment trying to find g19 for starters. Having some problems finding it it appears. I have, a modded directv 32" oval dish, the one with the at&t bubble logo.
dual output linear lnb from ebay which clames to work with viewsat/pansat.
gtmedia v7 receiver
genarric satfinder beeper with analog meter
I have my dish pointing south on the edge of my back deck, I have it at the strongest I can get it pointing in that direction. I even installed the north American database and still nothing. It feels like it sould be 0ed in. Up/down, left/right right on the sat. When I got the dish first, it was frozen tilted crooked as it has this ajustment where the dish/lnb turns together like as in you can grab the dish like a big stearing wheel and turn it, the setting has numbers on the back of the disk. What is that setting called? I hhad to saw the bolts off as thety were welded by the sun for this setting to free up. It moves freely now and it is level as possible. The mast btw is also level. I made sure to click on the KU sats only.
So, I go to scan full blind scans etc, nothing! I have 81% to 90s signal quality! What gives! No matter what I do, the signal intergety stays at 0 and won't budge. Defected receiver? Defective LNB?
I even made sure to pick lnb freq of 10750
I also have the deseque set to off as I don't have any motors or big dishes etc. Not yet, anyway. If I like this, I think of eventually upgrading my dish to a proper nicer dedicated one in future. Till then Imm using this freecycle directv one. I know the signal sat finder and receiver are doing something, as if I put my hand in the way of the lnb it interrupts/blocks the signal path. The thing is very sensitive as I had to reinforce the deck rail from wobbling.
As you can see, I am just getting into the FTA KUBand hobby. I am trying to experiment trying to find g19 for starters. Having some problems finding it it appears. I have, a modded directv 32" oval dish, the one with the at&t bubble logo.
dual output linear lnb from ebay which clames to work with viewsat/pansat.
gtmedia v7 receiver
genarric satfinder beeper with analog meter
I have my dish pointing south on the edge of my back deck, I have it at the strongest I can get it pointing in that direction. I even installed the north American database and still nothing. It feels like it sould be 0ed in. Up/down, left/right right on the sat. When I got the dish first, it was frozen tilted crooked as it has this ajustment where the dish/lnb turns together like as in you can grab the dish like a big stearing wheel and turn it, the setting has numbers on the back of the disk. What is that setting called? I hhad to saw the bolts off as thety were welded by the sun for this setting to free up. It moves freely now and it is level as possible. The mast btw is also level. I made sure to click on the KU sats only.
So, I go to scan full blind scans etc, nothing! I have 81% to 90s signal quality! What gives! No matter what I do, the signal intergety stays at 0 and won't budge. Defected receiver? Defective LNB?
I even made sure to pick lnb freq of 10750
I also have the deseque set to off as I don't have any motors or big dishes etc. Not yet, anyway. If I like this, I think of eventually upgrading my dish to a proper nicer dedicated one in future. Till then Imm using this freecycle directv one. I know the signal sat finder and receiver are doing something, as if I put my hand in the way of the lnb it interrupts/blocks the signal path. The thing is very sensitive as I had to reinforce the deck rail from wobbling.
A few basics. Raising the dish up/down is elevation, moving left/right is azimuth, rotating the lnbf is called skew (in answer to your question about turning the whole dish like a steering wheel). You can turn that model of dish or keep the dish straight and turn the lnbf in its holder. Either one will adjust skew. You need to make sure that the lnbf is located in the exact location (height, distance and angle) from the face of the dish that the original lnbf was located and it is properly skewed. There is no margin for error in this. FTA signals are weak compared to Directv and Dish so if you are off even a bit you will not get signal. Make sure that the settings in your receiver match the settings of your lnbf and that you are using an active transponder on 97w (12052 V 22000 is strong here) in your receiver while you are aiming. You may have more luck hitting 95w first and moving a couple degrees to hit 97w. 95w is really strong for an FTA sat. If you try that one go for the CGTN channels at 11780 H 20760. With either sat set the dish to where you think the satellite is then sweep very slowly left, then right. If you don't get a signal then raise or lower the dish a degree and try again. Make only minor adjustments in the elevation and azimuth as it takes a bit of time for the receiver to lock on a signal. Too fast and you will miss it. You are interested in the quality reading which shows that you are actually aimed at a satellite. Once you get a signal do a blind scan to see where you are. A few questions. What model of lnbf are you using? What method are you using to be sure that the dish is pointed correctly (dishpointer website, phone app, etc)? If possible, post up a few pics of your setup so we can see what you are working with. Note that the forum software requires a minimum number of posts before you can add links (can't remember if this applys to pics too). If you get an error just add a few more posts (say hi or whatever 
) until you reach the limit. This is an anti-spam measure that the site employs. Sorry to throw so much at you at once but I hope it is helpful to you. Heading to bed now. Will reply back tomorrow unless someone else does first. Good luck! 
