Galaxy 25 97°W Do keep Twicking??

[Babadem]

Galaxy 25 97°W Do I keep Twicking??

I use a Globecast Eliptical Dish and Dual ouput LNBs. At my location of Latitude: 42.078° and Longitude: -71.038° I get Strength and Quality reading like these for these transponders:


Transponder Strength Quality
11779 H 73 27 to 35

11898 V 71 60 to 61 (avge for rest of TPS)

11966 H 72 48 to 50

12010 V 71 79 to 85

My question is; are those readings normal for my location or should I twick the Dish more to get up my quality for that very first weak TP reading?

 

[Mr Tony]

what receiver? They all read differently

On my Pansat 1500 most of the transponders read between 50 and 75

 

[Babadem]

what receiver? They all read differently

On my Pansat 1500 most of the transponders read between 50 and 75

On Globecast and Viewsat Ultra Receivers.

 

[Mr Tony]

If I remember correctly the GC box reads low on the meter so that may be right.

I don't have a Viewsat but someone will chime in soon

 

[turbosat]

CHIME
Well my VS Ultra (version 1) says
11778H
AZCAR Training System channel
S=73 Q=61-64

Thats on a 1m Primestar, might be a bit bigger than your dish...I'd try tweaking the
skew (unless you're using a motor) sometimes a little slight twist will pick up the #s.
If its a fixed dish I'd check elevation, east/west and then try the skew a bit just to see if it helps.

 

[Sadoun]

GC dishes come with a single LNBF. Did you buy the dual later? Check the skew on the dual. The elliptical dish you have has good gain and should be big enough.

I suspect the SKEW on the LNBF then on the DISH.

 

[Babadem]

GC dishes come with a single LNBF. Did you buy the dual later? Check the skew on the dual. The elliptical dish you have has good gain and should be big enough.

I suspect the SKEW on the LNBF then on the DISH.

Yes, it came with a single LNBF, but I bought the "Dual body" from you Sadoun. I will take a closer look at the entire setup, including the markings on the Dish and LNBF. Currently, my dish is skewd at about 115° (25° +90°..... don't know why GlobeCast tech told me to add 90° to the skew scale of the dish.) Elevation is 40° about 4° more than listed on Dishpointer. Anything lower or higher I loose signal. Azimuth (magn.): is 231.1°.

1) Should the arrow on the LNBF indicating up, always be pointed up?

2)What about the reading around the neck of the LNBF? How should they display?

3)Should, I reset the dish's Skew to 0° and then only skew the LNB, instead of skewing the entire dish?

 

[Tron]

If you can skew the dish, skew the entire dish instead of the LNB. That gives the LNB more dish surface to see, especially on an elliptical.

 

[Babadem]

If you can skew the dish, skew the entire dish instead of the LNB. That gives the LNB more dish surface to see, especially on an elliptical.

That's exactly what I did initially. I will try and setup it again from scratch. Thanks.