Globecast elliptical dish aligning

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Hello. Just bought a used Globecast system with the aforementioned dish. It was already setup for T5 and I'm able to get those channels no problem. But now I want to try a different satellite. I set up the azimuth and elevation per lyngsat and other websites correctly and sweep the dish back and forth slowly but get nothing. I found the instructions to use the globecast receiver (the ones at "globecastworldtv" are too new. Had to do much surfing to find it) and have it set up correctly I believe. It does have on the satellite screen the words "New Sat" and I was able to put in a new sat using T5 frequencies and symbol rates and see those transponders. The question is, with an elliptical dish do you need to change the skew of the dish for each satellite? The skew is set to 116 for T5. I would think this is my problem,and if so, how do I figure out the skew for other satellites? Can an elliptical dish be used with a motor if I wanted to use one?
Thanks,
Joe
 
Yes the skew has to be reset for each new satellite using a fixed Globecast dish!

If you give us your zip code we will give you all the skew values for each satellite from your location, I would also refer to the Globecast manual.

Some of the older Globecast receivers will not work with other satellites.

Yes you can use an oval dish with a motor, its a good idea to remove as much weight as possible, if you put it on a motor there will be no skew setting needed.

Have a look at the below link for some ideas.......

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=42450&highlight=Primestar+mount
 
Sweet!!!!!! My zip is 11792. So then is it impossible to use this antenna with a motor.? I have read where there is a possibility it won't work with other sats.
Thanks!!!!
 
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                      Wading River, NY 11792
          Latitude 40° 57.120'N Longitude 72° 50.088'W

                         Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
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                       Telstar 12   15.0W 112.4 127.4 15.3 -44.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 901   18.0W 114.8 129.8 17.5 -43.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 603   20.0W 116.4 131.4 18.9 -42.6
                                 
                            NSS 7   22.0W 118.1 133.1 20.3 -41.8
                                 
                     Intelsat 905   24.5W 120.3 135.3 22.1 -40.7
                                 
                     Intelsat 907   27.5W 122.9 137.9 24.1 -39.3
                                 
                   Hispasat 1C/1D   30.0W 125.3 140.3 25.8 -38.1
                                 
                     Intelsat 801   31.5W 126.7 141.7 26.8 -37.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 903   34.5W 129.7 144.7 28.7 -35.6
                                 
              AMC 12 & Telstar 11   37.5W 132.8 147.8 30.5 -33.7
                                 
                          NSS 806   40.5W 136.0 151.0 32.3 -31.6
                                 
                        PAS 6B/3R   43.0W 138.8 153.8 33.7 -29.8
                                 
                           PAS 1R   45.0W 141.1 156.2 34.8 -28.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 705   50.0W 147.3 162.3 37.2 -24.1
                                 
                     Intelsat 707   53.0W 151.2 166.2 38.5 -21.4
                                 
                     Intelsat 805   55.5W 154.5 169.5 39.4 -18.9
                                 
                            PAS 9   58.0W 158.0 173.0 40.3 -16.4
                                 
                         Amazonas   61.0W 162.3 177.3 41.1 -13.3
                                 
           EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1   61.5W 163.0 178.0 41.2 -12.8
                                 
                 Estrela do Sul 1   63.0W 165.2 180.2 41.6 -11.1
                                 
                     Brasilsat B2   65.0W 168.1 183.2 42.0  -8.9
                                 
                     Brasilsat B1   70.0W 175.7 190.7 42.6  -3.3
                                 
                 Nahuel 1 & AMC 6   72.0W 178.7 193.7 42.7  -1.0
                                 
                            AMC 6   72.0W 178.7 193.7 42.7  -1.0
                                 
                        DirecTV 5   72.5W 179.5 194.5 42.7  -0.4
                                 
                            SBS 6   74.0W 181.8 196.8 42.6   1.3
                                 
                            AMC 5   79.0W 189.4 204.4 42.2   7.1
                                 
                          Nimiq 2   82.0W 193.8 208.8 41.7  10.4
                                 
                            AMC 9   83.0W 195.3 210.3 41.5  11.5
                                 
                     Brasilsat B3   84.0W 196.8 211.8 41.3  12.6
                                 
                           AMC 16   85.0W 198.2 213.2 41.0  13.6
                                 
                            AMC 3   87.0W 201.1 216.1 40.5  15.7
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 8   89.0W 203.9 218.9 39.8  17.8
                                 
                 Galaxy 11/Nimiq1   91.0W 206.6 221.6 39.1  19.8
                                 
                     Brasilsat B4   92.0W 207.9 222.9 38.7  20.7
                                 
                        Telstar 6   93.0W 209.3 224.3 38.3  21.7
                                 
                        Galaxy 3C   95.0W 211.9 226.9 37.5  23.5
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 5   97.0W 214.4 229.4 36.6  25.3
                                 
                        Galaxy 4R   99.0W 216.9 231.9 35.6  26.9
                                 
                            AMC 4  101.0W 219.2 234.3 34.6  28.5
                                 
                            AMC 1  103.0W 221.6 236.6 33.5  30.1
                                 
                           AMC 15  105.0W 223.8 238.8 32.4  31.5
                                 
                          Anik F1  107.3W 226.3 241.3 31.1  33.1
                                 
         DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8  110.0W 229.2 244.2 29.4  34.8
                                 
                          Anik F2  111.1W 230.3 245.3 28.7  35.5
                                 
                    Solidaridad 2  113.0W 232.2 247.2 27.5  36.6
                                 
                         SatMex 5  116.8W 235.8 250.8 25.1  38.7
                                 
          EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S  119.0W 237.8 252.8 23.6  39.7
                                 
  EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13  121.0W 239.6 254.6 22.2  40.6
                                 
                       Galaxy 10R  123.0W 241.3 256.3 20.8  41.5
                                 
                        Galaxy 12  125.0W 243.0 258.0 19.4  42.3
                                 
             Galaxy 13/Horizons 1  127.0W 244.7 259.7 18.0  43.1
                                 
 Intelsat Americas 7 & EchoStar 5  129.0W 246.3 261.3 16.5  43.7
                                 
                           AMC 11  131.0W 247.9 262.9 15.1  44.4
                                 
                        Galaxy 1R  133.0W 249.4 264.4 13.6  45.0
                                 
                           AMC 10  135.0W 250.9 265.9 12.1  45.5
                                 
                            AMC 7  137.0W 252.4 267.4 10.7  46.0
                                 
                            AMC 8  139.0W 253.9 268.9  9.2  46.5
                                 
                     EchoStar 1/2  148.0W 260.2 275.2  2.5  48.1

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My skew for T5 doesn't match what you gave me. The other numbers do. I would think your numbers are for a round dish? My skew is set to 116 but what you gave says 25.3. Is there a conversion factor somwhere in this? Yes I have that manual. Thank you.
 
hartwood said:
My skew for T5 doesn't match what you gave me. The other numbers do. I would think your numbers are for a round dish? My skew is set to 116 but what you gave says 25.3. Is there a conversion factor somwhere in this? Yes I have that manual. Thank you.
The skew numbers Pete posted are referenced from zero straight up.

Clockwise for negative values and Counterclockwise for positive values.

You'll notice that 90 + 25.3 is awefull close to 116 :).

Shawn
 
Yes I was thinking about trying that. Just adding 90 to his numbers and see if that works.
 
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