Silly me but I figured out my newly installed system isn't tracking correctly. I'm at 34N 118w (93065) and I'm using SatMex 5 as my true south. I thought I knew what programming was on what satellite but after I printed out a listing I determined that what I thought was Galaxy 11 was actually IA-6. Turns out anything I can get east of SatMex 5 seems to be off 2 degrees give or take. This might explain why I can't get some of the satellites. I made sure my mounting pole is as dead on as I can get it.
I thought I may have been messing with the system too much, so I sent the dish to reference, reset the motor, then reset the Coolsat 5000. Next I moved to SatMex 5 and it's working not quite peaked, but working. Go to G11 and blind scan and yep I get IA-6. I try AMC3 and get IA-8. If I bump the satellite setting by 2 degrees west I get the correct satellite.
When I first got the motor, GS120, it had about 4-5 degrees of slack. I talk to the nice guys at SatelliteAV and was told how to adjust the screws to remove most of the slack. I got it down to 1 degree of slack plus or minus.
Does anyone have any idea of what might be causing this issue ? I'm thinking the motor has some issues but I don't know enough to be sure. Thanks in advance for any and all help !!
Ken
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Coolsat 5000
GeoSatPro GS120
GeoSATpro 90cm
Invacom QPH-031
I thought I may have been messing with the system too much, so I sent the dish to reference, reset the motor, then reset the Coolsat 5000. Next I moved to SatMex 5 and it's working not quite peaked, but working. Go to G11 and blind scan and yep I get IA-6. I try AMC3 and get IA-8. If I bump the satellite setting by 2 degrees west I get the correct satellite.
When I first got the motor, GS120, it had about 4-5 degrees of slack. I talk to the nice guys at SatelliteAV and was told how to adjust the screws to remove most of the slack. I got it down to 1 degree of slack plus or minus.
Does anyone have any idea of what might be causing this issue ? I'm thinking the motor has some issues but I don't know enough to be sure. Thanks in advance for any and all help !!
Ken
Not sure why signature isn't showing but added this here:
Coolsat 5000
GeoSatPro GS120
GeoSATpro 90cm
Invacom QPH-031
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