help with hispasat

[tscooter]

I am new to this, hope you can help i have a dispro 500.

can i reach this bird with this dish, if not please advise how to proceed.

location: Miami

 

[qwert1515]

You can not pick up that satellite with that dish, the dish is too small and it has a circular LNB. To pick up Hispasat and other FTA satellites you need at least a 31" dish and a linear LNB.

 

[tscooter]

linear vs Circular

can you explain the difference anfd the best place to buy them.

 

[Mr.Arizona]

The Dish LNB can only receive circular signals (purple)
Hispasat is sending linear signals (blue and red)

To find a shop for a good dish and linear LNB, take a look at the top of the page "GOLD Sponsors"

 

[RnR]

Now if that isn't the neatest graphic visualization I've seen in awhile!

Tscooter - when you look inside the throat of a linear LNB - you'll see the "probes" that must be properly aligned with the incoming Vertical or Horizontal signals from the satellite's V or H transponders. That's why skew is something you have to concern yourself with when you are dealing with linear birds.

 

[qwert1515]

Two good places to buy satellite supplies from are SatelliteAV and Sadoun, both are Gold Sponsors of this site.

 

[ghia]

Now if that isn't the neatest graphic visualization I've seen in awhile!

Tscooter - when you look inside the throat of a linear LNB - you'll see the "probes" that must be properly aligned with the incoming Vertical or Horizontal signals from the satellite's V or H transponders. That's why skew is something you have to concern yourself with when you are dealing with linear birds.

I agree that graph is great!

 

[tscooter]

fortec 31 help installation

need help setting up this dish, live in miami. sku how it works it have some bars on the front (lnb) but no numbers and i beleive is -53 degrees ccan anyone help also need all info possible.

thanks in advance for any help!

 

[tscooter]

fortec 31 inch install help

Need hepl installing fortec 31" live in miami, this i notice does not have any numbers to set the lnb, i beleive the skew for this area is -53. any help set setting up this this be greatly appreciatted.

thanks

 

[Anole]

We have a satfinder program on TheList, but also, this one at GeoSat is quite nice.
Just type in your Zip code, and it prints out a list with aiming info and skew for all the FTA birds viewable from North America.

 

[satcom1]

Be helpful to list your receiver, LNB. Photo of mounting area..........

 

[tscooter]

fortec 31 help installation

yes, but do you know in which direccion you have to move to get for example -53 degrees. ihave model kul2 standard dual lnbf and only has lines on the front. that is my biggest issue

 

[Mr Tony]

see anoles answer above.

 

[tscooter]

fortec 31 help installation

receiver VS 2000 ultra and dish w/o motor

 

[voomvoom]

yes, but do you know in which direccion you have to move to get for example -53 degrees. ihave model kul2 standard dual lnbf and only has lines on the front. that is my biggest issue

Think of it like this, stand next to your dish, look/face South and raise your arm straight up, now move your arm to point at Hispasat. Use your imagination and think of your feet as the bottom of your lnbf, then the direction from your feet to where your arm is pointing to Hispasat would be the same direction from the bottom of the lnbf through the top of the lnbf to Hispasat. In other words, from the top of the lnbf, it will move/twist to the East...
Hope this helps...!

 

[Tron]

Good explanation of skew, Voom!

If your target is east of due south, twist the LNB toward the east. If the target is west of due south, twist the lnb toward the west

Watching a H-H motor in operation also demonstrates the principle quite well.

 

[tscooter]

viewsat 2k ultra

need to know the settings onreceiver to get hispasat. have a fortec star dish.

my loaction is miami

 

[Lak7]

Try this for Dish setup....
Satellite Look Angles Satellite Heading Calculator Azimuth Elevation Skew Tilt LNBF Latitude and Longitude values
Enter Your location and select Sat from list.
Which LNB do you have?

 

[tscooter]

viewsat ultra

i mean the settings on receivers, like standard, tp .lnb 22khz

 

[andyb2]

If you have the factory sat file installed it's listed as number 34.Its a linear sat.The lnb type should be set to standard and frequency to 10750.Don't need 22k unless your using a 22k switch or a starchoice lnb which is linear and does 2 sats.

Really need to know what you have for an lnb.