Hey guys, I finally sprung for an upgrade from my 31 in dish to a 36 inch dish. The physical instalation went well. However, I changed brands of LNBs and motors.
The original LNB is Sadoun's KUL! . The New LNB that came with the 36 inch dish is a Digiwav DG780. Both seem to have the same specs as to the RF freq, the IF freq and the LO freqs. and the relative Noise Figures.
I mounted this dish on the old motor, a PowerTech DG280B. I have also received a SG6000 which is rated to handle up to a 120 CM dish. I wanted the KISS principle, just change one item at a time.
Not to change more than one item in a chain, I installed the 36 in dish first and used the Digiwav LNB. Came in and pointed at several popular sats and NO Quality Signals ?? So I replaced the Digiwav with the original KUL1. Simular results, No Quality signals. Tweeked the physical rotation of the KUL1 and finally got a weak signal on Galaxy28 at 87 W .
I had used the field signal meter I normally use to set up DSS dishes on DTV and DN to make the fine-tune adjustments at the dish site. I did notice that the field meter recorded a much stronger signal from the Digiwav than it did from the KLU1. I figured that the motor was already alligned, so all I had to do was set a simular Declination Angle on the dish bracket. One thing noted: the 31 inch dish declination setting was around 38 degrees, but the 36 inch was a bit lower, near 32 degrees. I guessed that the look offest angle might be a bit different on the two dishes.
I usually watch the ABC back-feeds on Galaxy 28 89.0 W. Since I had NO quality signal, I did a Powerscan on my Mercury II receiver and picked up two new channels off EchoStar ??
. BUT NONE of the feeds off Galaxy 28.
So where am I going wrong ? Is Echostar on a slightly lower arc than Galaxy 28. I tried searching in Elevation and the only signals I found were at the lower declanition setting. Confused about where or what to check next
TexRedNk
The original LNB is Sadoun's KUL! . The New LNB that came with the 36 inch dish is a Digiwav DG780. Both seem to have the same specs as to the RF freq, the IF freq and the LO freqs. and the relative Noise Figures.
I mounted this dish on the old motor, a PowerTech DG280B. I have also received a SG6000 which is rated to handle up to a 120 CM dish. I wanted the KISS principle, just change one item at a time.
Not to change more than one item in a chain, I installed the 36 in dish first and used the Digiwav LNB. Came in and pointed at several popular sats and NO Quality Signals ?? So I replaced the Digiwav with the original KUL1. Simular results, No Quality signals. Tweeked the physical rotation of the KUL1 and finally got a weak signal on Galaxy28 at 87 W .
I had used the field signal meter I normally use to set up DSS dishes on DTV and DN to make the fine-tune adjustments at the dish site. I did notice that the field meter recorded a much stronger signal from the Digiwav than it did from the KLU1. I figured that the motor was already alligned, so all I had to do was set a simular Declination Angle on the dish bracket. One thing noted: the 31 inch dish declination setting was around 38 degrees, but the 36 inch was a bit lower, near 32 degrees. I guessed that the look offest angle might be a bit different on the two dishes.
I usually watch the ABC back-feeds on Galaxy 28 89.0 W. Since I had NO quality signal, I did a Powerscan on my Mercury II receiver and picked up two new channels off EchoStar ??
. BUT NONE of the feeds off Galaxy 28. So where am I going wrong ? Is Echostar on a slightly lower arc than Galaxy 28. I tried searching in Elevation and the only signals I found were at the lower declanition setting. Confused about where or what to check next
TexRedNk
