My True South Satellite?

[Mr Tony]

sweet...your getting there

yes it should be there once you go near 176. If it doesnt...move it 1/4" and wait a little bit. Microyals can take a little bit to ping the signal

 

[PilotS77]

Quality still zero however - maybe a cable? I think most eveything else is correct.

John

 

[Mr Tony]

nah

if it went orange for a split secopnd, then it was working

 

[PilotS77]

Well mother nature send rain so todays activities must end.

However something is not right - my signal strength does not change regardless of what satelitte I am choosing - that makes no sense to me, or it is that the receiver takes some time to catch up?

Another pic of my settings so please advise if you see anything wrong.

Thanks!

John

 

[Mr Tony]

c/ku setting in the picture should be off too

edit: the 3 settings at the bottom should be "none"

 

[PilotS77]

Changed! And now when I chnage a sat the signal strength drops - which does make more sense!

Hopefully the rain will stop so that I can go try some more.

I can not ever tell you how much I appreciate your help and of course Pete's help.

I can not wait otm ake it work and the find omse more satelittes - I am very interested in Galaxy 10 - I am Greek and that is where some Greek programming exists.

Thanks a bunch and if you think of anything else please do let me know.

John

 

[Mr Tony]

not a problem...thats what we're here for

 

[PilotS77]

Since I am grounded due to weather - I have a question for you.

It appears that the pre-programmed values in my receiver are wrong - where do I find the correct ones for every satellite?

Thank you!

John

 

[Mr Tony]

yes sadly all the "preprogrammed" ones are wrong. They have a mix of C-Band and KU band in there

I would check out the list here
http://www.global-cm.net/MPEGlistKuBandUS.html

Polarity, Freq, and SR is all you need

 

[PilotS77]

And how about the transpoders? Once a satellite is found it downloads all the trasnpoders or I have to go one by one?

Lots to learn!!

John

 

[Mr Tony]

sadly, you have to type it all in

 

[PilotS77]

Should I hasve anything on the Quality bar? It is always 0 and no movement at all

 

[Mr Tony]

I have a Microyal 1000 (I think thats the model) and the quality bar is bouncing around and grey until I get a signal, then it turns yellow

 

[PilotS77]

So what might be the problem? With the exception of the moment that strength turned orange and there was a small orange quality there is nothing in the quality area and it reads zero - and that happened while the motor was moving the dish and I have not been able to repeat it!

If you have any ideas on what I might be able to check I will greatly appreciated it.

Thank you.

 

[Mr Tony]

I would check all angles...motor one looks right but the dish might be off a little bit. I can't tell in the 1st batch of pictures. Sometimes you mighty have to adjust the dish angle...dont touch the motor one. A little movement can make a big difference

 

[PilotS77]

You think I should go up or down?

Thanks

John

 

[Mr Tony]

PSb said your dish should be at 24. I can't see if there is a line for elevation. If there isn't, then the normal rule of thumb is the middle of the nut you tighten.

Some dishes have a line for elevation..

 

[PilotS77]

There is a line and it is right on 24 - look at the pic and tell me what you think.

Thanks

John

 

[Mr Tony]

couldnt see it originally

You might want to try and tweak it....move it maybe 1/16".

Otherwise you might have to try and get a signal without the motor involved.

 

[PilotS77]

And then how do you get th motor back? Seems one would have to start from scrach!

John