Peaking Signal, Help needed!

[mcasdorph]

I have noticed that my HD signal has faded and that overall my signal on 110,119 & 129 have all lowered, We had a ton of snow in mid-Feb (8" +/- multiple times), then a lot of rain, then in early March some 10"-14" more snow and then melting and rain, I have my Dish mounted to the post on my porch, I think with the constant saturation that the posts are settling and out of alignment screwing my signal up.

Anyway, I was wondering what are the best Transponders for peaking the dish? Its a turboHD w/ 110w, 119w, 129w.

I need the transponder for each sat.

 

[ChadT41]

110/21 119/19 129/21

 

[mcasdorph]

Thanks for the information & quick reply, I used my digital signal meter, I guess it was off on elevation, I adjusted it and all are a lot higher now.

 

[ChadT41]

Good stuff. Glad you are up an running again.

 

[harshness]

This is why installers are not allowed to use wooden posts.

What DMA are you in?

 

[mcasdorph]

This was installed by me not a dealer, I bought my equipment from an online authorized retailer, it was only a temporary setup until we tear the house down, I didn't see any point in putting it on the roof or what not considering the house would be demo'd.

 

[rsmithwi]

I have noticed that my HD signal has faded and that overall my signal on 110,119 & 129 have all lowered, We had a ton of snow in mid-Feb (8" +/- multiple times), then a lot of rain, then in early March some 10"-14" more snow and then melting and rain, I have my Dish mounted to the post on my porch, I think with the constant saturation that the posts are settling and out of alignment screwing my signal up.

Anyway, I was wondering what are the best Transponders for peaking the dish? Its a turboHD w/ 110w, 119w, 129w.

I need the transponder for each sat.

You should move to Minnesota, I think you guys had more snow this past winter than us!. No snow issues here cause we hardly had any!

 

[mcasdorph]

You should move to Minnesota, I think you guys had more snow this past winter than us!. No snow issues here cause we hardly had any!

Haha, Definitely the most snow I remember seeing, I heard someone say 1993 Blizzard had more, but I swear it didn't seem like as much as we had this last one. I guess Winter had to stick it too us at the end after what seemed like a mild winter.

 

[ChadT41]

I'll stick to Az. Can't spell snow without 'no'.

 

[Bobby]

I'll stick to Az. Can't spell snow without 'no'.

Ummm, you mean most of AZ, don'tcha! My daughter was in Flagstaff for a few years and they get plenty of snow.

 

[ChadT41]

Lol. Haha. Flagstaff? We don't accept them. They are like our red headed step child. Jk. Yes it snows in flagstaff, and even on the borders of Tucson. The majority does not though, as we grow citrus and other gardening year round.

 

[harshness]

This was installed by me not a dealer, I bought my equipment from an online authorized retailer, it was only a temporary setup until we tear the house down, I didn't see any point in putting it on the roof or what not considering the house would be demo'd.

One of the nice things about doing a proper pole mount is that you don't have to take down the dish since it isn't attached to the house.

 

[mcasdorph]

One of the nice things about doing a proper pole mount is that you don't have to take down the dish since it isn't attached to the house.

I have 14 acres, I probably wouldn't rebuild where the current house is anyway, too close to the road, I would have to move the dish anyway or I probably would have mounted it on a pole in the yard...lol

 

[gadgtfreek]

110/21 119/19 129/21

Not to steal the thread

If you want to try and peak, is there a step by step process for those three TP's, as one before the other? Been awhile since I did a Dish dish myself.

 

[harshness]

If you want to try and peak, is there a step by step process for those three TP's, as one before the other?

You peak starting with careful setting of the dishpointer.com elevation and skew based on your actual dish location. Then you start working on the azimuth using the center slot of your arc (either 72.7W or 119W). I usually stop there but you can spend hours fiddling if you want.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Cool, this is what it worked out to:

Your Location Satellite Data Dish Setup Data
Latitude: 30.5840°
Longitude: -88.2364°
Name: Dish 1000.2 (110W, 119W, 129W)
Distance: 37694km
Elevation: 41.2°
Azimuth (true): 229.5°
Azimuth (magn.): 231.3°
Dish Skew [?]: 130.9°

 

[mcasdorph]

Cool, this is what it worked out to:

Your Location Satellite Data Dish Setup Data
Latitude: 30.5840°
Longitude: -88.2364°
Name: Dish 1000.2 (110W, 119W, 129W)
Distance: 37694km
Elevation: 41.2°
Azimuth (true): 229.5°
Azimuth (magn.): 231.3°
Dish Skew [?]: 130.9°

How I always done it was setting the dish to 119 first with Elevation and Azimuth set, peak 119w, then all you do is skew for the other two sats and kinda even out the other two (110 & 129) because if you try to peak 110, it will effect 129 and vice versa, so its best to try to balance 110 & 129. I've always had great results doing it this way, doesn't hurt to have a signal meter either

 

[gadgtfreek]

Thats not a bad idea either. Peak to 119 TP, and then play with skew until you find a happy medium between 110 and 129.

 

[JSheridan]

If the mount is plumb then adjusting the skew shouldn't be necessary.

 

[mcasdorph]

If the mount is plumb then adjusting the skew shouldn't be necessary.

I've always had to adjust skew, even with a plumb mast, if I didn't, 129w would be a lot lower, than if I did adjust it.