ready to start

[havenx]

Okay, I got all my stuff ready to go.

downfalls, 18" dish and circular LNB, that's a problem...

I guess I can still get some FTA stuff.

My location is Quincy IL 62301

What bird would be best for me to point at to get the strongest sig. I guess I am pretty much stuck with audio channels.... Hoping to at the least get the NASA channel as I like science.

 

[PSB]

EchoStar 7 119.0W For NASA TV


http://www.lyngsat.com/echo7.html

Nasa TV is Left hand polarized so use Horizontal on your receiver when using a DBS LNB, make sure the L.O. is set at 11250

 

[W_Tracy_Parnell]

What you get with 18 inch dish.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=74114

 

[havenx]

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[havenx]

What you get with 18 inch dish.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=74114

I know what I get, I just wanted to find the strong sig.

 

[Mr Tony]

WIll my single LNB be able to pick them both up? It looks like they are both at 119 W but do I need to adjust the skew for each dish or will my single LNB grab them both?

pick up both L & R polarities? yes the single will

Since its circular, skew is not needed

 

[PSB]

Does not get much stronger than 119w DBS.

 

[havenx]

pick up both L & R polarities? yes the single will

Since its circular, skew is not needed

sweet, that is the best thing I have heard about my system all day, LOL!

 

[havenx]

Okay so what do I set the skew at... like 38 or 40 or something to get both dishes?

I'm slightly confused, sorry.

 

[Mr Tony]

single & dual in MOST cases wil pick up both. Only difference is 1 or 2 outputs

There are some old LNB's (mostly on Primestar dishes) that have 2 outputs but will only do V or H polarity, not both

 

[havenx]

Sorry, maybe I was not clear or was missing something... I am gonna set it at 119 W but to get the best reflection where should I set the skew... Cause I'm workin with an 18" dish here.... Or does that not even matter... As you know, and can tell I am new to this.

 

[PSB]

There is no skew needed with a circular polarized LNB (DBS)

 

[havenx]

I might be using the wrong term, I am talking about adjusting the dish frontwards and backwards...

Hell, I'm just gonna try it and see how it goes.

 

[PSB]

Elevation, I gave you ALL the angles to the satellites in this thread........

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=84116


looks like 36 deg.

 

[havenx]

So I got my 2700A up, uhh it was neat; however, I had no luck finding a bird up there. I pretty much got everything figured out except for one silly thing I over looked. I THOGHT I understood how to operate a compass but since boy scouts many years ago I must have forgot. I know how to tell north south east and west and etc with the device however I am not for sure anymore how to know the degree. My compass has the moveable dial for the degrees but I forgot the fundamentals to set to the degrees I need.