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Long story short I retired my motor today, after months of it proving unreliable and drifting off course. I'm trying to locate 103 and I'm having zero luck. I guess it's been so long that I've forgotten how to align a stationary dish. What am I doing wrong here?

LNB is a universal dual.

 

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Since for some reason, the site won't let me edit my own post, where do you find your LNB skew and elevation degrees?

 

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comfortably_numb said:

Since for some reason, the site won't let me edit my own post, where do you find your LNB skew and elevation degrees?

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Here: DishPointer - Align your satellite dish

 

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Here: DishPointer - Align your satellite dish

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Got it, but it doesn't indicate skew?

 

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Got it, but it doesn't indicate skew?

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Sure does, put in your coordinates, select 103w, and all the specs needed are on the bottom of the page after that

 

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Got it, but it doesn't indicate skew?

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It does at the bottom if you choose your exact location and select 103W satellite.

 

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Sure does, put in your coordinates, select 103w, and all the specs needed are on the bottom of the page after that

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I can't edit all of a sudden, site is going wonky again.

This is mine, but it won't format correctly:

 

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Dishpointer Elevation says 44.6, does this look right?

 

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Put the edge of that metal, in front of the bolt on about the 44.5 mark.

 

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Like this?

 

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Got it. Thanks, Mike(s)!

 

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Glad you got it lined up and are receiving a signal. But I am not sure about the LNB type. Shouldn't it be set to 'Universal' instead of 'Standard'? (Based on post #1)

 

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Glad you got it lined up and are receiving a signal. But I am not sure about the LNB type. Shouldn't it be set to 'Universal' instead of 'Standard'? (Based on post #1)

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I set the LO to 10600 so it'll work like a Standard LNB

 

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Glad to see the thread got fixed.

 

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Yep, and I am glad I narrowed down what is causing the bug.....or at least part of it.

 

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