Sat Finder Question

[chipoole]

Okay, finally got the dish, compass, satfinder, motor and receiver. I have hooked up the receiver to my satfinder and my satfinder to my lnb. I am pointing toward my true south. I am moving the dish all over the place and my meter is doing nothing. It has two led lights that don't light up at all, should they be on? AMC5 is the dish I am looking to connect to, my zip is 26149. Is my sat finder junk or am I just missing the satellite completely. Is there anything i should know about with the traxis receiver and the use of a satfinder?

Thanks
Charles Poole

 

[PSB]

Make sure the satellite meter is the right way round, it may only work one way. Make sure the receiver is on as thats what supplies the meter with power. If your angles are off, or the pole/mast is not plumb and level you will never see any signal.

A satellite meter is nothing more than an aid to installation you will have to enter a LIVE channel on your receiver and watch for signal "quality" to confirm you are on the right satellite.

Good idea not using the motor for now and double check you angles below.

                     Middlebourne, WV 26149
          Latitude 39° 30.324'N Longitude 80° 53.166'W

                         Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
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                       Telstar 12   15.0W 105.9 114.4  9.8 -47.9
                                 
                     Intelsat 901   18.0W 108.0 116.6 12.1 -47.2
                                 
                     Intelsat 603   20.0W 109.5 118.0 13.6 -46.7
                                 
                            NSS 7   22.0W 111.0 119.5 15.1 -46.1
                                 
                     Intelsat 905   24.5W 112.9 121.4 17.0 -45.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 907   27.5W 115.3 123.8 19.2 -44.2
                                 
                   Hispasat 1C/1D   30.0W 117.3 125.9 21.0 -43.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 801   31.5W 118.6 127.1 22.1 -42.6
                                 
                     Intelsat 903   34.5W 121.2 129.7 24.2 -41.3
                                 
              AMC 12 & Telstar 11   37.5W 123.9 132.5 26.3 -39.8
                                 
                          NSS 806   40.5W 126.8 135.3 28.3 -38.2
                                 
                        PAS 6B/3R   43.0W 129.3 137.8 30.0 -36.7
                                 
                           PAS 1R   45.0W 131.3 139.8 31.3 -35.4
                                 
                     Intelsat 705   50.0W 136.8 145.3 34.3 -31.9
                                 
                     Intelsat 707   53.0W 140.2 148.8 36.0 -29.6
                                 
                     Intelsat 805   55.5W 143.3 151.8 37.3 -27.5
                                 
                            PAS 9   58.0W 146.4 155.0 38.5 -25.3
                                 
                         Amazonas   61.0W 150.4 158.9 39.8 -22.4
                                 
           EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1   61.5W 151.1 159.6 40.1 -21.9
                                 
                 Estrela do Sul 1   63.0W 153.1 161.6 40.7 -20.4
                                 
                     Brasilsat B2   65.0W 155.9 164.4 41.4 -18.4
                                 
                     Brasilsat B1   70.0W 163.2 171.7 42.9 -12.9
                                 
                 Nahuel 1 & AMC 6   72.0W 166.2 174.7 43.4 -10.6
                                 
                            AMC 6   72.0W 166.2 174.7 43.4 -10.6
                                 
                        DirecTV 5   72.5W 167.0 175.5 43.5 -10.0
                                 
                            SBS 6   74.0W 169.3 177.8 43.7  -8.3
                                 
                            AMC 5   79.0W 177.0 185.6 44.2  -2.3
                                 
                          Nimiq 2   82.0W 181.8 190.3 44.3   1.4
                                 
                            AMC 9   83.0W 183.3 191.8 44.2   2.6
                                 
                     Brasilsat B3   84.0W 184.9 193.4 44.2   3.8
                                 
                           AMC 16   85.0W 186.5 195.0 44.1   5.0
                                 
                            AMC 3   87.0W 189.6 198.1 43.8   7.4
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 8   89.0W 192.6 201.2 43.5   9.7
                                 
                 Galaxy 11/Nimiq1   91.0W 195.7 204.2 43.1  12.0
                                 
                     Brasilsat B4   92.0W 197.2 205.7 42.8  13.2
                                 
                        Telstar 6   93.0W 198.6 207.2 42.6  14.3
                                 
                        Galaxy 3C   95.0W 201.6 210.1 42.0  16.5
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 5   97.0W 204.4 212.9 41.3  18.6
                                 
                        Galaxy 4R   99.0W 207.2 215.7 40.6  20.7
                                 
                            AMC 4  101.0W 209.9 218.5 39.7  22.6
                                 
                            AMC 1  103.0W 212.6 221.1 38.9  24.5
                                 
                           AMC 15  105.0W 215.1 223.7 37.9  26.4
                                 
                          Anik F1  107.3W 218.0 226.5 36.7  28.3
                                 
         DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8  110.0W 221.2 229.7 35.3  30.5
                                 
                          Anik F2  111.1W 222.5 231.0 34.7  31.4
                                 
                    Solidaridad 2  113.0W 224.6 233.1 33.6  32.8
                                 
                         SatMex 5  116.8W 228.7 237.2 31.2  35.4
                                 
          EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S  119.0W 231.0 239.5 29.8  36.8
                                 
  EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13  121.0W 232.9 241.5 28.5  38.0
                                 
                       Galaxy 10R  123.0W 234.9 243.4 27.2  39.1
                                 
                        Galaxy 12  125.0W 236.7 245.3 25.8  40.2
                                 
             Galaxy 13/Horizons 1  127.0W 238.5 247.1 24.4  41.2
                                 
 Intelsat Americas 7 & EchoStar 5  129.0W 240.3 248.8 23.0  42.1
                                 
                           AMC 11  131.0W 242.0 250.5 21.6  42.9
                                 
                        Galaxy 1R  133.0W 243.7 252.2 20.1  43.7
                                 
                           AMC 10  135.0W 245.3 253.8 18.6  44.5
                                 
                            AMC 7  137.0W 246.9 255.4 17.2  45.2
                                 
                            AMC 8  139.0W 248.4 256.9 15.7  45.8
                                 
                     EchoStar 1/2  148.0W 255.0 263.5  8.9  48.2

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[chipoole]

The traxis receiver is on, I can feel the juice coming from the wire as well, the pole is plum, the motor is out of the loop for now. Should the lites on the meter glow, I beleive they indicate voltage.13-18v? When should these lights come on?

Thanks
Charles

 

[PSB]

What kind/brand of satellite meter is it?

 

[chipoole]

Dagatron, thanks for the help Pete.

 

[PSB]

Looks like this one?

http://www.dagatron.com/eng/product/sat.html

Can't zoom in and see what it says beside the two lights.

Remember some signal meters will not work with a Universal LNBF.

 

[chipoole]

yes, thats the one, 13v and 18v beside the leds, i was just expecting one of the leds to come on.

 

[Anole]

All the ones I've used, light up with the LNB power.
If you have two lights, one for each voltage, all the better.
One or the other had better be on or you aren't feeding power to the LNB.
Check your cable.
Get a volt meter and see if you have 13 volts outside on the cable.
Should be easy to track down.
Maybe some mode on the receiver??

 

[chipoole]

I tried again this morning. The led came on, I found my southern most sat. The meter works fine. Loose conection I assume. Thanks for the input.

Regards
Charles Poole