No matter how hard I try, the quality is always “0”, never ever seen any other number. Gurus help!!!
BTW, I have done plenty of search here but couldn’t get the problem solved, so I start this new thread see if I can get any luck.
What I want:
FTAs on Intelsat Americas 5(97W)
What I have:
Receiver: Fortec Lifetime Ultra
Dish: Fortec Star 36" FC90U (90cm)
Satellite Dish
LNB:
Invacom 0.3db
SNH-031
And a
SF95 signal meter
Where am I:
Mount Prospect, IL 60056 (20 miles northwest of Chicago)
What I did:
Find out my location:
“ Zip Code: 60056 PO Name: Mount Prospect (IL)
Population (1990): 54459
Location: 42.062392 N, 87.937667 W”
then calculate:
Evevation 40.6
Azimnth 193.4
Magnetic deviation fator is +3, so compass reading should be 196.4
LNBF +9.9
Dish and LNB are setup and aim to the bird as far as I can tell.
By search forums here, I setup the LNB as
“
UNIVERSAL1
L.O. Freq: 9750/10600
22KHz: -- (It should be on, but “- -“ is the default and I can not change it!
“
What I see:
Strength is between 50 to 60, but the quality is always ZERO, never ever seen any more of it, it doesn’t matter which TP I use(tried all available one by one), I also hold the dish and had it moved up and down little by little slowly,but IT NEVER CHANGES.
I also tried to aim the dish to some other birds, all the same. The “o” of the quality level really pissed me off.
The only thing I can tell that I haven’t tried: I am using a regular RG59 TV cable instead of RG6 which is suggested, but the cable is only 20 feet long, does it really matter?
Thanks in advance for any reply
Leo :mozilla_cry: