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Originally Posted by pr1947
Good morning,
Before I get started I want emphasize that my receiver is a Platinum NA not a Lifetime however I have some of same issues. The motor and receiver are talking to each other not all the times anyways.
Rainman suggested that I should reset the motor back to zero and use the USALS instead of the Diseqc 1.2. I did that and the were not changes. Let me remind you guys that it doesn't happen all the times but when it does it bugs the heck out of me.
Anyways, I went ahead and rotated the motor & dish slightly to the west. I thought since I was 1/2 degree off rotating the Assembly west would take care of the problem. Well it didn't. I made it worse. So I moved the whole thing back were it was before. I must have gone past my starting point because I didn't have the signal output I was getting before. So once again I moved the Assembly back (west) a tad. To my surprise the signal strength came back up. Here is the kicker, from 58 W to 129 W the signal has increased by at least 10% above what it use to be. Here comes the but, I lost signal on Telstar 12, NS 7 and I got a weak signal on Hispsat 30 W.
What can I do to improve the reception on those three Birds? Do I screw around with the elevation? Any suggestions?
P.S. The motor still not stopping were it suppose to. |
If you have your receiver or signal meter out at the dish, MY way of peaking, whether it is dish elevation on your south sat, or rotating the mount on your extreme sats, is to also use the buttons on the motor to nudge the dish back and forth across the arc while you are peaking. The reason for this, is that when you do a peaking operation, often the changes you make don't always result in more (or less) signal, unless you also peak using the motor as well. So for example, after I've set my south sat, and go to an extreme sat, I'll make a small adjustment, turning the whole mount on the pole, then nudge the motor back and forth to find the best signal, and compare this to the signal I had before the adjustment. Ie peaking on an extreme sat is not just a one step thing, but requires a bit of back and forth between the adjustment you are making, and verifying the results by nudging with the motor. If you don't do the motor nudge step, it can take you a LOT longer to get the thing aligned. I have found that very often, the proper adjustment will result in less signal prior to the motor nudge, but you see the improvement after you have nudged the motor, however this depends on how far off you were prior to the adjustment.