[rainman]

Originally Posted by rumproast_face

His "Royal Rumpness" reporting back in ...

Well, I've been up on the roof, putting the assembly up there. Did all my alignments and double-checking ... connected everything, and used my satellite meter, and I found a very strong signal about where I think G10r should be.

I tweaked the dish elevation and the direction of the assembly ...

I have a vast clear view from up there, so I expected to get a signal without too much trouble.

Now the interesting part:

Back down "on earth" in the livingroom, my receiver does not recognize any signal, even when I scan G10r ... any of its transponders ... that was curious, perhaps, I thought, I'm tapping into a nearby bird ...? ... but I could not tell what it might be.

Maybe I'm not truly zero-ing in on G10r ... the whole assembly did appear to need a slight coaxing left-ward (to the east) to grab the signal ...

I'm heading back up after I get home from work today, but my main question was: just because my satellite meter displays a strong signal, is that or is that not a guarantee that I'm pulling in "something" that should show up on my receiver?

I'm in the Bay Area, so I'm trying to get Galaxy 10 for starters; those channels on AMC4 that I picked up from my back deck setup were crystal clear, but I had to re-install the whole shebang up on the roof to aim true south.

As always, Thanks!

rump roast face

you are probaly picking up 121 next door to G10r do a blind scan and see if you get a dish network info channel.