I am trying to set up an fta, my first one. I have had several equipment problems, making me more confused and unsure all the time. I finally got what I thought I needed Thursday, put my pole in the ground Friday, and have been trying to set up my system today.
I have a 100 cm fortec dish,
invacom quad lbn,
mercury II receiver and an
hh100 motor, I also have the 22khz switch. I put it all together today, tuned into a strong signal on
ia5, then shut everything off to take off my signal meter and hook things up permanent. After I reconnected the cables, the motor would not move. I messed with the cables for awhile, finally took of the switch, and the motor moved, but instead of going to ia5, it went all the way to the westward limit. I then hit "go to 0," and it went past 0 to the east side, then came back to about 20 degrees east of 0. Every time I hit "go to position" it goes to the westward limit. Does anyone know what might have happened or what might be wrong?
I have been reading post this last week and see that I am not the first one to have problems setting things up.
When I first learned about fta, I thought, "why don't more people use this and know about this, everything I watch is up there free." Now I am beginning to see why. I believe that nothing is easy, but right now I can't see the light at the end(is there an end?) of the tunnel and I don't like the dark.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
charlie