I can't speak for the receiver you have, but most have both a Signal level, and Quality level indicator.
The signal doesn't matter. The quality indicator is the one that will show you locked on an active transponder.
And, that is the trick --- you must be "tuned" to an active transponder before you hunt for signals.
The procedure is:
- Set motor to center or reference or zero or whatever your box has for USALS central setting.
- Point the whole mess to your azimuth setting (187 deg on a compass)
- have the motor drive to AMC3
- move the whole thing on the pole, slowly side to side looking for quality indication while tuned to active transponder.
It really helps to have a small tv out by the dish and use short cables to hook things up. The
aiming point to hit is very very small. Moving the dish just an 1/8 of an inch will lose the quality signal indicator.
Use this as a strong transponder on AMC3 to aim:
11736 V 6104 or 11716 H 4859