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Old 03-04-2008, 01:15 PM
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Thumbs up Solution found - You will not believe this

Thanks Captain, Rainmain, and all the others who posted advice. (To answer the avatar Q - it's an option from this website...under images I think).

Now for the solution. Don't laugh, because, as my nametag says, I'm a "newbie". Remember how I never stumbled across any signals? Well the damn lnbf was mounted backwards!! Yep, it was pointed away from the dish instead of straight into it. No signals are going to be picked up that way!

In all the excitement of putting it together (and my first one ever), I put it backwards. So Rainman, and all you pros out there...next time a newbie says they get a signal meter but no signals anywhere....add this one to the solutions list.

Once I turned it around I immediately got Sats. With a little adjustment on the motor mount elevation, I was able to get the complete arc....well from 91.0 to 148.0. (Lower than 91.0 and my dish is blocked by a mountain). There are a couple Ku Sats in the range I scanned that don't get anything. I'll post separately for those Q's. Thanks again...another satisfied customer on board.
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