Help please

[walker9897]

I am in Arizona zip code 85298. I am trying to setup my system and I am having significant issues trying to get the dish aligned. I have a wingard 76cm dish, with an Invacom quad lnb, using a hh120 motor and a Nova Nfusion receiver. SO my mast is plumb and true. I have set the dish, motor etc for all the correct settings, and I cannot get over a 42 signal and basically zero quality. I have changed all the cables, etc etc. Can somone confirm all the parameters I should be setting, one thing not clear to me is do I need to skew the lnb, not sure I have it set at zero. Please help me out Thank You.

[Vitruvius]

Ok, according to Satellite Finder / Dish Pointing Calculator with Google Maps | DishPointer.com this is your info:

Your LocationSatellite DataDish Setup DataLatitude: 33.2411°
Longitude: -111.7257°

Name: 111.1W Anik F2 | Wildblue 1

Distance: 36999km
Motor Latitude: 33.2°
Declination Angle: 5.4°
Dish Elevation: °
Elevation: 51.3°
Azimuth (true): 178.9°
Azimuth (magn.): 167.7°
LNB Skew: -1.0°


I don't know if Anik 111.1 is Ku band, but it is your due south satellite. I would forget about that sat. Her is what i would do.
Mount your dish and motor correctly aiming due south. Take your tv and receiver next to the dish and set everything up. Only use a linear output from the LNB to the motor, and then to your receiver. No switches yet... Set your Lat and Long in the receiver. Set your receiver to USALS and for sat 97. This should hopefully move the motor the distance it needs to move the dish towards sat 97. There are a lot of transponders and channels on 97 so you should be able to find the signal this way. The dish is aiming relative to 97 but may not be on target. Now you must rotate the entire assembly of motor and dish on that plumb pole of yours in small incremental steps until you find some sort of signal. This will be to the east and to the west in 1 to 2 degree increments with 15 second pauses at each move. You should be able to find it. Once you do, then confirm which satellite it is by doing a powerscan of the signal to see if the channels are correct for 97. You can compare to the list on Lyngsat.com. If it is correct, you can try to get a stronger signal by moving the dish east west and up and down... You need at least a 45% quality to get something in Ku depending on your receiver.