no signal no quality

[jjb]

hi. just purchased a sadoun sat. with a (mercuryII,sg2100,uln1,shat,sf95lk)m2 fta motorized sat.system/90cm dish.i'm at 42.2lat. 72.6long. installed it, checked and doubled check and no signal and quality about 2-3%.. help.. thanks... jjb

[rainman]

you haven'tlocated any sats yet thats why you have no signal start with your true south sat.see these instuctions.
http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Installati...stallation.htm

[jjb]

true south? setting declination? i'm lost..jjb

[rainman]

With the receiver set the motor to zero. then set the lat scale on the motor to 42.7 degrees. set the angle on the dish scale to 23 degrees align the whole setup to your true south on the compass. then use usuals in the receiver to move to your true south sat at 72degrees west which would be amc 6 use a active Transponder and then adjust the whole thing east and west to you get the best signal if you get nothing go back to the begining and raise or lower dish elevation by 1 degree and try east and west again continue this process to you get a lock.

note: it is good to mark the pole and mount so you can see how far you have moved and you can return to the starting spot.also allow 15 seconds between each move to allow the receiver to see the change. remember slow and small movements 1/16 of a inch at a time.

good luck

[jjb]

thanks got amc6... are the other sats. basically the same way?

[rainman]

Originally Posted by jjb

thanks got amc6... are the other sats. basically the same way?

once you get your true south sat you should be able to use usals and the rest of the sats will fall into place may have to do a minor east west adjust on your far west or east sat.

[jjb]

lost the signal.. did i do something wrong? i noticed the transponder was blank. which one is it be?

[rainman]

Originally Posted by jjb

lost the signal.. did i do something wrong? i noticed the transponder was blank. which one is it be?

how did you loose the signal did you move something?if you moved to another sat and didn't fine signal check LyngSat - Lyngemark Satellite
for active Transponders.

[jjb]

got it back.. started over..signal 87..quality56 on amc6.. only 1 channel.. how do you get more???do you go to the next sats and search east west?

[rainman]

once you get your true south sat set up the next sat using usals and have the motor move the dish to the sat then try a power scan and it should find more channels.

[jjb]

thanks... big help!!!

[jjb]

i have a 90cm dish. wondering if a 100cm get more sats?have 57 listings now of sats would i got more?and would an inline amp help too?

[rainman]

Originally Posted by jjb

i have a 90cm dish. wondering if a 100cm get more sats?have 57 listings now of sats would i got more?and would an inline amp help too?

you probaly won't get any more sats just a little better quality reading.