Help finding 97W

[jahb]

I have a Coolsat 500
33in dish
Spitfire KU LNBF Model ASC321

I live in Minnesota and the Sat finder says the coordinates should be.

Elevation 38.1
Azimuth 185.1


I am new member and new to this stuff. I am trying to get FTA channels on 97W. I am think I am lined up because my satfinder is squaking very loud, but I am not getting any quality on reveiver. Is there a setting I need to adjust on the receiver? Help?
I adjusted my elevation on the dish to 38 and my compass direction show the 185. My zipcode is 55125. Not sure if there is a frequency setting I need to set on the recevier etc. Help.

[Reinhold]

You need to give us more info.
What sat are you trying to get?
If you have a motorized system and use USALS you need to put your coordinates into your receiver.
My first suggestion would be to read all your manuels.
Reinhold

[k62333]

it seems that no one has mentioned the fact that ia5 has changed to galaxy 25

[k62333]

jahb it seems you have everything correct.... you have to change the sat name to galaxy25 instead of intelsat5 ive scanned the bird with 2 settings the first with the lnb local frequency of 10600 and the second setting with the lnb local frequency of 10750 try them both and see wich channel lineup you like best..... omg i just noticed they have me as a junior member!!!! ive been diong this for the last 10 years lol!!!!!!

[jahb]

Great I will try Galaxy25 and see what I get.

jahb it seems you have everything correct.... you have to change the sat name to galaxy25 instead of intelsat5 ive scanned the bird with 2 settings the first with the lnb local frequency of 10600 and the second setting with the lnb local frequency of 10750 try them both and see wich channel lineup you like best..... omg i just noticed they have me as a junior member!!!! ive been diong this for the last 10 years lol!!!!!!

[glen4cindy]

Originally Posted by jahb

Great I will try Galaxy25 and see what I get.

jahb it seems you have everything correct.... you have to change the sat name to galaxy25 instead of intelsat5 ive scanned the bird with 2 settings the first with the lnb local frequency of 10600 and the second setting with the lnb local frequency of 10750 try them both and see wich channel lineup you like best..... omg i just noticed they have me as a junior member!!!! ive been diong this for the last 10 years lol!!!!!!

This brings me to a couple of questions. It appears the name of the sat has changed. What does changing this do for your receiver? The 2nd question is the frequency selection for the LNB. Is this not fixed by the type of LNB you have? Mine is set to UNI. Thanks for making these points more clear for me.

[k62333]

Originally Posted by glen4cindy

This brings me to a couple of questions. It appears the name of the sat has changed. What does changing this do for your receiver? The 2nd question is the frequency selection for the LNB. Is this not fixed by the type of LNB you have? Mine is set to UNI. Thanks for making these points more clear for me.

............. Ive found that when you use standard setting lof 10600 or 10750
you will get a completly different channel lineup each time.... just try... of course the normal setting would be universal 9600/10750... just try

[rainman]

Originally Posted by k62333

............. Ive found that when you use standard setting lof 10600 or 10750
you will get a completly different channel lineup each time.... just try... of course the normal setting would be universal 9600/10750... just try

I think you might have a typo the universal lnb sets at 9750/10600 the standard lnb sets at 10750 and the circular sets at 11250.

[wejones]

Originally Posted by glen4cindy

This brings me to a couple of questions. It appears the name of the sat has changed. What does changing this do for your receiver?

At least for the receivers I've used, the answere is absolutely nothing. I still have the "97" listed as "T1" {Telstar 301,401} on my main receiver, just ignoring the changes to T5, IA5, and now Galaxy25. The only reason you have to keep track of the current names is for communicating on these forums. Most receivers don't care what the sat name is. However a couple people have posted about using receivers that seem to try to extract sat names from the signal, which is possible for some signals, but in general not possible, so it's possible that some receiver that is trying to be too smart might be confused. But in general don't worry about what you name satellites. You could name them Ford, Chevy or Honda if you want.

Originally Posted by glen4cindy

The 2nd question is the frequency selection for the LNB. Is this not fixed by the type of LNB you have? Mine is set to UNI. Thanks for making these points more clear for me.

Yes you should always have the receiver set to match the type of LNB you are using.