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[Jagee]

Wplease any ideas where to place thihere is a site for my picture it is titled 6ft Fortec Star.ill now you can see the problem ive been having.athank youny help were to place this ive tried for places so far and can't get a quality i get a 76 to 85 signal but nothing else.
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[Jagee]

what sat is true south so i can look for it in my receiver to set it up

[wejones]

Originally Posted by Jagee

what sat is true south so i can look for it in my receiver to set it up

Your true south sat is the one closest to your longitude. Since you're at 82, then that would be Nimiq2. You could also use AMC9 at 83 deg. No C-band near there, and no 24/7 FTA, but there are a couple digital Ku transponders to lock onto that you can use for alignment. I'd use the 12224 transponder on Nimiq2 or one of the Hughesnet transponders on AMC9.
With that motor, the main thing you are trying to do with a due south satellite, is to set your motor elevation. You don't need to actually view any channels. I also wouldn't bother even saving the sat position until after you've peaked on a western sat.

[Jagee]

Ill go out and check it out now thank you

[Jagee]

Ill go out and check it out now thank you I found a sat but how can i really tell its the right one Nimig2 no 12224 just 12223 i only have 45 quality also.

[wejones]

Originally Posted by Jagee

Ill go out and check it out now thank you I found a sat but how can i really tell its the right one Nimig2 no 12224 just 12223 i only have 45 quality also.

12223 is close enough. 45 quality is expected because it's circular, and you lose a lot of signal with a linear feed. Hopefully it's strong enough to peak on though.

[Jagee]

on the 1st sat i seem to get alot of religious channels and it says europe latin canada etc.what sat is this

[wejones]

Originally Posted by Jagee

on the 1st sat i seem to get alot of religious channels and it says europe latin canada etc.what sat is this

I can't go there now to check, since dish is on another sat. Last time I was on Nimiq, the Lyngsat lineup seemed to be way out of date, but I do see that they listed at least one religious channel on that transponder. Only other thing it could be would be the other Nimiq though.

[Jagee]

i understand. That seems to be most of my channels is religious ones.How do i tune all my other sats in with a V-box?or should i still turn it by hand to find some other ones

[wejones]

Originally Posted by Jagee

i understand. That seems to be most of my channels is religious ones.How do i tune all my other sats in with a V-box?or should i still turn it by hand to find some other ones

After you get the south sat peaked, you need to peak a sat far to your west, by running the motor manually, and after finding it, by turning the whole mount on the pole by very small amounts, followed by moving back and forth manually with motor to peak. This can sometimes be difficult if your south orientation is off by much, but sometimes you can go one sat at a time to the west. But after you've found, and peaked on a west sat, I think that motor only takes DiseqC 1.2 commands, so just find one sat at a time manually stepping the motor until you find each sat, then save each sat position onto the motor. I don't think you can use USALS with that motor.

[Jagee]

By compass reading do you know which sat is the farthest west i should go to ?i thank you for your help it seems like im finally fetting somewhere.Should i set the south sat now or after i get the rest of them?

[wejones]

Originally Posted by Jagee

By compass reading do you know which sat is the farthest west i should go to ?i thank you for your help it seems like im finally fetting somewhere.Should i set the south sat now or after i get the rest of them?

You won't use a compass to find the west sat. You'll have to run the motor to the sat. You can probably see past AMC10, but I'm not sure what is on the sats past there that might have anything with a footprint toward you. I can't see past amc10, so I'm not sure. Most past there is beamed toward Alaska.
I'd look for AMC10, G13, or perhaps G10r, since there isn't a lot of FTA on the other 2 . You can go to the Sadoun Az/El calculator (under fixed dish install) to give you an idea of the compass heading, but use the motor to go to the sats.

[csmith704]

Originally Posted by Jagee

i understand. That seems to be most of my channels is religious ones....

Here is sadoun's list of channels/sats, not sure how offen sadoun keeps this list up to date:

Free To Air FTA Satellite Channels from USA, Europe, Middle East, Asia Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Turkish, Kurdish TV Telstar5 (IA5) Television

[Jagee]

Im not sure but i think i have 10R I have a lot of channels but like i said they are mostly religious ones,ill try to get another sat later,today.My wife yelled at me cause i spent 12 hours in the yard yesterday doing this,And ill do it again today get back later.LOL

[Jagee]

when i tried to get the other saats and tried to tune them in by ajusting the dish i lost the other sat i said i had and now can't seem to get any.I just ordered a inclinometer from here.What numbers do i want to set the motor for with it?

[rainman]

Originally Posted by Jagee

when i tried to get the other saats and tried to tune them in by ajusting the dish i lost the other sat i said i had and now can't seem to get any.I just ordered a inclinometer from here.What numbers do i want to set the motor for with it?

to keep from loosing a sat once you find it I always mark the pole and mount make note of the elevations that way you should be able to return to the spot you were at.