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Old 12-31-2005, 12:07 AM
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72% to 84% signal level but 0% signal quality

I have installed my 36" satellite dish w/motor HH90 up on the roof of my house and there are no obstructions whatsoever, when I change satellites on the receiver, the dish turns from east to west and vice-versa with no problems at all, all cables and connections are new and correct (checked and rechecked many times), all angles for my area (Montreal-dish elevation: 38.2°, Latitude: 45.5 N, Longitude: 73.6 W, aimed at true south 194° with compass, are all set right, (also checked and rechecked many times), the post is also perfectly plumb on both sides. I have also inputted the correct latitude and longitude values in the receiver setup and all satellites are set to USALS mode. The cable run is a brand new 100' (30 meter) RG/6 coaxial cable. In my first attempt at aiming the dish I wasn't able to get the quality bar on the receiver to move at all, but the signal level bar was at 72% to 84% depending on the satellite. So, I bought a signal finder, the ones with the needle and the buzzer. By the way, what's the buzzer for? I used it according to instructions connecting it between the receiver and LNB and moving the knob to move the needle to level 5. I then moved the dish to the nearest satellite to my south, which is 72.0W AMC 6, by using the receiver in USALS mode. I then proceeded to slowly adjust the dish from side to side and also adjusted the dish elevation one degree at a time up and down. The needle moved up a little but wasn't able to get it to go much higher than a mark on the scale, from 5 to 6 only. I then checked the reading on the receiver again but there is no change. I have tried scanning satellites anyway but of course since there is no signal quality, no channels show up. Can anyone tell me what I may be doing wrong? I am getting quite frustrated with this and I simply don't know what to do next. Could the LNB be damaged? If so, how can I test it? The LNB is a FSKU-V Universal Single LNBF. Or could the motor be malfunctioning? And how can that be tested? All components are brand new. Can I rule out a problem with the receiver? Can anyone help? Any helpful information will be very much appreciated and I thank you in advance : )
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Is your LNB type set to Universal (9750/10600)?
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Old 01-02-2006, 04:14 PM
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72% to 84% signal level but 0% signal quality

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Is your LNB type set to Universal (9750/10600)?
Hi, yes, it is set to Universal (9750/10600).

This morning I have removed the motor and am now trying to get a signal quality for AMC 4 without the motor. I'm going for this satellite because that's where the Portuguese channels are, so for now if I can get this one I will be quite happy. I'll motorize the dish again later in the spring when the weather is better.

What's happening now is that instead of getting AMC 4 I think I'm pointing more towards 110W echostar 6 8 because I get a signal quality there that goes up to 60% when I try to scan, but it fluctuates from 0% to 60%. It's not stable. I guess that rules out a malfuctioning LNB. Does this mean that if I move the dish eastwards I will hit AMC 4 ? AMC 4 is 101°W.

Thanks for the input : )
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