need help with finding sat 119

Kegler · #1 (**permalink**) 11-25-2003, 08:26 PM

I have a strong signal (between 77-85) on sats 101 and 109 but 0 on 119. I started out with azimuth set for 221, elevation set to 35 and tilt 64.5 as recommended for my area (Sylvania,Ohio). I recently purchased a SF95 signal meter and tried to use that but I still still can't get anything off 119. I have tried to adjust the tilt, elevation and azimuth but to no avail. Before I tried to adjust it using the signal meter I was getting signal strength of low to mid 70's on 101 and 109 and about 37 on 119 now I get nothing on 119. Do I need to use a different signal meter for multiple satellites or is there a way to differentiate what signal the meter is picking up? Or is there a certain procedure that I need to follow to adjust this in. Thanks in advance.

cdnsat · #2 (**permalink**) 01-11-2004, 11:35 PM

Make sure that the pole is perfectly verticle (straight up) before you do any alignment in these kind of dish.

frankxiv · #3 (**permalink**) 04-10-2004, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Kegler

I have a strong signal (between 77-85) on sats 101 and 109 but 0 on 119. I started out with azimuth set for 221, elevation set to 35 and tilt 64.5 as recommended for my area (Sylvania,Ohio). I recently purchased a SF95 signal meter and tried to use that but I still still can't get anything off 119. I have tried to adjust the tilt, elevation and azimuth but to no avail. Before I tried to adjust it using the signal meter I was getting signal strength of low to mid 70's on 101 and 109 and about 37 on 119 now I get nothing on 119. Do I need to use a different signal meter for multiple satellites or is there a way to differentiate what signal the meter is picking up? Or is there a certain procedure that I need to follow to adjust this in. Thanks in advance.

If you have your tilt and elevation set correctly and make your azimuth adjustment and fine tune to get the strongest signal strength on 101 then you should get the other signals...........as long as you have line of site to 119. The elevation of 119 is a smaller angle than 101 so trees/buildings that don't block 101 can very well block 119.

Later, Frank