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[7thlong]

need help..please..just bought 30inch f80cm dish, using Pansat 2500A
zip 94116, Az 126.5 El 38.8 Skew -29.1. set lnb to uni-1 tp3 11898 pole is plum. can only get 50% level no quality. not only 50% on tp3, can't even get echo 6.8 or 7 on this dish. have 2 18inch on bird 6.8 and 7with level 78% and quality 90%. need some advise please......being on this for 2 days now. bad fortec uni-lnb? swapped lnbs also..... check rg6 cables and they good. hooked up daves box to try tone lock.......nothing.
This dog needs his day.

[DruzeTito]

did you use a compass ? Did you correct for magnetic variation? Did you adjust your receiver settings right? there many little things you need to pay attention to to get it right.

[7thlong]

Originally Posted by DruzeTito

did you use a compass ? Did you correct for magnetic variation? Did you adjust your receiver settings right? there many little things you need to pay attention to to get it right.

Did use compass, cuz got 2 birds on smaller dish.
got my az el shew from satfinder. see below stats

Telstar 6 93.0W 137.3 121.7 36.5 -32.4
Galaxy 8I (incl. 1.0 deg) 95.0W 139.6 124.1 37.7 -30.8
Galaxy 3C 95.0W 139.6 124.1 37.7 -30.8
Telstar 5 97.0W 142.1 126.5 38.8 -29.1 Inmarsat 2 f2 (incl. 1.7 deg) 98.0W 143.4 127.8 39.3 -28.2
Galaxy 4R 99.0W 144.6 129.1 39.8 -27.2

receiver set on universal 1- lnb 9750/10600 lo
tp set on tp3=11898 v 20.000
I'm I close? remember 2 birds on two 18inch dish, but notthing on 30 inch

Need some help!

[vj9999]

Dish network uses a different type lnbf. Signal is also much stronger on echo and it is much more forgiving.

IS your pole level, plumb? There are plenty of instructions around, but set your skew correctly, then set the elevation on your dish as close as you can. Point your dish to 97W. Try making smal (very small movement left right to see if you get any quality - signal strength is misleading and you can get stregth if you point dish to the ground). Every tiem you move the dish, wait 5-10 second for a reciever to try to get a lock.

If you get some kind of quality, then try adjusting elevation slightly to get the strongest quality/strength possible.

If you don't get any quality, try adjusting elevation up down a little bit and repeat adjusting the dish left right.

More often than not it will be a misaligned dish rather than a faulty wiring or equipment.

Let us know how it goes.

[7thlong]

trying to just hit echo 6.8/7 on this fortec 80p 30inch dish to see if it works....no luck...no quality on any of these satellites. thought that it would be easier to hit echo 6.8/7 with a bigger dish. ok mods........need some help here....like i said i've even change the universal lnbs. Plumb with a magnet level on pole 4 side and level top. Az at 126.5 El at 38.8
Shew facing dish -29.1 at 7:00 clockwise. receiver lnb set at universal 1 = 9750/10600 Lo. Tp at tp3 11898 V 20.000 to hit T5.
My bearing are:
Latitude 37' 44.646'N Longitude 122' 29.178'W

Where am I going wrong? :cry:

[DruzeTito]

you can't hit echo 110/119 with a universal LNB. You need circular. Focus on getting IA-5 signal.

[7thlong]

just got 43% quality on T5 with 81% level...thanks to the rain. thanks for for letting me vent here.....

[DruzeTito]

yea just do very careful adjustments on skew, azimuth, or elevation and you will get better quality.