Can someone check my work?

[ZzeusS]

First time installer. I want to try a fixed mount off of Telstar 5 before I get into motors and whatnot. I have a tripod portable mount, so nothing's permanent. I just want to play for a bit.

I'm in Kansas City, KS, so the Look Angle page gives me this:

Satellite West Longitude 97
Latitude 39.08
Longitude 94.62

° Elevation 44.7, this is what I put the dish to.
°Azimuth (Geographic) 183.8, subtracting 8 for magnetic deviance, resulting in 175.8 Azimuth. The tripod has the markings on the mount, and you set it on the ground with the N pointing north, and has a bubble level on it.

2.9 degrees (barely any) LNB polarization counter clockwise.

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Easy as pie?

Does the Fortec 768v3 have a starter wizard type thing when you power it on for the first time? I haven't even taken it out of the box yet. It's a universal LNBF, so do I have to go manually change things in the menu?

[DruzeTito]

Well, I didn't check the calculations but they are probably correct. Now, make sure you have the pole that you lay the dish on top is pretty straight or "plumb" as Sadoun says it. When you power up the receiver it is simple, just go through the process and then make sure when you are at channel search, select Telstar 5 and select an an a active transponder on there and select NIT FTA also. You will have signal and quality bars. Now aim the dish and maximise these values with very slight adjustments. After you maximized these values, MAKE sure to look at other transponders on T5 to see if they have an acceptable signal and quality level. If this is the case, then bullseye!! you got T5.

[ZzeusS]

Great, I will do this later on this evening!

[ZzeusS]

There was a quick startup sheet that Sadoun did itself bundled with the receiver. This steps through the process perfectly, and I got 88+ percent green bar on Telstar 5 the very first time.

[forlife]

Yes, the key of all keys is getting it mega plumb. Make sure you measure it from all sides instead of just one side. I think this will save you many days of reception problems.

[ZzeusS]

Originally Posted by forlife

Yes, the key of all keys is getting it mega plumb. Make sure you measure it from all sides instead of just one side. I think this will save you many days of reception problems.

I happened to get extremely lucky living in the mid-west with Telstar 5's footprint. This weekend I am going to put in a motor and will have to redo the mount. It promises to be more difficult :wink: