97.0w

[so close]

Hi everyone,

Ok, so i got me a 36" dish with single LNB point at 97.0W. Setting as follow:

Standard
10600
11966

My S signal is like 80%, but i don't understand why i got nothing out of the Q signal. It keep blinking from 0-25% really fast. Doesn't what i changes in the receiver.

I changed my receiver setting to Galaxy @ 95.0 W, I scanned and pick up like 3 Tawain channels.

See, it only 2 degrees far apart but i cannot pick up the 97.0 W.

So what do i need to do to get VTV guys...can anyone give me some more advices??? Thanks in advance

[Darkman]

Not sure..
36 is good .. (but 40 is better ) .. but pretty sure 36 should do also.. cuz it's way bigger than 30

Also.. i am pretty sure it should be 10750 (instead of 10600.. regardless if 10600 might also work or not)

I just checked on this machine here..and it works perfectly .. getting VTV and any other channel as well..

On install screen for it .. it shows:

Type: Normal
LNB Type: Non Univ.

LNB Freq 1 : 10750
LNB Freq 2 : 10750

(those i guess are low and high values.. and i ve been told long time ago .. to just enter the same value there ( i am on KU band only btw at 97 west there.. and not using any type of a switches.. just direct feed from 97 West KU .. connected to the receiver)

Thought i ll mention this to you..
Good luck!

[wejones]

Originally Posted by so close

Hi everyone,

Ok, so i got me a 36" dish with single LNB point at 97.0W. Setting as follow:

Standard
10600
11966

My S signal is like 80%, but i don't understand why i got nothing out of the Q signal. It keep blinking from 0-25% really fast. Doesn't what i changes in the receiver.

I changed my receiver setting to Galaxy @ 95.0 W, I scanned and pick up like 3 Tawain channels.

See, it only 2 degrees far apart but i cannot pick up the 97.0 W.

So what do i need to do to get VTV guys...can anyone give me some more advices??? Thanks in advance

? You didn't say what lnbf you have. If it is indeed a "standard", then Darkman is right about the 10750, but it might be a universal, in which case you need 9750 and 10600 . Normally it will give the LO freq on the lnbf.

Also, you don't say if you have a motor or fixed dish. It does sound like you are aimed at 95, but I thought there was a chance that you might have a fixed dish and were trying to get both 95 and 97 without moving the dish or something.... probably not, but just checking.

[crankbooster]

Remember I posted about the signal amplifier.
This 97 G25 is now a big problem.
on wed, i spent close to 2 hrs trying to get a good quality on a 36cm dish.
This was tesame problem i had with the 30cm dish then i changed to 36cm but the same problem.
I think the problem is with the satellite because if tou check 95W , 99W or 101W your easily get good quality but not on 97W.

[vince]

what is your set up? here what I have...Viewsat ultra

intersat 5 97w
lnb standard
lnb fred 10750
tp fred 11789
diseqc none

[wejones]

Originally Posted by so close

Hi everyone,

Ok, so i got me a 36" dish with single LNB point at 97.0W. Setting as follow:

Standard
10600
11966
...

It finally occurred to me what you were trying to say here. Ie I thought that you were saying that your LNB setup had 2 LO freqs, ie 10600 and 11966 . Now I think I see that you were saying that you were using a LO freq of 10600 and were trying to tune the 11966 transponder????
The advise re settings given above doesn't change, but I wanted to make sure of just what you meant you had done with these two freqs? I think that if you entered a second frequency in the antenna setup and were using "standard" that the second freq will probably be ignored anyway. I think the second freq is only used by most receivers if you've specified a universal lnbf, unless the receiver has some 3rd kind of custom lnbf setting, but that would require a switchover freq to work. But in any event you really should either be standard 10750 or universal 9750/10600, depending on what lnbf you have. And the 11966 should be entered as one of the transponders (with the proper SR value).
But perhaps whatever receiver you're using has some unusual way of entering frequencies?

[so close]

see i have Invacom Single 0.3dB Universal LNBF SNH-031 and viewsat platinum lite receiver.

The setting is like this:

Intelsat 5 97.0W
On
Universal
lnb high <10750>
lnb low <10750>
tp freq. <11966>
Searh option <all>
Diseqc 1.0 <none>

It doesn't matter how i move the dish, the Q signal never go up. It's only blinking up and down really fast.

So i changed the setting to Galaxy 3C 95.0W and scanned, i picked up three chinese channels.

I did read from other forums and found out that vietnamese sat used be on Intelsat 97W, but now known as Galaxy 25, and my viewsat lite don't have G25 but only IA 97W.
I wonder if that the reason why i can't pick up any signal on 97W.?...?....

Oh one more question guys. You know the lnb have this IiIiIiIiI lines thing, on each end is a +30 and a -30, the middle is a 0. Now, on the dish arm slot that holding the lnb in also have this lines and numbers.

So my question is, does the LNB and the arm bar lines have to line up perfectly or it doesn't matter?

it's driving me nuts trying to get some VTV4.

[wejones]

Originally Posted by so close

see i have Invacom Single 0.3dB Universal LNBF SNH-031 and viewsat platinum lite receiver.

The setting is like this:

Intelsat 5 97.0W
On
Universal
lnb high <10750>
lnb low <10750>

You sort of answered your own question here. Ie you have a universal lnbf so you need to use 10600 and 9750 for the high, low LO freqs. 10750 is for a standard lnbf.

Originally Posted by so close

tp freq. <11966>
Searh option <all>
Diseqc 1.0 <none>

It doesn't matter how i move the dish, the Q signal never go up. It's only blinking up and down really fast.

So i changed the setting to Galaxy 3C 95.0W and scanned, i picked up three chinese channels.

You still haven't said whether you have a motor. Ie if you just change the channel in the receiver on a fixed dish, it is still looking at the same sat, The fact that it actually picked up the G3c channels tells me that you were pointed at G3c all along, and need to move your dish a bit west to get 97.

Originally Posted by so close

I did read from other forums and found out that vietnamese sat used be on Intelsat 97W, but now known as Galaxy 25, and my viewsat lite don't have G25 but only IA 97W.
I wonder if that the reason why i can't pick up any signal on 97W.?...?....

No. It doesn't matter what the receiver calls the sat.

Originally Posted by so close

Oh one more question guys. You know the lnb have this IiIiIiIiI lines thing, on each end is a +30 and a -30, the middle is a 0. Now, on the dish arm slot that holding the lnb in also have this lines and numbers.

So my question is, does the LNB and the arm bar lines have to line up perfectly or it doesn't matter?

it's driving me nuts trying to get some VTV4.

The little markings are for the skew. Go to the saduon fixed dish (assuming you have a fixed dish.) installation page, and fill in your location, and it will tell you where to set the skew.

[bostonFTA]

Hey buddy, I am having the exact problem and i've tried everything for past 4 days and the Quality bar just 10%. I am trying to get Vietnamese channels for my parents, too. I live in Dorchester and may be we should help eac other. my email is Jack_vo@usa.com.

Thanks

[ducsays2]

have same problem.. been trying to get vtv4 again. using a dish500 with coolsat5000. getting very high level strength but the quality does not seem to change at all. 97% for level and under 10% for quality. I was catching the bird and getting the channel but few days ago it got real bad, so i moved the dish.... bad idea.. now i cant get the quality to go up. i live in tampa FL, following the angel caculator i have the dish at a 53 elevation and 204 azimuth. not sure wat lnb im using but i did catch the bird on 10.750, and 11.966 before. can someone give me a comparison between the difference of elevation and azimuth 97W and 119W because i have a second dish that catches 119w bird with very good level and quality... please someone help me. my mom wont stop bugging me to fix it.

[yuzhanin]

Originally Posted by ducsays2

have same problem.. been trying to get vtv4 again. using a dish500 with coolsat5000. getting very high level strength but the quality does not seem to change at all. 97% for level and under 10% for quality. I was catching the bird and getting the channel but few days ago it got real bad, so i moved the dish.... bad idea.. now i cant get the quality to go up. i live in tampa FL, following the angel caculator i have the dish at a 53 elevation and 204 azimuth. not sure wat lnb im using but i did catch the bird on 10.750, and 11.966 before. can someone give me a comparison between the difference of elevation and azimuth 97W and 119W because i have a second dish that catches 119w bird with very good level and quality... please someone help me. my mom wont stop bugging me to fix it.

Are you saying you were getting VTV4 off 97W on a Dish 500? I thought you needed at least a 30" dish to get that satellite.

If you were indeed receiving a signal before, did it get worse with the weather? If so, you may need to wait for clear skies to try to tweak your dish.

[ducsays2]

thanks for the reply. tried again today and was successfull. the sky was clear maybe that was problem the other day. and yes catching the 97w on the dish500.

[rainman]

Originally Posted by ducsays2

thanks for the reply. tried again today and was successfull. the sky was clear maybe that was problem the other day. and yes catching the 97w on the dish500.

move up to a 36" dish and you will get a better signal as Galaxy 25 is getting old and the signal is weaker. also a 100 cm dish will work even better.

[pictureon]

How could you pick up signal of a linear satellite such as G25 on a dish500 with a circular lnb and lnb off the middle of 24" dish . It seems impossible or I'm messing something here.