Motorised Dish
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kegnkiwi
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This is pointing to your dish being out line to far to the west by a few degress. For example you have set 0.8w at 2.8w then your drive to 28.2e so you will always be 2deg out on every sat. Just sometimes you have been lucky. Driving you dish east manually from the box each time should improve the signal. This is why it was important to fine 0.8w as it is the top of the arc.
mike142
TK Veteran
Maybe the channel list I sent you didn't load properly, so can you please load it again,
You don't need to scan any satellite, most of the channels that you can get on each Satellite from 53E to 45W are already on that list,
you should be on the channel list menu, (see Pic), not the Satellite list menu.
As KegnKiwi says you are only 2 degrees out, (as your'e getting 28E instead of 26E the Motor is 2 degrees too far East, not West, so you have to move the MOTOR back 2 degrees West)
So put the receiver to any FTA channel at the start of each list, and move the motor & dish manually on the pole very slightly to the left, (maybe only a couple of millimeters), until you get a picture.
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How do I move the dish manually from the box
i need to try sort this really,theres me thinking i've finally cracked it after 3 weeks lol
Now apart from 28.2 what other sat could i use to try sort this problem out i can't get 0.8 thor so i guess i can send dish to another sat and then tune it better from there and i should be sorted.Like i say 90% signal on sky but if i'm about 2 degress out i guess this is why i'm getting poor signal on other sats
Now apart from 28.2 what other sat could i use to try sort this problem out i can't get 0.8 thor so i guess i can send dish to another sat and then tune it better from there and i should be sorted.Like i say 90% signal on sky but if i'm about 2 degress out i guess this is why i'm getting poor signal on other sats
ok i connected the dish up to the zgemma as on there you can fine tune extra,as the motor was fine tuning west the snr picked up from 70% snr and got up to 90% snr final calibration came up at 26.2 so as was said im 2 degrees out.
So guess this means i need to move the dish 2 degrees west and i should be bang on 28.2e and everything else will fall into place.
Times like this i wished i had a better sat meter but its just not worth paying out money for one as id never use it and tbh i can't see myself going into satellite installing
So guess this means i need to move the dish 2 degrees west and i should be bang on 28.2e and everything else will fall into place.
Times like this i wished i had a better sat meter but its just not worth paying out money for one as id never use it and tbh i can't see myself going into satellite installing
kegnkiwi
TK Veteran
You could alter your latitude in the receiver to make it think you are further east or west and therefore not move the dish as far or move it further. I though we worked out your dish was to far west?
Im trying to fine tune my setup, same system as toffee, I can get 63% signal on sly news on thor 0.8, but when I go to 19.2e only getting 44% and cant get anything on 23.5 or 28.2. Does anybody have any idea what the problem is? Using 80cm dish in northern ireland and wasnt expecting to get anything on thor.
kegnkiwi
TK Veteran
Sounds like you pole is not straight.
Out of interest my signal levels on skynews on thor are 99%
The pole is plumb, took dish and motor off earlier and checked, will check that dish is plumb to motor arm.
