aligning sat dish

[satelliteman]

Should be 0.7w or 0.007w, how ever it's displayed.

 

[greengekko]

just lowered it will send you another pic

 

[greengekko]

satellite pic

 

[greengekko]

datellite picture

 

[satelliteman]

Dish elevation is certainly far too low for reference satellite.

 

[greengekko]

longitude?as on motor or reciever

 

[Lazarus]

longitude?as on motor or reciever

In USALS, on your Receiver.

Please look again at Posts 7, 19, 26, 54, 55, 60, 61 etc where we've given you the correct Longitude to enter.

0.7W

 

[greengekko]

ive got it on 20 at the mo (dish)

 

[greengekko]

this is what its on at the mo

 

[Lazarus]

this is what its on at the mo

Right - good one: I can see what's causing the problem now.

Ignore the leading zero as in 07.0 and then you'll see it's actually showing 7W

What you need to do is adjust it so it says 00.70 which is how it will show the correct Longitude of Zero POINT Seven West

ie Make sure the decimal point is immediately BEFORE the 7, not after it.

Ok?

Edit: Then Post up another pic of it so we can prove it's right - then leave it alone!

 

[greengekko]

this is what it shows ready to go

 

[sonnetpete]

As Satman says, the dish face is far too low to receive anything from Thor. And Tivù is correct, it should be 0.7°W

I still think your pole is way off vertical. If your house wall is vertical, the clamps holding the pole to the brackets should be both in the same position. At the moment it looks like your top clamp is nearer the wall than the bottom one. However, concentrate on at least getting a signal. Fine tuning the set up can wait.

I'm off for lunch and to dig out a scart lead from the builders mess in the porch. Hope you have success while I'm away!!

 

[greengekko]

this is what happens if i put it in as you said

 

[greengekko]

00.7 is that correct?

 

[sonnetpete]

this is what it shows ready to go

Noooo. 0.7W NOT, REPEAT NOT, 7°W

 

[sonnetpete]

00.7 is that correct?

Yes, thankfully that looks okay!!

 

[Lazarus]

Yes, thankfully that looks okay!!

............. d'accord

That is now CORRECT.

Leave it be ................

 

[greengekko]

right this is how its been set up can you tell me if this is correct now

 

[Lazarus]

Yes indeed.

But when you start the final alignment, you need to select Thor, not 28E.

Thor is your South Satellite, so is the optimum one to use (It's not vital, when using USALS, but given your trials and tribulations so far I strongly recommend it!)

So choose "Go To Reference", then select Thor.

Best Transponder on Thor is the one which carries BBC World

ie 11325 H 24500 7/8

The Motor will move only a tiny amount from the due South position as the Longitude of Thor is almost identical to your own.

So hopefully all you will need to do is alter the dish bracket angle to find a signal.

 

[Mickha]

Send the dish to Thor then please upload some new pictures as your dish looks incorrect if on 28E.