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So i have a dish hd and i’m trying to position it. I have a satlink finder and i try many different satellites. whenever i try them the signal is usually 70 percent but the quality is 0 how can i boost this. i attached some images of my setup. any help is highly appreciated
 

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Signal is just a measure of the voltage being delivered from the lnb. You can discount it. You need the quality. You could point the dish at the ground & still get 70% strength!!

You wont get any quality till you are within a degree or so of a satellite that is within rnge of your location & dish size
 

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Signal is just a measure of the voltage being delivered from the lnb. You can discount it. You need the quality. You could point the dish at the ground & still get 70% strength!!

You wont get any quality till you are within a degree or so of a satellite that is within rnge of your location & dish size
what is the best place to position it so i can get us satellites with music concerts and such, where can i find that. also how do i check the size of the dish
 

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You are asking the satellite equivalent of "how long is a piece of string"

You need to know EXACTLY what you ant to begin with. What sort of concerts? The end of year pop & rock concerts? 19E Astra 1 is a good choice in that case.

General concerts throughout the year - well tbh there arent that many.
 

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Analoguesat, the LNB in the picture (IMG_4481 - 11.7-12.7 R/L) is not suitable for EU satellites.
hhttrrgggrr, the finder lacks a spectrum display to easily determine whether you have aimed the satellite, since it is difficult to find out the LOF used for the mentioned LNBF.
 
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If your in America you need to change your lnb. Maybe try Galaxy 19.. plenty on YouTube for usa satellite fta...
 

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If the OP is looking to install their dish to receive the Dish USA service (their location is given as the US), they'll need to aim it at a satellite position that broadcasts the Dish USA service - this is spread over 61.5W, 72.7W, 109.8W & 118.8W - no fixed dish will cover all four positions so I'm going to assume they'll either cover the first two or last two.

The meter the OP is using is set to look at the Anik G1 satellite at 107.3W - this won't do any good as Dish USA doesn't broadcast from there (that's used by Canadian satellite broadcaster Shaw Direct).

TBH I would have thought that if the OP is a Dish USA customer, a quick phone call or message to Dish USA would see them send out someone to align that dish for you, if not install a brand new one?

Otherwise to the best of my knowledge the somewhat unique dishes & LNBs used by Dish USA & DirecTV are not easy to use for other Ku Band signals across the North American skies, given their relatively small size and that the LNBs are designed for the North American 12.2-12.7 GHz Ku DBS band (using circular polarisation) & Ka Band frequencies, with most of the other Ku Band signals are in the 11.7-12.2 GHz band with linear polarisation - they can be modified to take a 40mm LNB, but I don't think it's an ideal setup (similar issues to using a universal LNB on a Sky UK/Ireland dish IIRC).

As @mike1 has mentioned, away from Dish USA & DirecTV, there is a good bit out there about free-to-air satellite TV in the USA & North America, one channel on YouTube of the top of my head that appears to be a useful resource for this is Robbie Strike who's based in Ontario, Canada. However, it's also worth bearing in mind that a lot of C-Band is still in satellite use in North America, despite a healthy chunk of that band now being used for terrestrial 5G mobile networks - this has meant that some feeds, backhaul etc. that used to be on C-Band has been pushed into Ku Band frequencies but plenty of C-Band satellite still remains. C-Band has its own peculiarities compared to Ku Band and requires much larger dishes than the Dish USA one the OP has (it's far too small for C-Band satellite reception). C-Band satellite isn't really much of a thing in Europe these days outside of a small enthusiast circle receiving signals mainly aimed at Africa, Asia or Russian terrestrial TV feeds.

To round off, as this forum is based in the UK and targets a mostly European audience, knowledge of North American satellite setups especially those for Dish USA will be of limited interest to most people here. You might be better asking on a more local forum or message board.
 

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O/p appears to be on the west coast of the US, so 73W, 110W or perhaps 119W though the signal drops off sharply west of Nevada.

All channels from the broadcaster are Nagravision encrypted unless the weather is particularly bad.
 

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Try youtube - NorthcoasterHobby

This channel goes on about satellite in USA.
 

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The triple LNB from dish is a power hog, that satellite meter can't handle it, it needs at least 500 Ma of DC current and around 20 volts DC to run it, it is also a circular polarized (L and R) LNB and not much god for any linear satellites.(H and V)

Also it's mostly useless now as it was originally designed for the 110W, 119W and 129W satellites, 129 W is not in use anymore for dish programming.

If you want set it up for dual satellites (110/119) then a dish pro LNB (two satellites) should be used.

The dish will work for lets say 97W with a single or dual linear LNB attached, but mounting it may be tricky.
 
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