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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1148960" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>[USER=418659]@gdf68[/USER]</p><p></p><p>No signal probably almost certainly caused by the pole-> motor and motor->dish connections having been disturbed by removing/refitting the components - you only have to be <em><strong>less than 1/2 a degree off</strong></em> for the dish to be "looking" outside the VERY narrow sat beam width and thus for no signal to be picked up, <em>and that's for the <strong>strongest</strong> transponders on most sats other than 13E/19E/28E!<img src="http://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></em></p><p></p><p>Think you'll have to probably start from scratch again<img src="http://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />.</p><p></p><p>Edited:</p><p>PS: it should easier 2nd time around as you should now have some experience! <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><em>PPS: and that's why I cleaned and painted my dishes BEFORE I even tried to install them on the first occasion, or else did that when they were still in-situ!</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1148960, member: 176704"] [USER=418659]@gdf68[/USER] No signal probably almost certainly caused by the pole-> motor and motor->dish connections having been disturbed by removing/refitting the components - you only have to be [I][B]less than 1/2 a degree off[/B][/I] for the dish to be "looking" outside the VERY narrow sat beam width and thus for no signal to be picked up, [I]and that's for the [B]strongest[/B] transponders on most sats other than 13E/19E/28E!:rolleyes:[/I] Think you'll have to probably start from scratch again:rolleyes:. Edited: PS: it should easier 2nd time around as you should now have some experience! :) [I]PPS: and that's why I cleaned and painted my dishes BEFORE I even tried to install them on the first occasion, or else did that when they were still in-situ![/I] [/QUOTE]
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