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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Argghh - my dish fell over and is not quite the same anymore
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<blockquote data-quote="NoviceSat" data-source="post: 809528" data-attributes="member: 390074"><p>I have a Technomate 80cm mesh dish mounted on a tripod for part-time use to find the best location for various satellites. Unfortunately the wind blew my dish over and I didn't hear it - I then sent commands to my USALS motor to find other satellites and began to wonder why I wasn't receiving anything. I later realised it was dragging the dish over the car-park's concrete floor <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite21" alt=":-ohcrap" title="Oh Crap :-ohcrap" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-ohcrap" /></p><p></p><p>The dish itself looks OK - a few scrapes on the edges but it doesn't look out of alignment. However it no longer receives any signal. I have tried different co-ax cables and another sat meter. I have also tried bypassing the USALS motor (direct LNB to receiver), but that doesn't help. I have checked the receiver works by plugging it into a Sky dish and receiving channels on 28.2E</p><p></p><p>I have purchased a cheap second LNB to discover this doesn't fix the problem. If I spin the dish around the sky I do hear the sat meter change pitch - but not by much. </p><p></p><p>I am running out of ideas! Help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NoviceSat, post: 809528, member: 390074"] I have a Technomate 80cm mesh dish mounted on a tripod for part-time use to find the best location for various satellites. Unfortunately the wind blew my dish over and I didn't hear it - I then sent commands to my USALS motor to find other satellites and began to wonder why I wasn't receiving anything. I later realised it was dragging the dish over the car-park's concrete floor :-ohcrap The dish itself looks OK - a few scrapes on the edges but it doesn't look out of alignment. However it no longer receives any signal. I have tried different co-ax cables and another sat meter. I have also tried bypassing the USALS motor (direct LNB to receiver), but that doesn't help. I have checked the receiver works by plugging it into a Sky dish and receiving channels on 28.2E I have purchased a cheap second LNB to discover this doesn't fix the problem. If I spin the dish around the sky I do hear the sat meter change pitch - but not by much. I am running out of ideas! Help! [/QUOTE]
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