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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Cant find Thor 1W
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<blockquote data-quote="nomadplf" data-source="post: 169162" data-attributes="member: 204311"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">O-Ha Insanity looming! O-Ha</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I’m just about ready to say sod it to a motorised set up unless you guys can tell me where I’m going wrong.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I started about 3 weeks ago and very quickly managed to get half a dozen birds from Thor1W to Astra 28E but nothing west. My motor was mounted on a double 90^ cranked mount (sort of "S" shape) and I figured that the weight of the motor and dish must have pulled the mount off vertical, so I swung the whole lot through 180^ and reset vertical but only found Thor 1W and Hotbird 13E. After a lot of fiddling about I abandoned the cranked mount and replaced it with a straight pole. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Now I cant find Thor, my true south bird, pointing just E of S my SLx sat meter goes off the scale, but the meter on the TV only shows a level 76% quality 0% and no matter where I point the dish in that general direction can I get a better signal. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In setting up the motor I have used both USALS and Disqec 1.2 and before each change I have cleared down all the scanned sat channels.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I have read a lot of the threads but the more I read and change the worse things seem to be getting, hence ready to quit. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Does the STB retain it previous setting if yes what should I do? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Will putting a damp cloth over the LNB reduce its sensitivity and stop the sat meter going off scale?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Apoligies for going on but please help.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">^ = degrees</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nomadplf, post: 169162, member: 204311"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]O-Ha Insanity looming! O-Ha[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I’m just about ready to say sod it to a motorised set up unless you guys can tell me where I’m going wrong.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I started about 3 weeks ago and very quickly managed to get half a dozen birds from Thor1W to Astra 28E but nothing west. My motor was mounted on a double 90^ cranked mount (sort of "S" shape) and I figured that the weight of the motor and dish must have pulled the mount off vertical, so I swung the whole lot through 180^ and reset vertical but only found Thor 1W and Hotbird 13E. After a lot of fiddling about I abandoned the cranked mount and replaced it with a straight pole. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Now I cant find Thor, my true south bird, pointing just E of S my SLx sat meter goes off the scale, but the meter on the TV only shows a level 76% quality 0% and no matter where I point the dish in that general direction can I get a better signal. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In setting up the motor I have used both USALS and Disqec 1.2 and before each change I have cleared down all the scanned sat channels.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I have read a lot of the threads but the more I read and change the worse things seem to be getting, hence ready to quit. [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Does the STB retain it previous setting if yes what should I do? [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Will putting a damp cloth over the LNB reduce its sensitivity and stop the sat meter going off scale?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Apoligies for going on but please help.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]^ = degrees[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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