help required please

[wod]

yeah but i've got no idea where 1west is roughly in relation to my house position

a picture off google earth with house position and direction of 28 east etc and where i think 1 west is

as how can i work out roughly where it is as this puzzled me for 4 hours

 

[rolfw]

If you make sure that the map is turned to North, then straight down will be 1W.

 

[wod]

well it is facing north according to google earth well the compass in the corner on the above pic

 

[rolfw]

Well 1W will be just on or to the right of the trees.

 

[wod]

rolfw got usals working and got hotbird scanning and the digisat pro meter i have is reading 71 on the screen

do i need to adjust the dish elevation as its on about 23 degrees as i cant do a proper setup as my dish is about 3-4 inches away from the wall

as i bought a L shaped mount but it seems its not long enough

 

[wod]

done a scan of hotbird and all channels are breaking up

 

[wod]

turns out the meter was doing it when attached so taken it off

got a good signal so far on astra 2 , astra 1, eutelsat 16 east and hotbird

so its aligned ok on the arc ?

digisat pro meter has been f%$^ing great (blanked out the swearing incase)

 

[rolfw]

Well done wod, yes the digisat pro is a nice little meter.

Don't know about the correct arc, as you can't move to all of it from the sound of your previous post, but if it gets what you want to watch, then that is good enough.

 

[wod]

shall i try some other sats what can you recommend to try. i can move from hotbird to eutelsat 16east , astra 1 and astra 2 so far ok so it should be on the arc pretty well ?

 

[wod]

rolfw

thor 1 west comes in fine got bbc world on ? (is that good enough test)

 

[skytel]

if you got bbc world when using usals hopefully every other sat should be in place as long as your long & lat is right.

 

[wod]

well i just put in 53e and 1west

when my actual long and lat is 53.4 N and 1.2W

so how do i put that in correctly ?

 

[skytel]

you should had put the long & lat in first saved it then tell usals to go to thor.
then adjusted you dish manually outside to get the best signal, making sure also the latitude on the motor markings is right too.
if you put a different lat and long in after setting the dish up outside your dish will be out of alignment

 

[wod]

well its temporary as i thinking of changing the mount anyway

 

[wod]

well its temporary as i thinking of changing the mount anyway

 

[2cvbloke]

What sort of sat beeper were you using? Was is a one with a needle display and a knob? If so, I have one (and Lidl's LED version) and it's brilliant at finding satellite signals, as long as you use it correctly!!!

If it was just a cheepy beepy thing then sling it...

 

[wod]

it was one of them with a needle display and knob thing but was so shite

then i bought a digisat pro meter and aligned the dish up in 10mins

still some tweaks to do though

 

[dago]

hi m8, never used a meter myself, this time of the year thor sould be at 12 noon.
just look at the sun.
regards.

 

[2cvbloke]

it was one of them with a needle display and knob thing but was so shite

then i bought a digisat pro meter and aligned the dish up in 10mins

still some tweaks to do though

What I do with my meter is when the beep is constant, I turn the knob till it's silent, then start waving the dish about until I get a beep, then fine-tuning the position is done by gradually decreasing the sensetivity of the meter until the dish is in a place where any movement up or down, left or right, would silence the meter, and then I got to my receiver and already the signal's at it's best, and with a skew of the LNB, it's all done, 10 minutes work...

Of course, I've never used it on a motorised setup...