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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Set up my motorised dish
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1034459" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Well, congrats for finally getting "something" <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>Regarding the "signal but no video/sound", that is actually quite normal for any (and that means many in some cases) channels where the video and audio PID values are not set correctly and that could well be a result of the receiver channel list being s..o out of date. FWIW, I really think you need to get a more up-to-date receiver with a relatively current channel list - without a current(ish) channel list, looking for channels on a digital receiver is like looking for the proverbial "needle in a haystack" <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sad.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad :(" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>As far as the dish and motor are concerned, it seems to me that:</p><p>- If that satellite really is one of those at 19E (i.e. one of the several <strong>Astra 1</strong> sats) when the motor is driven to "0 degrees", you have not moved the motor around the pole to the correct position - it should be pointing quite a bit further West <em>(about 20 degrees)</em> to get Thor at 0.8w - and, even so, because you had to lift the dish, then, as sonnetpete said earlier, the dish elevation is quite a bit too low.</p><p>- Whatever "compass" you are using <em>(and assuming it is working correctly!)</em> to point the motor and dish, you may not be reading /interpreting it correctly to translate that into aiming the dish at Thor at 0.8W.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1034459, member: 176704"] Well, congrats for finally getting "something" :) Regarding the "signal but no video/sound", that is actually quite normal for any (and that means many in some cases) channels where the video and audio PID values are not set correctly and that could well be a result of the receiver channel list being s..o out of date. FWIW, I really think you need to get a more up-to-date receiver with a relatively current channel list - without a current(ish) channel list, looking for channels on a digital receiver is like looking for the proverbial "needle in a haystack" :( As far as the dish and motor are concerned, it seems to me that: - If that satellite really is one of those at 19E (i.e. one of the several [B]Astra 1[/B] sats) when the motor is driven to "0 degrees", you have not moved the motor around the pole to the correct position - it should be pointing quite a bit further West [I](about 20 degrees)[/I] to get Thor at 0.8w - and, even so, because you had to lift the dish, then, as sonnetpete said earlier, the dish elevation is quite a bit too low. - Whatever "compass" you are using [I](and assuming it is working correctly!)[/I] to point the motor and dish, you may not be reading /interpreting it correctly to translate that into aiming the dish at Thor at 0.8W. [/QUOTE]
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