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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Turksat/Eurasiasat reception on a Zone 2 Sky Minidish
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<blockquote data-quote="GFA777" data-source="post: 210848" data-attributes="member: 212309"><p>Hasty reply - not much time!</p><p></p><p>I get Turksat in Bucks with a standard Raven Zone 2 Sky dish. I paid £15 - self collect.</p><p></p><p>In fine weather:TR channels strongish - 60% SQ;</p><p>Powerturk, CNNTurk,TV8, EuroTurk, FB TV, very strong 80% SQ</p><p>TV5 strongish - 60% SQ;</p><p>TD1 dodgy - 50% SQ</p><p>TVT 70% SQ;</p><p>ATV, NTV Int 45% SQ dodgy in rain</p><p>Cine5 - 38% SQ always dodgy</p><p></p><p>Dish set-up - Dish pointing 5-8, deg down from vertical, LNB skewed 20 deg clockwise from front of dish. Needed 30 minutes careful tweaking to get the above SQs. They are on a Fortec Star Lifetime Classic. Your receiver may give values a lot different.</p><p></p><p>Rotate the dish very slowly around 50 deg east of south till you locate the satellite - needs lots and lots and lots and lots of patience. Lock the azimuth bolts on the dish and tweak the elevation. Lock the elevation bolts and re-tweak the azimuth very, very, very very gently. Finally re-tweak the elevation. Lock the bolts tight but don't bend the dish brakets.</p><p></p><p>As soon as you get any sort of lock on Turksat scan the TP 11804V 24444 then you have got a picture to help you get back to the satellite if you sneeze when tweaking.</p><p></p><p>You are very limited in your choice of LNBs with an elliptical Sky dish. Their physical characteristics must reflect the shape of the dish. Most LNBs are designed for round dishes. They work in Sky dishes if you tie them to the LNB arm with string but with around 85% effectiveness - until they shake loose. The improvement a good quality LNB gives is marginal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GFA777, post: 210848, member: 212309"] Hasty reply - not much time! I get Turksat in Bucks with a standard Raven Zone 2 Sky dish. I paid £15 - self collect. In fine weather:TR channels strongish - 60% SQ; Powerturk, CNNTurk,TV8, EuroTurk, FB TV, very strong 80% SQ TV5 strongish - 60% SQ; TD1 dodgy - 50% SQ TVT 70% SQ; ATV, NTV Int 45% SQ dodgy in rain Cine5 - 38% SQ always dodgy Dish set-up - Dish pointing 5-8, deg down from vertical, LNB skewed 20 deg clockwise from front of dish. Needed 30 minutes careful tweaking to get the above SQs. They are on a Fortec Star Lifetime Classic. Your receiver may give values a lot different. Rotate the dish very slowly around 50 deg east of south till you locate the satellite - needs lots and lots and lots and lots of patience. Lock the azimuth bolts on the dish and tweak the elevation. Lock the elevation bolts and re-tweak the azimuth very, very, very very gently. Finally re-tweak the elevation. Lock the bolts tight but don't bend the dish brakets. As soon as you get any sort of lock on Turksat scan the TP 11804V 24444 then you have got a picture to help you get back to the satellite if you sneeze when tweaking. You are very limited in your choice of LNBs with an elliptical Sky dish. Their physical characteristics must reflect the shape of the dish. Most LNBs are designed for round dishes. They work in Sky dishes if you tie them to the LNB arm with string but with around 85% effectiveness - until they shake loose. The improvement a good quality LNB gives is marginal. [/QUOTE]
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