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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="father ted" data-source="post: 530652" data-attributes="member: 294475"><p>rite back again ok no further forward have carried out everything yous have been saying </p><p>1 have now placed the whole dish on new t&kbrackets rite up to the gutter ,in fact is so far up it can swing right round without touching the roof.i was thinking that it was getting a weak signal </p><p>2 i placed a new pole ,2 inch scaffolding pole on the brackets </p><p>3 i managed (dont ask how) to get the dish, motor onto the pole ,by the way its plumb on all sides i even ran a plumb line to the floor and its spot on </p><p>4i lined the dish,motor and pole so that they were all in line and the back of dish was paralel to the rest </p><p>5i bought a new compass and made sure i found south </p><p>6 turned the whole thing around pole ,the dish, motor until it reached a mark i had done and checked with compass to south </p><p>7 i left it loose so could jiggle with it </p><p>8 took out meter and played with dish till i got a good signal on south reached almost 10 and tightened it up a bit keeping an eye on meter didnt go to far below 10 </p><p>9 then i started to play with elevation of dish,manged to get it to 9 after a few tweaks here and there and tightend that up </p><p>10 went to box and tried one tweak to east ,then another and so on but nothing </p><p>11 then i did the opposite way so i turned it 10 times east so i done 20 times west still nothing </p><p>12i couldnt get the snr to raise above 60% so now am thinking problem with box </p><p>13 but i did get 28.2 </p><p>14 never picked up any other sat and am thinking its a hardware fault(box its self) wot yous think?have i done all i can?? </p><p>15 my mrs is serving my meals through the bathroom window casue am up the ladder more than am in the house</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="father ted, post: 530652, member: 294475"] rite back again ok no further forward have carried out everything yous have been saying 1 have now placed the whole dish on new t&kbrackets rite up to the gutter ,in fact is so far up it can swing right round without touching the roof.i was thinking that it was getting a weak signal 2 i placed a new pole ,2 inch scaffolding pole on the brackets 3 i managed (dont ask how) to get the dish, motor onto the pole ,by the way its plumb on all sides i even ran a plumb line to the floor and its spot on 4i lined the dish,motor and pole so that they were all in line and the back of dish was paralel to the rest 5i bought a new compass and made sure i found south 6 turned the whole thing around pole ,the dish, motor until it reached a mark i had done and checked with compass to south 7 i left it loose so could jiggle with it 8 took out meter and played with dish till i got a good signal on south reached almost 10 and tightened it up a bit keeping an eye on meter didnt go to far below 10 9 then i started to play with elevation of dish,manged to get it to 9 after a few tweaks here and there and tightend that up 10 went to box and tried one tweak to east ,then another and so on but nothing 11 then i did the opposite way so i turned it 10 times east so i done 20 times west still nothing 12i couldnt get the snr to raise above 60% so now am thinking problem with box 13 but i did get 28.2 14 never picked up any other sat and am thinking its a hardware fault(box its self) wot yous think?have i done all i can?? 15 my mrs is serving my meals through the bathroom window casue am up the ladder more than am in the house [/QUOTE]
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