Recent content by Antony.buck

Update : I got it all to work thanks to the explanation of elevation and offset dishes along with realising the proper function of the meter. The very first sat I picked up was sirius 4 @5e... Something I wasn't expecting as I said aiming for astra@28... I still don't understand how the...

Thanks for the help so far... Lots of things to think about and try tomorrow... As for wiring is it just plug wire into dish and into box or is there more to it? I have a flat white wire a well with 2 male end on... Can't see in instructions what is for, is it just to facilitate connection...

Great picture I thought it meant something different... So how can I measure this angle? If I had some sort of tool where would I position it to get the correct angle?

How do I know which satellite name to choose.. None of them say 28.2e the closest is astra2 that's all it says... Though when I plugged sky dish in it said astra1e or f was active? Don't suppose anyone lives near Leeds? Lol

That's what confuses me... It has never even flickered above 0... It's there a way to check the lnb? Something Mr Dr be broken...

Sorry not sure how to use the multi quote thingy... not meaningful would mean something very low but not 0? And I have swept East West with everything from flat to about 35d

I'm afraid I don't know how to find this out?

IHi there... My first post so please be patient. I have go everything wired and linked correctly (I think) and the dish pointed in the direction of astra2 according to dishpointer.com and neighbours dishes... My problem is no matter where I move the dish to I am getting signal strength of...