DW on 103W

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rikoski

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Posted 1550757692	Reply with quote #1

I have three movable C band dishes all feeding Manhattan 1933 receivers; all with C/Ku lnbf's. At one time all received DW on 103W. At this point only the set with the 10.5' Winegard Pinacle receives DW; the other two, my 10.5' RayDx and my 8.5' Orbitron Spinclination won't blindscan DW. The alignment of all seems spot on. They used to tune DW. Comments? Thanks.

Kermit

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Posted 1550776556	Reply with quote #2

Good morning rikoski... I'm not sure what your location is but in the southern part of western Canada I've tried everything to get DW back on my 9' solid spun dish. I don't get a signal to register at all on my meter on this TP. This past fall for the MLB playoffs I was getting everything with a decent signal on SES3 C band. But something has changed. I don't know if the power was reduced on the bird or if something happened to my system. Its too cold to troubleshoot now but I do miss DW and PBS as well. __________________ Equipped with Azbox Me, 2 X Octagon SX88, Linkbox 9000i, Geosatpro microHD, Synoq SR1, Openbox S9, Monterrey 90, Uniden SQ560 + SQ360, General Instruments X 5 RECEIVERS, Motorola DSR6000 9' solid Dish C/KU, "Muzak" 1.2m Prodelin + legacy Prodelin 1.2 dish.

takoulis

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Posted 1550780369	Reply with quote #3

For some reason the signal is weak on this transponder only a 10ft dish can receive it can not lock it with my 7/12 footer. __________________ Titanium ASC1 positioner AJAK H-H winnegard 7 1/2 dish, AV Comm polarizer barrel with Chaparral Polarotor feed, Cal Amp 140194 20k PLL C band LNB. 1M ku dish on H-H motor. Openbox S10 DM 900HD Hellobox V7 Coolsat 5000 DSR 6000

conway

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Posted 1550785670	Reply with quote #4

I get 9.5db on PBS and 14.5db on DW on my 10ft Mesh dish here in South Carolina

babadem

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Posted 1550798399	Reply with quote #5

I'm getting 11.9 dB 0n DW here in Massachusetts. __________________ AZBox Me, MicroHD, Octagon SF8008 and TBS6903. DG-380 Motor (43.1°W to 127.0°W), on 1.2M Geosat Pro. 3ABN Dish @30.0°W. 2nd 1.2M looking @103.0°W. 12FT Paraclipse Dish looking from 37.5°W to 111.1°W. Ricardo's geo-orbit archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20071202191450/http://www.geo-orbit.org:80/sizepgs/tuningp2.html

Arion

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Posted 1550847455	Reply with quote #6

12.0 dB in the U.P. of Michigan for DW. __________________ 10' Tek2000 mesh dish, 24" Venture actuator, ASC1 mover, Titanium LNB, Icecrypt CHD3750, Zgemma H7AC 4K, Octagon SF8008 4K, 1.2 meter motorized KU band dish.

Kermit

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Posted 1550862207	Reply with quote #7

It's great to see everyone getting such a strong signal on the V tp's on SES3 as I did before the construction next door. I need to get behind the dish and see if the 4 foot wooden panel fence on top of the garage that the neighbor deemed necessary is blocking out some of my signal. I'll post a photo or 2 when I get home and get your opinions. __________________ Equipped with Azbox Me, 2 X Octagon SX88, Linkbox 9000i, Geosatpro microHD, Synoq SR1, Openbox S9, Monterrey 90, Uniden SQ560 + SQ360, General Instruments X 5 RECEIVERS, Motorola DSR6000 9' solid Dish C/KU, "Muzak" 1.2m Prodelin + legacy Prodelin 1.2 dish.

rikoski

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Posted 1550865120	Reply with quote #8

Arion; When you say 12dB in Michigan and babadem says 11.9 dB in Massachusetts what is that referenced to? (dB is a ratio.)

Arion

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Posted 1550870461	Reply with quote #9

That is referenced to my 10’ mesh dish and my Octagon SF8008 which is all that anyone outside of an engineer with expensive test equipment can do. __________________ 10' Tek2000 mesh dish, 24" Venture actuator, ASC1 mover, Titanium LNB, Icecrypt CHD3750, Zgemma H7AC 4K, Octagon SF8008 4K, 1.2 meter motorized KU band dish.

RickCaylor

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Posted 1550871461	Reply with quote #10

I believe they are using the C/N reading or Carrier to Noise. __________________ It's Another Great Day to Be Alive! Keep Your Eyes on the Sky! Please e-mail or call me if need to make contact @ rickcaylor@aol.com or Ricks Satellite / 816-228-1801.

bousouzoku

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Posted 1550873815 · Edited	Reply with quote #11

Since the signal is very strong across the footprint for 103 W in the US and parts of Canada, those models of dishes should have no problem with a DVB-S2 5/6 signal unless something has gone wrong with the alignment or a component. Perhaps there is an issue with the receivers for the dishes that are not able to blindscan the DW channel at this time. Have you tried bypassing any switching devices if there are any in the system? Are you able to swap the working receiver from your 10.5 Winegard to the other dishes to see if that works? Perhaps manually tuning the receiver to 4140 V 30000 DVB-S2 5/6 could help as the blindscan could be missing it perhaps. Even erasing the transponders/channels for 103 and scanning again could help even... I'm not familiar with that model of receiver, but it seems to be the problem on the effected dishes... For the 10.5 Raydex and 8.5 Orbitron, how is their performance on vertical polarity of 103 W? Are any other channels on 103 able to scan in, and if so, how is their signal performance? Would you have a meter or another device to try to lock onto 4140 V from those dishes for troubleshooting purposes? What kind of system are you using to move the dishes? Are you comparing their performance on other satellites and transponders as an indication of the tracking being accurate? I have the luxury of having many tools at my disposal to see the signal at all times. For you at least, you have a known good working system that you can troubleshoot and compare with.

conway

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Posted 1550878038	Reply with quote #12

ARION i see you have a tek2000 mesh dish.. do you have any slop in your dish? on the mount on the back of the dish on each side there is 3 holes on each side that looks like it takes bolts.. should there be 3 bolts in there on each side? will that remove the slop? My positioner never stays set.

rikoski

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Posted 1550891721	Reply with quote #13

I will swap receivers and see what happens and also compare polarities. Thanks for the suggestions.

Arion

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Posted 1550935021 · Edited	Reply with quote #14

Quote: Originally Posted by conway ARION i see you have a tek2000 mesh dish.. do you have any slop in your dish? on the mount on the back of the dish on each side there is 3 holes on each side that looks like it takes bolts.. should there be 3 bolts in there on each side? will that remove the slop? My positioner never stays set. Yeah, that 'could' cause a problem all right. The pivot bolt alone isn't enough to keep the mount from wiggling. You don't need bolts in all three holes on each side. Depending on the elevation of the dish you can figure out what set of holes to use. For me the middle set of holes on each side work best and there should of been bolts for them in the package. Just hand tighten them and then maybe go another complete revolution to cinch it down and use locking washers. You don't want to tighten them too much as the metal for the saddle isn't the thickest in the world and if you over tighten you'll start to bend the saddle away from the pivot arm. That might not be your problem as those bolt holes are more for stabilizing the elevation of the dish but anything on the mount that allows for any slop could certainly affect where your dish lands when you move it. __________________ 10' Tek2000 mesh dish, 24" Venture actuator, ASC1 mover, Titanium LNB, Icecrypt CHD3750, Zgemma H7AC 4K, Octagon SF8008 4K, 1.2 meter motorized KU band dish.

conway

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Posted 1550936066	Reply with quote #15

Hey thanks.. my dish didn't have bolts for those..any idea what size they are? maybe I can get them at home depot?

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