Are Motor Satellite installers still a thing?

[manic01]

Comedy central is very strong tp try other H transponders maybe you have issues with H transponders?

 

[spleenmuncha]

Comedy central is very strong tp try other H transponders maybe you have issues with H transponders?

So just go through channel list and check those with H? If that was the case, what might that mean? (The wife is using TV now, so won't be able to check until the morning).

 

[manic01]

So just go through channel list and check those with H? If that was the case, what might that mean? (The wife is using TV now, so won't be able to check until the morning).

If issues with H tp then it's failing lnb usually.

 

[bmitie]

Try it in the solo2 and you will get your answer.

 

[spleenmuncha]

Try it in the solo2 and you will get your answer.

I'll try it in the morning. Thanks.

 

[bmitie]

your too quick! CGTN is DVB-S and Comedy is DVB-S2 just in case. I have checked on a uno4kse with OPEBH5.,4.1,007 and I get 85% on both so your 73% is good. SOLO2 better tuner.

 

[spleenmuncha]

your too quick! CGTN is DVB-S and Comedy is DVB-S2 just in case. I have checked on a uno4kse with OPEBH5.,4.1,007 and I get 85% on both so your 73% is good. SOLO2 better tuner.

Yeh, I'll try the Solo2 in the morning. Cheers.

I've emailed another 3 local(ish) places to see if they do motorized installs, but not had any luck so far.

 

[bmitie]

where are you roughly, you only need a lnb change!!

 

[spleenmuncha]

where are you roughly, you only need a lnb change!!

On the borders or Northamptonshire/Cambridgeshire.

 

[manic01]

where are you roughly, you only need a lnb change!!

Thought he wants a bigger dish?

 

[spleenmuncha]

Thought he wants a bigger dish?

TBH, I don't mind throwing a few hundred £££ at it. I've had 15 years out of the current one. If I can get a bigger replacement, then I'll probably go for it

 

[spleenmuncha]

Having scanned 7e, I only pick up 19 channels - mostly radio - and all apart from the final one are V not H. The H one SNR fluctuates on opening but after a few seconds settles on around 75%.
I thought I'd scan 0.8w while I was at it. Picks up nearly 1000 channels and seems to be a mix of both H & V.
If LNB was the cause, would I likely struggle with H feeds across the board, or might it vary by satellite?

 

[Ferret.]

Having scanned 7e, I only pick up 19 channels - mostly radio - and all apart from the final one are V not H. The H one SNR fluctuates on opening but after a few seconds settles on around 75%.
I thought I'd scan 0.8w while I was at it. Picks up nearly 1000 channels and seems to be a mix of both H & V.
If LNB was the cause, would I likely struggle with H feeds across the board, or might it vary by satellite?

From what your saying, your LNB is fine

You could see if your dish alignment is good by doing the following probably best on your e2 box

Send the dish to 42e go into signal finder and nudge the dish east and west.
Do the same on 1 west and 30 west

If your signal improves doing this on any of those sat positions by more than a couple of percents the dish alignment is out by how much depends on what improvement you see nudging the dish.

 

[spleenmuncha]

From what your saying, your LNB is fine

You could see if your dish alignment is good by doing the following probably best on your e2 box

Send the dish to 42e go into signal finder and nudge the dish east and west.
Do the same on 1 west and 30 west

If your signal improves doing this on any of those sat positions by more than a couple of percents the dish alignment is out by how much depends on what improvement you see nudging the dish.

Awesome, thanks. I'll try that next

 

[spleenmuncha]

From what your saying, your LNB is fine

You could see if your dish alignment is good by doing the following probably best on your e2 box

Send the dish to 42e go into signal finder and nudge the dish east and west.
Do the same on 1 west and 30 west

If your signal improves doing this on any of those sat positions by more than a couple of percents the dish alignment is out by how much depends on what improvement you see nudging the dish.

42e - starts off SNR 79%, but if I nudge it 6 steps west, then I reach 88%

30w - most channels seem to be 98-100% SNR to begin, though I did find one starting at 90%. Nudging that E or W only makes it worse - drops by a couple of % after 2 nudges.

 

[bmitie]

You are up early ! Have you tried that channel on 7e that you could not get with other box? I tried 7e scan and as well and cant get much either.

 

[spleenmuncha]

You are up early ! Have you tried that channel on 7e that you could not get with other box? I tried 7e scan and as well and cant get much either.

Lol, yeh, never can manage to sleep in.
So on the Solo2 Comedy Central opens fine. DVB-S2 11786 H 27500 - 91-92% SNR. If I nudge it W by 2 or 3 it flickers between 92% 93%

 

[bmitie]

Now your sucking diesel so as already said by ... alignment is out on the EASTERN SIDE, the West is OK so all you do is adjust the usals for the east UNTIL you get a good fix, then note it down, now you have 2 settings one for east and one for west, it means rig is crookled but it can be the dish, the pole, the motor, dish can move slightly on stub and so on. Its hard to fix small errors.

So it looks as if your motor is going too far east but only a tad and I think where you are usals may be 0.987. or such like so just make it smaller and save each time, while on 7e and when you get the 90% then thats it . NB write down your original setting.

ManicO has a 110CM dish and can get all the feeds that he posts so all you need is a bigger dish, I use the TRIAX 110CM since 2004 and still rocking. Th traix is very heavy. Technomate may do a 110cm.

 

[Ferret.]

42e - starts off SNR 79%, but if I nudge it 6 steps west, then I reach 88%

30w - most channels seem to be 98-100% SNR to begin, though I did find one starting at 90%. Nudging that E or W only makes it worse - drops by a couple of % after 2 nudges.

Im willing to bet the pole the motor is mounted to is not perfectly plumb.

 

[spleenmuncha]

I've finally found somebody who is going to price me for a new install on a 1m or 1.1m dish.

Thanks everyone for the advice & time you've given me.