Advice Needed 16 east footprint vs reality

[cwsat]

I have gone through all of the screenshots on my phone of my meter and they're all DVB-S........

 

[ozumo]

19.2°E 11494 H 22000 is S2, as are many others, have a look on Lyngsat:

Europe, Africa & Middle East - LyngSat

23.5°E is mostly S2 but there are a few DVB-S ones to try.

 

[cwsat]

I have just tried 11347V 22000 DVB-S2, 11362H 22000 DVB-S2 and 11229V 22000 and all I get is 45% Strength 20% quality.............

Exactly like 16e......

You know what I am thinking now............I have wasted time trying to find a signal the meter was never going to get.

 

[cwsat]

I think that model is DVB-S only? If so DVB-S2 transponders won't lock, a quick look on Lyngsat suggests most 16°E TPs are S2. 12699 H 9880 is listed as DVB-S, it's not as strong as others but I'm receiving it with the zone 2.

I am going to take a portable TV and my sat box out and do it the manual way.

I owe you a big thank you for spotting that. I was considering calling a professional out.

 

[LeBelge]

I am going to take a portable TV and my sat box out and do it the manual way.

I owe you a big thank you for spotting that. I was considering calling a professional out.

 

[LeBelge]

I am going to take a portable TV and my sat box out and do it the manual way.

The best way is that one:

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[cwsat]

The best way is that one:

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If that’s your dish farm I like how you have mounted that in a bucket.

If I can get a signal my next step will be working out how to mount it. The tripod mount is ready to collapse, the dish is a bit too heavy for it. I tried to mount a minidish to a paving slab a few years back, it didn’t go well.

I set my old motorised system up using a TV out in the garden. Sometimes meters can get complicated.

 

[cwsat]

I am going to take a portable TV and my sat box out and do it the manual way.

I owe you a big thank you for spotting that. I was considering calling a professional out.

Well, thank you so much @ozumo

 

[astra19]

Great result

 

[Adam792]

Nice to see a good end result!

 

[cwsat]

I reckon I can squeeze a bit more quality out of that as I literally nudged the dish from Astra 1, moved the LNB a bit, adjusted the elevation and tightened it up.

The next thing is mounting it safely. It will take off in the wind on the camping tripod.

I have attempted to mount a patio mount to a paving slab in the past and it didn't go particularly well! I think the holes were too big and to counteract it, I tried to concrete in the coach bolts which didn't set.

Is there a certain coach bolt I need? I have a spare 600x600 slab.

 

[ozumo]

I use M8 coach screws with a plastic plug. IIRC the hole was 10mm diameter - the plug or its packaging will state the correct size drill.

 

[Adam792]

I've used M8 coach screws too, with some bog standard grey 10mm wall plugs.

I used to have a couple of patio mounts each attached to a couple of those solid grey breeze blocks where I used to live using them. They sat in the garden with no problem at all for the four years I was there. Each had an 80cm dish on it.

 

[Satspot]

Satlink WS6906.

Have one. They’re useless. You can’t read the screen properly in daylight and they only support DVBS not DVBS2.

As suggested hook everything up to a proper receiver and get a mate to help you position the dish for 16e.

 

[cwsat]

Have one. They’re useless. You can’t read the screen properly in daylight and they only support DVBS not DVBS2.

As suggested hook everything up to a proper receiver and get a mate to help you position the dish for 16e.

Yeah sending it back. Not worth a penny more than £30.

 

[cwsat]

I use M8 coach screws with a plastic plug. IIRC the hole was 10mm diameter - the plug or its packaging will state the correct size drill.

I have ordered a galvanised 1m patio mount.

As soon as it comes i'll set about mounting it.