Dish alignment from 28E to 13E

[anonimity]

Hello,
Today I decided to align my sly dish from 28E to 13E with the help of my vu+ uno satfinder. I read it's quite easy to find 13E in uk.
Of course I couldn't find 13E just by turning the dish slightly towards south, so I thought I had to adjust the elevation as well a bit higher.
I must note that before the elevation adjustment the ACG indication was always on and fluctuating but suddenly after the elevation adjustment everything (SNR,ACG) went to 0% and no matter what I do I can't find any signal for any satellite.
I started thinking that probably the LNB died or there is a problem with the coaxial cable, but sounds to me weird it happened during the procedure. What do you think?

 

[Mickha]

It's not that easy to locate a satelite, especially only using your receivers inbuilt tuner, and a small Sky dish, it sometimes takes a lot of patience.
It is easier using a cheap satellite meter, do you have a cheap satellite meter? You can pick one up for around £5-£6.
Did you mark your dish, while it was aligned to 28.2E, to make moving it back easier?
Moving from 28.2E, to 13E, you need to move the dish to the left, West, as you're facing the dish, and ensure your receiver is tuned to a strong transponder, for 13E.

 

[Robbo]

Yes 13e is easy to find in the uk.

I suggest you go back to 28e and work your way round one satellite at a time, I.e 23.5e then 19e then 13e, though you may want to skip 23.5e as your dish is too small for all transponders. Dish elevation will need to be increased as you move round, but should be good enough between adjacent satellites on a small dish, so adjust once you have found the next one.

 

[anonimity]

I couldnt find any signal at all after the elevation alignment. Before that at least the was indication on the AGC but after the elevation alignment nothing.
So, I removed the cable from the lnb now and I attached a pic. Do you think there is chances to work again?

 

[mich181189]

Ok... You'll find it works better with the F connector attached to the cable. Unlike most connectors, the cable's centre conductor becomes the centre pin of the connector, and the connector is really just a ring with a screw thread on it. From that photo there seems to be very little braid left so you'll probably want to re-strip the cable to make sure you get a good connection.

The connector just screws onto the LNB. If you pulled the cable off, the connector is probably still attached!

 

[anonimity]

Ok... You'll find it works better with the F connector attached to the cable. Unlike most connectors, the cable's centre conductor becomes the centre pin of the connector, and the connector is really just a ring with a screw thread on it. From that photo there seems to be very little braid left so you'll probably want to re-strip the cable to make sure you get a good connection.

The connector just screws onto the LNB. If you pulled the cable off, the connector is probably still attached!

I forgot to mention that I unscrewed the F-connector from the LNB. I will try to follow your instruction to fix the cable. thanks.

 

[A-masters]

If I did this I would find 13 first before adjusting the elevation as the elevation adjustment would be very fine.

 

[Lazarus]

Looking at his later "Installer Wanted" Thread, the job is now done.

http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/...96874-se16-dish-realignment-28e-13e-se16.html