Advice Needed Set up my motorised dish

[Loquacious]

I installed my T&K brackets to my wall ( south facing) , the pole is all spot on leveled and all the set up of the dish and motor are according to the manuals and my location nonetheless, I cannot get any signal from any satellites.
I took the dish out, checked the level, put again the correct settings, tried to find a satellite with a satellite finder, I reset the motor and still not finding any signal in the receiver. ( the motor is working perfectly )
equipment are:

1. Motor : HD Line DisceqC Motor 50-120 ( apparently a Moteck SG2100A clone)
2. Dish : Dur- Line Aluminium 75/80cm
3. LNB : Dur - Line Twin
4. Receiver: Fortec Star HD Passion Plus ( 2010 )
5. WF 100 cable ( 22 metres from dish to receiver)

I really appreciate if you guys could some ideas.
Thanks a lot.
PS. My location:
Your Location Satellite Data Dish Setup Data
Latitude: 50.8375°
Longitude: -0.2612°
Name: 0.8W INTELSAT 10-02 | THOR 5 | THOR 6 | THOR 7
Distance: 38458km
Motor Latitude: 50.8°
Declination Angle: 7.4°
Dish Elevation: °
Elevation: 31.8°
Azimuth (true): 180.7°
Azimuth (magn.): 181.4°
LNB Skew [?]: 0.4°

 

[Lazarus]

Please provide pics.

It's generally much, much easier to spot fundamental errors from images.

Include a few general shots from a few metres away, plus close ups showing things like the motor bracket graduations and the dish elevation scale. There are some common fundamental howlers that crop up time and again regardless of however diligent one appears to have been.

Easier for us to see at a glance than to challenge in debate all the quoted figures, however seemingly accurate and meticulously applied.

 

[jeallen01]

Just "guessing" but I think your elevation angle should be nearer 51-52 degrees and your declination angle is a bit too high - try around 6.7 degrees, and then, with the bolts very slightly loosened, try very gently moving the LNB arm up and down.

 

[Loquacious]

Just "guessing" but I think your elevation angle should be nearer 51-52 degrees and your declination angle is a bit too high - try around 6.7 degrees, and then, with the bolts very slightly loosened, try very gently moving the LNB arm up and down.

Yes I thought the dish is a bit low.
Thanks, I will do it tomorrow and let you know
have a good night

 

[Loquacious]

Please provide pics.

It's generally much, much easier to spot fundamental errors from images.

Include a few general shots from a few metres away, plus close ups showing things like the motor bracket graduations and the dish elevation scale. There are some common fundamental howlers that crop up time and again regardless of however diligent one appears to have been.

Easier for us to see at a glance than to challenge in debate all the quoted figures, however seemingly accurate and meticulously applied.

I will take pictures tomorrow.
Have a good night.
Cheers

 

[jeallen01]

PS: why did you set the elevation at around 31.8 degrees = totally wrong for any site in the Southern UK

 

[a33]

PS: why did you set the elevation at around 31.8 degrees = totally wrong for any site in the Southern UK

That (31.8*) is the beam elevation for 0.8W. (Data from dishpointer, I guess.)

I agree with you to using the modified motor elevation and modified declination angle: motor elevation scale 38.53/motor latitude scale 51.47; and modified offset declination angle 6.74*.

But that doesn't account for receiving NOTHING near due south.
Maybe there is confusion about the motor scale(s)?
Let's wait for the pictures.....

greetz,
A33

 

[Loquacious]

PS: why did you set the elevation at around 31.8 degrees = totally wrong for any site in the Southern UK

I was following my location for the specific satellite Thor,
Tomorrow I will set up it again.
many thanks

 

[Channel Hopper]

Go on, get outside with a torch and take a picture now.

You know you want to.

 

[jeallen01]

That (31.8*) is the beam elevation for 0.8W. (Data from dishpointer, I guess.)

I agree with you to using the modified motor elevation and modified declination angle: motor elevation scale 38.53/motor latitude scale 51.47; and modified offset declination angle 6.74*.

But that doesn't account for receiving NOTHING near due south.
Maybe there is confusion about the motor scale(s)?
Let's wait for the pictures.....

greetz,
A33

FWIW, ANY deviation of just a degree or two (or even less ) from any of the appropriate settings will result in "nothing" , or at least not anything from the sats you are trying to receive - as you probably well know

 

[Llew]

Go on, get outside with a torch and take a picture now.

You know you want to.

Supermoon tonight. Maybe no need for torch?

Go outside this weekend to see the only supermoon of 2017

 

[Channel Hopper]

Supermoon tonight. Maybe no need for torch?

Go outside this weekend to see the only supermoon of 2017

 

[Loquacious]

Supermoon tonight. Maybe no need for torch?

Go outside this weekend to see the only supermoon of 2017

 

[Loquacious]

Over here in Shoreham by Sea , nothing.... only

 

[Terryl]

Supermoon tonight. Maybe no need for torch?

Go outside this weekend to see the only supermoon of 2017

It was quite bright last night, I staggered home from down the road just fine around 11 PM, didn't even fall in the ditch like last time.

 

[Loquacious]

Hello folks,
I hope you enjoyed the supermoon last night... This morning, around 6am she was timidly going to sleep....
Anyway, I managed to take some pictures and I wonder if you can guide me in this adventure to get my motor/dish getting a signals from satellites..
That is the kit a installed;
Many thanks

 

[John Pykett]

hmmm you could take down the whole lot and try again?

 

[Loquacious]

hmmm you could take down the whole lot and try again?

Do you mean the motor and dish?
The problem here is to put the correct elevation for my site and which is the best satellite to scan and get some signal.

 

[John Pykett]

Do you mean the motor and dish?
The problem here is to put the correct elevation for my site and which is the best satellite to scan and get some signal.

the strongest satellite in the uk is either 19.2e or 13e

 

[jeallen01]

Do you mean the motor and dish?
The problem here is to put the correct elevation for my site and which is the best satellite to scan and get some signal.

Sorry to say this but the first 2 photos don't help (me) too much because they don't show the mounting pole/mast, motor mount and dish all together,- and particularly where the 2nd one (with the wingnuts - and I can't read the numbers on the scale in the slot between them ) fits in and so it's a little difficult to fully grasp the relationship between the three elements.

However, as I said last night, I am pretty sure that the latitude setting is wrong - does your installation manual give any charts like the one I got with the TD110 which shows this

However, I'm wondering a little bit if you could have got the elevation setting for the motor on the mast and the declination setting for the dish on the motor the wrong way around! (that is, you put the declination setting on the motor mount, and the elevation setting on the dish mount)?????