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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1146459" data-attributes="member: 176704">PS w.r.t. A33's Post #48 and his comment&quot;We need to get back to get a (any!) signal, and go from there (then determine which satellite, which head, which diseqc port).In that phase, it isn't really important what diseqc setting you have, I would say.The skew issue, however, might be important to find a satellite signal. For Portugal, that would be about -25 degrees, so when looking into the dish, rotate the monoblock between 20 an 30 degrees clockwise!&quot;Absolutely - I've usually pointed a fixed dish at the strongest sat in the arc of interest and tune that in, and so then I had an established reference point sat in that arc. Then, using a bit of the &quot;experience&quot; gained over some years, I had a good idea of where sats just a few degrees E or W of that one should be found, and would then progress gradually in the desired direction until I was able to tune in the new wanted sat.I also used a similar approach when setting up multiple LNBs on fixed dishes - but, of course, taking into account the &quot;mirror effect&quot;&nbsp; for the LNBs either side of the feedarm - and that worked quite well <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />PS: regarding the required skew angle: apologies if I mislead anyone but I'd forgotten to take into account that the OP is in Portugal, not the UK<img src="http://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1146459, member: 176704"] PS w.r.t. A33's Post #48 and his comment [I]"We need to get back to get a (any!) signal, and go from there (then determine which satellite, which head, which diseqc port). In that phase, it isn't really important what diseqc setting you have, I would say. The skew issue, however, might be important to find a satellite signal. For Portugal, that would be about -25 degrees, so when looking into the dish, rotate the monoblock between 20 an 30 degrees clockwise!"[/I] Absolutely - I've usually pointed a fixed dish at the strongest sat in the arc of interest and tune that in, and so then I had an established reference point sat in that arc. Then, using a bit of the "experience" gained over some years, I had a good idea of where sats just a few degrees E or W of that one should be found, and would then progress gradually in the desired direction until I was able to tune in the new wanted sat. I also used a similar approach when setting up multiple LNBs on fixed dishes - but, of course, taking into account the "mirror effect" for the LNBs either side of the feedarm - and that worked quite well :) PS: regarding the required skew angle: apologies if I mislead anyone but I'd forgotten to take into account that the OP is in Portugal, not the UK:rolleyes:. [/QUOTE]

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