4x1 diseqc won't switch on 1 satellite

[icu1954]

my diseqc switch will switch from ku to c band on every satellite but 95W,i have to leave where i am centered on 101W and come back and get centered again and then it will come in.This is frustrating,is this a bad switch?

 

[turbosat]

Maybe. Or just a bad port on it. I used to have some that c-band would only work on port 3 lol.

 

[Mr Tony]

yup same here. Got 3 switches with one port blown out

 

[gabshere]

your 4X 1 diesqc switch works on every other satellite except 1 , is this setup using the same ports for ku on all satellites and same port for c-band on all satellites . if so i would suspect the receiver satellite setup on the 1 satellite you have trouble with.

 

[icu1954]

your 4X 1 diesqc switch works on every other satellite except 1 , is this setup using the same ports for ku on all satellites and same port for c-band on all satellites . if so i would suspect the receiver satellite setup on the 1 satellite you have trouble with.

seems like that should be the problem but it's not.Everything is set up accordingly,i have changed ports and and the same thing happens,guess i'll buy a better switch.

 

[rv1pop]

Same satellite each time --- set-up bad or aim slightly off.
Same port each time ---- bad switch port.
If I read the statement - you can go off and come back and it works, then setup is likely OK but aim or skew is slightly off.

 

[icu1954]

got the 4x1 chieta switch today and installed it and it is switching now on 95W,just can't understand why just that one satellite the old diseqc would not switch no matter what you did?

 

[Tron]

Most DiSEqC switches are very fragile and, frankly, cheaply made. It doesn't take much to blow out a port or the entire switch, which is why receiver power must be cut off completely while working on a switch. Not saying that is what caused the port to blow, but just about any transient electrical surge could easily take one out.

I'm not sure how much better the Chietas are (I've never used one), but I generally find 22k switches to be far more reliable than most DiSEqC switches. Unfortunately, with 22k, you can only switch between two dishes.