Thanks for the insight Radar, I will have to wait until I have another pair of eyes to try out your suggestions. For now, though, here's another data point for you. The other satellite I am immediately interested in is 125W to get PBS. I have been having trouble with this one as well. This morning thinking about what radar and trubosat said, I thought I would jog the motor a little bit east from 125 and see where I could get the highest quality on 12180 V 3000 on 125W. Turns out the best results were at 124.7W and I was able to actually scan and save the PBS stations into my lineup (which had been impossible before). The signal quality is now 25-33% where it was only 10% before. So looking at 125 being east of where it should be (on my receiver) and 83 being closer to 82, I am thinking I will need to adjust my motor mount to the east a bit. I'll have to go back and check 101 & 97 as well.
What is the typical signal quality for the PBS stations? I am worried that my motor mount may be slightly cocked to one side or the other and that would cause the sats further away from 97 to be more and more misaligned, harder to get a signal.
Thanks again for all the help.
Wes
Ellis,
The "PBS" Ku satellite (AMC 21) listed at 125.0°W is really positioned at 124.9°W. The C-Band satellite (Galaxy 14) is truly located at 125.0°W. So, your dish and motor alignment is leading you in the proper direction. Possibly a bit too far, but you are close.
Here are my readings for quality from this bird using an AZBox Premium Plus, GeoSatPro 1.2 M dish, Invacom QPH-031 LNBF and in the Omaha, NE area:
11979 MHz VER 29997 KS/s 96%
12069 MHz HOR 12473 KS/s 82%
12096 MHz VER 4339 KS/s 78%
12105 MHz VER 2398 KS/s 87%
12112 MHz VER 8702 KS/s 96%
12119 MHz HOR 29997 KS/s 73%
12139 MHz VER 29997 KS/s 96%
12149 MHz HOR 14027 KS/s 88%
12162 MHz HOR 4443 KS/s 77%
12168 MHz HOR 4443 KS/s 88%
12174 MHz HOR 4443 KS/s 96%
12179 MHz VER 29997 KS/s 94%
RADAR
