FTA - Blind search captures PAS9 and EchoStarX but nothing else

[cebu22]

Hi,
I'm a newbie and learning thru reading through this sites posts. Last week while on vacation I setup my system which includes a CoolSat 4000 plus and a SG2100 motor. I adjusted the motor's latitude,elevation, and azimuth as well as the dish's elevation per the motor's manual. I used 15.7 degrees as my magnetic inclination angle for my true south adjustment - followed instructions per invitros thread.

After scanning for different satellites I captured PAS9 with a quality level in the seventies as well as an unknown bird, possibly Echostar 3 - I'm assuming that it is an EchoStar satellite encryption is Nagravision and the bird is close to PAS9. Capturing these 2 satellites leads me to believe that my latitude, azimuth, and elevations are correct, however, I'm unable to find AMC3,AMC4, and Telstar 5. I don't believe that trees are affecting my reception. Any suggestions? (I'm using PAS9 as a reference and I believe this satellite is approximate 161 degrees.)

 

[Cascade]

Welcome to Satelliteguys forums

If you're hitting 2 birds close together your setup could still be off by a wide margin.
First thing you should check is that the mount is square and plumb all the way around.
Double-check your numbers and calculations, something's definitely amiss.

Can you hit any other sats apart from PAS9/E3?

 

[cebu22]

Thanks for responding! I'll check my numbers - my true south number of 15.7 degrees could be in error. Presently, I'm setting my true south calculation as follows:180+15.7 = 195.7. Could anyone verify that a positive 15.7 degrees is the correct angle for the North Dartmouth, Mass area.

No, I do not appear to be capturing anyother satellite signals - I do see the
signal fluctuate as the dish moves east to west - no satellite is captured when I perform a blind search relative to the highest signal strength.

Thanks

 

[PSB]

Yes its Plus +16 deg.

North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Latitude 41° 38.028'N Longitude 70° 59.748'W

Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m) El Skew
---------------------------------------------------------------

Intelsat 901 18.0W 116.6 132.6 18.5 -41.9

Intelsat 603 20.0W 118.3 134.3 19.9 -41.2

NSS 7 22.0W 120.0 136.0 21.3 -40.3

Intelsat 905 24.5W 122.2 138.2 23.0 -39.2

Intelsat 907 27.5W 125.0 141.0 24.9 -37.8

Hispasat 1C/1D 30.0W 127.4 143.4 26.6 -36.4

Intelsat 801 31.5W 128.9 144.9 27.5 -35.6

Intelsat 903 34.5W 131.9 147.9 29.4 -33.8

AMC 12 & Telstar 11 37.5W 135.1 151.1 31.1 -31.8

NSS 806 40.5W 138.4 154.4 32.8 -29.7

PAS 6B/3R 43.0W 141.3 157.3 34.1 -27.8

PAS 1R 45.0W 143.7 159.7 35.1 -26.2

Intelsat 705 50.0W 150.0 166.0 37.3 -22.0

Intelsat 707 53.0W 153.9 169.9 38.5 -19.2

Intelsat 805 55.5W 157.3 173.3 39.4 -16.7

PAS 9 58.0W 160.8 176.8 40.1 -14.2

Amazonas 61.0W 165.1 181.1 40.8 -11.0

EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1 61.5W 165.9 181.9 40.9 -10.5

Estrela do Sul 1 63.0W 168.1 184.0 41.2 -8.9

Brasilsat B2 65.0W 171.0 187.0 41.5 -6.7

Brasilsat B1 70.0W 178.5 194.5 41.9 -1.1

Nahuel 1 & AMC 6 72.0W 181.5 197.5 41.9 1.1

AMC 6 72.0W 181.5 197.5 41.9 1.1

DirecTV 5 72.5W 182.3 198.2 41.9 1.7

SBS 6 74.0W 184.5 200.5 41.8 3.4

AMC 5 79.0W 192.0 207.9 41.2 8.9

Nimiq 2 82.0W 196.3 212.3 40.6 12.1

AMC 9 83.0W 197.7 213.7 40.4 13.2

Brasilsat B3 84.0W 199.2 215.2 40.1 14.2

AMC 16 85.0W 200.6 216.6 39.8 15.2

AMC 3 87.0W 203.4 219.3 39.2 17.2

Intelsat Americas 8 89.0W 206.1 222.1 38.5 19.2

Galaxy 11/Nimiq1 91.0W 208.7 224.7 37.7 21.0

Brasilsat B4 92.0W 210.0 226.0 37.3 22.0

Telstar 6 93.0W 211.3 227.3 36.9 22.9

Galaxy 3C 95.0W 213.8 229.8 36.0 24.6

Intelsat Americas 5 97.0W 216.3 232.3 35.1 26.3

Galaxy 4R 99.0W 218.7 234.7 34.1 27.8

AMC 4 101.0W 221.0 237.0 33.0 29.4

AMC 1 103.0W 223.2 239.2 32.0 30.8

AMC 15 105.0W 225.4 241.4 30.8 32.2

Anik F1 107.3W 227.9 243.9 29.5 33.7

DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8 110.0W 230.6 246.6 27.8 35.3

Anik F2 111.1W 231.7 247.7 27.1 35.9

Solidaridad 2 113.0W 233.6 249.6 25.9 37.0

SatMex 5 116.8W 237.1 253.1 23.4 38.9

EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S 119.0W 239.1 255.1 21.9 39.9

EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13 121.0W 240.9 256.9 20.6 40.8

Galaxy 10R 123.0W 242.6 258.6 19.2 41.6

Galaxy 12 125.0W 244.2 260.2 17.8 42.3

Galaxy 13/Horizons 1 127.0W 245.9 261.9 16.4 43.0

Intelsat Americas 7 129.0W 247.5 263.4 14.9 43.7

AMC 11 131.0W 249.0 265.0 13.5 44.3

Galaxy 1R 133.0W 250.5 266.5 12.0 44.8

AMC 10 135.0W 252.0 268.0 10.6 45.3

AMC 7 137.0W 253.5 269.5 9.1 45.8

AMC 8 139.0W 255.0 271.0 7.6 46.2

EchoStar 1/2 148.0W 261.3 277.3 1.0 47.6

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[cebu22]

Update - adjusted the elevation of the dish by approximately 2 degrees to ~28 degrees. I no longer get PAS9 and Echostar3 but do receive AMC5 (better). I guess I need to adjust the endpoints ( far east and far west satellite) and hopefully all others
will be aligned with the arc.