I have learned to flex the dish for every 1000.4 I install. They made the pan to thin and they bend out of shape way to easy.
New Install - Weaker Signals on Sat 129?
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I have learned to flex the dish for every 1000.4 I install. They made the pan to thin and they bend out of shape way to easy.
Hi all,
Well, yesterday I decided to see if any further improvement could be made. After reading several posts about aligning the 1000.2, I decided to start at the beginning. So, I checked the plumb alignment of the pole. It was definitely not plumb, so I spent a couple hours resetting the pole. It is in perfect plumb now.
Today, I took the receiver out to the pad and did a complete alignment. I started by adjusting the pan/tilt for best signal on the 119. Once that was completed, I loosened the skew adjustment nuts and adjusted for best signals, switching back and forth between the 110 and the 129. I also noticed that during the skew adjustment the 119 was unaffected, which I believe is correct. Once again, I used TR 21 on all three sats as my standard reference. Here are my results.
........................original install................ 2nd attempt...............final attempt
Sat 110.................72....................................63................................76
Sat 119.................77....................................73................................78
Sat 129.................51....................................64................................68
I think the final numbers are pretty good on all three birds so I going to call it done. BTW, it was the skew that made the greatest improvement. It had been set at 116 by the original installer. The 1000.2 installation manual suggested a skew of 120 for my zip code. My final skew setting ended up at 122 for the best overall signals.
Thanks for all your help and advice.
Ed
Well, yesterday I decided to see if any further improvement could be made. After reading several posts about aligning the 1000.2, I decided to start at the beginning. So, I checked the plumb alignment of the pole. It was definitely not plumb, so I spent a couple hours resetting the pole. It is in perfect plumb now.
Today, I took the receiver out to the pad and did a complete alignment. I started by adjusting the pan/tilt for best signal on the 119. Once that was completed, I loosened the skew adjustment nuts and adjusted for best signals, switching back and forth between the 110 and the 129. I also noticed that during the skew adjustment the 119 was unaffected, which I believe is correct. Once again, I used TR 21 on all three sats as my standard reference. Here are my results.
........................original install................ 2nd attempt...............final attempt
Sat 110.................72....................................63................................76
Sat 119.................77....................................73................................78
Sat 129.................51....................................64................................68
I think the final numbers are pretty good on all three birds so I going to call it done. BTW, it was the skew that made the greatest improvement. It had been set at 116 by the original installer. The 1000.2 installation manual suggested a skew of 120 for my zip code. My final skew setting ended up at 122 for the best overall signals.
Thanks for all your help and advice.
Ed
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