No signal

[Frustrated Installer]

I have been dealing with this for sometime now because the location i am working with is 300 miles from my residence. I recently added DTV to my home and ordered an additional receiver for my travel trailer. Fortunately, my travel trailer is stationary and will not be moved. I was given a new HD Slimline Dish, a 3D1LNBRO-01 LMB, an HR24-100 receiver, a P121R1-03 power Inserter, and a green labeled 4-way splitter. I have set the dish to the correct coordinates and even used a signal meter to verify, ran the co-ax cable to the inserter(power to SWM)(btw..also bi-passed the trailer all together and ran the cable directly), ran a co-ax cable from the (signal to IRD) to the receiver. Since I only have one receiver, I did not use the splitter provided.
Although, I KNOW everything is installed correctly..i continue to get a "no satellite signal found".
What am I missing here? Almost giving up !!

 

[Jimbo]

I have been dealing with this for sometime now because the location i am working with is 300 miles from my residence. I recently added DTV to my home and ordered an additional receiver for my travel trailer. Fortunately, my travel trailer is stationary and will not be moved. I was given a new HD Slimline Dish, a 3D1LNBRO-01 LMB, an HR24-100 receiver, a P121R1-03 power Inserter, and a green labeled 4-way splitter. I have set the dish to the correct coordinates and even used a signal meter to verify, ran the co-ax cable to the inserter(power to SWM)(btw..also bi-passed the trailer all together and ran the cable directly), ran a co-ax cable from the (signal to IRD) to the receiver. Since I only have one receiver, I did not use the splitter provided.
Although, I KNOW everything is installed correctly..i continue to get a "no satellite signal found".
What am I missing here? Almost giving up !!

Your just not pointed correctly.
The co ordinates are a starting point.

When you set up your Elevation, did you use the nut or the line as your point of referance ?

What are your coordinates your using ?

 

[raoul5788]

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To Jimbo's question about the coordinates, are you using magnetic or true north? It should be magnetic.

 

[raoul5788]

These are the numbers you should be using.

Elevation: 51.5°
Azimuth (magn.): 183.9°
Dish Skew: 83.8°

 

[Jimbo]

These are the numbers you should be using.

Elevation: 51.5°
Azimuth (magn.): 183.9°
Dish Skew: 83.8°

This is what I found ...

Elevation: 52.4°
Azimuth (true): 169.8°
Azimuth (magn.): 161.6°
LNB Skew [?]: -8.6° (83)

How is our azimuth reading so different .... ?
I used Irvin, Texas, no zip though.

 

[raoul5788]

I just used dishpointer and Irving TX and got entirely different numbers!
My first numbers were using 75014 for the zip code.
Elevation: 35.3°
Azimuth (magn.): 231.0°
Dish Skew: 62.2°

 

[raoul5788]

I'm confused!
Frustrated Installer, what does your receiver tell you the numbers are? You did say you are 300 miles from your home.

 

[Jimbo]

I just used dishpointer and Irving TX and got entirely different numbers!
My first numbers were using 75014 for the zip code.
Elevation: 35.3°
Azimuth (magn.): 231.0°
Dish Skew: 62.2°

I was on dishpointer when I looked up the ones I posted as well, also for Irvin, without a zip.
This is interesting.

Now, one other way to do this is to put an Irvin zip code in the recvr when setting up and it will also give you co ordinates.

 

[Jimbo]

I'm confused!
Frustrated Installer, what does your receiver tell you the numbers are? You did say you are 300 miles from your home.

A actual Zip Code would help if thats available.

 

[Jimbo]

Ok, I just used a Irvin, Texas zip code 75038 and ran it thru the Recvr and came up with this. (using a SL3)

Az 182
El 51
Skew 84

 

[Jimbo]

I just used dishpointer and Irving TX and got entirely different numbers!
My first numbers were using 75014 for the zip code.
Elevation: 35.3°
Azimuth (magn.): 231.0°
Dish Skew: 62.2°

You MUST have inputted something incorrectly ...
I just used the recvr to run the zip you posted and came back with the same ones I did in my last post.
El 51
Az 182
Skew 84

 

[Frustrated Installer]

Your just not pointed correctly.
The co ordinates are a starting point.

When you set up your Elevation, did you use the nut or the line as your point of referance ?

What are your coordinates your using ?

The coordinates i am using are 174*53*88 for zip 76933

 

[Frustrated Installer]

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To Jimbo's question about the coordinates, are you using magnetic or true north? It should be magnetic.

magnetic

 

[Frustrated Installer]

I'm confused!
Frustrated Installer, what does your receiver tell you the numbers are? You did say you are 300 miles from your home.

zip is 76933 and from memory the coordinates it has given me are 174*53*88 (maybe 83 **can't remember)

 

[raoul5788]

This is what I got from dishpointer.com for that zip code.
Elevation: 52.9°
Azimuth (magn.): 176.0°
Dish Skew: 88.9°
The satellites you are trying to receive are 22,000 miles away, so patience is a virtue!
Look for signal from 101 first. Move the dish in very small increments and give the receiver a few seconds to register any changes in signal strength. When you get a signal at least in the 90s check the other satellites ignoring those with an "s" after them since those are all spot beams and you won't get a strong signal from all transponders. Dithering is how you get the signals dialed in on the 99 and 103 satellites. Check youtube for videos on how to dither.

 

[whitewolf8214]

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