Sat 121, transponder 32

[AntAltMike]

I just re-aimed a 1 meter Telstar-5 dish to 121 so that the customer could get German programming from DISH now that Globe Cast has discontinued similar services.

Transponders 1-31 measured 90 to 125. Transponder 32 measured zero. Any reason for that? FWIW, obtaining the guide info was as slow as sin. This is a 2800 receiver that is ONLY connected to 121.

 

[SimpleSimon]

Per http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/dish121.html TP 32 is not active.

Dunno why it would be slow, but just for reference the 121 EPG is on TP21.

 

[AntAltMike]

Per http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/dish121.html TP 32 is not active.

As I had guessed. The DISH telephone tech said that the LNB was bad and needed to be replaced. Needles to say, I ignored his advice.

 

[Mr Tony]

TP32 lights up on occasin, but mostly dormant

 

[Tekken]

I just re-aimed a 1 meter Telstar-5 dish to 121 so that the customer could get German programming from DISH now that Globe Cast has discontinued similar services.

Transponders 1-31 measured 90 to 125. Transponder 32 measured zero. Any reason for that? FWIW, obtaining the guide info was as slow as sin. This is a 2800 receiver that is ONLY connected to 121.

I've been trying to single my dish into 121 all day using 3 diff types of lnb's FSS and DBS, mind if I ask what elev, Scew, and asmith you used?

 

[AntAltMike]

None. I have a spectrum analyzer. I found just two satellites in that region of the sky that have full, even loads of of Ku digital transponders and peaked it on the western-most one.

As you may realize, the best way for you might be to install a DBS LNB, peak on 119, and then change LNBs and nudge the dish two degrees to the right.

I am on the East coast, so my skew is probably around 40 degrees, but that is just a guess, and the elevation would be a fraction of a degree lower for me at 121 than at 119 but that elevation difference is so small that it need not be addressed until I had already locked onto the 121 satellite and was then peaking it. Where are you located?

 

[Tekken]

Charlotte, Nc here... Got me thinking about getting a spectrum analizer