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With 2 degree satellite separation on a little dish (yes, a SuperDish is LITTLE for FSS reception), it's NOT trivial.
Superdish 121 and 119 LMB not connected?
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With 2 degree satellite separation on a little dish (yes, a SuperDish is LITTLE for FSS reception), it's NOT trivial.
Ok, I got the signal finder in the mail today. I hooked up a 4 or 5 foot cable (satellite RG-6) from the DP34 to the signal finder at one end and from the 105 lnb at the other end.
The signal finder didn't do a thing. At all. Then.. it beeped and a light came on for less than a second.
Confused a bit, I disconnected the DP34 and connected the cable coming from my receiver (was on the DP34) directly to the sat finder. The thing lit up like a christmas tree. After adjusting the sensitivity to read 1, I slowly turned my satellite again and pinpointed the 105 sat (signal reader said 10). I reconnected the receiver cable to the DP34 and reconnected the jumper from the DP34 to my sat finder and again, the light went off. It sparked on and off a couple times, but mostly just stayed dark.
Could be the jumper cable, could be the switch... don't know. But the satellite was locked for sure. So, I reconnected everything back the way it was after tightening the dish (the mast is now plumb and SET in concrete). Then I came back inside and ran a check switch.... 119, 110, N.C. STILL!
I'm thinking I have a bad DP34 switch, not correctly putting power to my 105 lnb. I wonder how the heck the 119 and the 110 work all the time, though, even after switching ports on the DP34 (as above, I've had it as 119, N.C., 110; N.C., 110, 119; etc). All the time the 119 and the 110 have come in fine, it's just the 105 that had a problem. So how can it be a power issue.. don't all the lnb's require power from the receiver?
I'm stumped again, don't know what to try other than to get a new DP34. Any ideas?
The signal finder didn't do a thing. At all. Then.. it beeped and a light came on for less than a second.
Confused a bit, I disconnected the DP34 and connected the cable coming from my receiver (was on the DP34) directly to the sat finder. The thing lit up like a christmas tree. After adjusting the sensitivity to read 1, I slowly turned my satellite again and pinpointed the 105 sat (signal reader said 10). I reconnected the receiver cable to the DP34 and reconnected the jumper from the DP34 to my sat finder and again, the light went off. It sparked on and off a couple times, but mostly just stayed dark.
Could be the jumper cable, could be the switch... don't know. But the satellite was locked for sure. So, I reconnected everything back the way it was after tightening the dish (the mast is now plumb and SET in concrete). Then I came back inside and ran a check switch.... 119, 110, N.C. STILL!
I'm thinking I have a bad DP34 switch, not correctly putting power to my 105 lnb. I wonder how the heck the 119 and the 110 work all the time, though, even after switching ports on the DP34 (as above, I've had it as 119, N.C., 110; N.C., 110, 119; etc). All the time the 119 and the 110 have come in fine, it's just the 105 that had a problem. So how can it be a power issue.. don't all the lnb's require power from the receiver?
I'm stumped again, don't know what to try other than to get a new DP34. Any ideas?
Ok. Again with the sat finder. I went out and turned down the sensitivity and then peaked it at 10 again. When I put the small jumper cable from the 3rd port on the DP34, it doesn't get enough power to fire up the sat finder. So, I switched out and put the 110 sat on the 3rd port and put the 105 on the 2nd port.
I don't know why, but it worked.
119 / 105 / 110
All working fine. I still think I have a bad switch, and will attempt to replace it as soon as I get a good eBay deal. But for now, at least I get my locals so I can watch the NFL playoffs this weekend.
I don't know why, but it worked.
119 / 105 / 110
All working fine. I still think I have a bad switch, and will attempt to replace it as soon as I get a good eBay deal. But for now, at least I get my locals so I can watch the NFL playoffs this weekend.
