What satellite is this?

[Mr Tony]

theres nothing DVB on 105W so a blind scan wont help

hook up the 410 and see what kind of ebno # you get.
options 6-0-5 then use the right arrow to "diagnostic C"
on the right hand side there will be a number that will show -1.0 up to +15.0 The higher the number the better the signal

 

[SATire]

Cool, I'm close now. Never saw anything change in the status B section which is the Authorization Status, it was always US. After moving the dish earlier, I now see MP. My signal is 82 with quality of only 1 so I'm darn close .

The tiny Satellite icon on the receiver is still red and I'm looking for green if I recall.

I'll get out there and see if I can tune this up tomorrow.

This has been taking a heck of a long time but it's also been interesting.

Mike

 

[Mr Tony]

yeah it needs to be green

Is it the 410 that you're using? I know on the 4DTV there is a setting in the menu that makes the polarity right. It says under "LNB" 90 degrees inverted or something like that. That makes it work with a LNBF. I hope someone who has a 410 can let you know the menu setup for that (I dont have one here to try)

 

[SATire]

Yes, it's a DSR410 and this morning, the MP is gone and I'm back to US on #B.
In the System Status, there's a mention of Polarization, which is Horiz_Left.

Man, I don't see how I'm going to motorize this thing considering that 105W is so hard to set up. That was the main reason for this dish, to nab W5.

 

[SATire]

BTW, slightly off topic but part of what I'm doing... the actually, uses 16 to 22 gauge wires for power and sensor. A cat5 cable is 24 gauge so for a 100' run, should be ok with using cat5, using each pair as one conductor right. That would give me a 12 gauge wire.

Anyone ever do that? I use cat5 for tons of things, why not this.

 

[SATire]

I ended up using sprinkler wire which is 18g.
Actuator is up, working as expected, guess it's all good to go other than now interested in a dual c-band lnb for skyvision and fta.