Where am I? What do I do to fix this?

[Optical Serenity]

So I've decided to move forward and install my SG2100 motor on my Wingard 76cm dish. Please help me find where I am and how I need to set it all up to enjoy my dish & motor combo. I've been enjoying IA5, G3, AMC5, but I want to use the motor and not have to manually adjust.

My zip is: 30062
Latitude: 34.002521 N
Longitude: 84.463291 W

Well, I pointed at true south (as best as I could figure with my compass and adjusted for deviation) and I set the USALS on the Fortec, and entered my lat & long, and told it to aim at AMC 5. It got me about 13%, so I fiddled east & west with the whole motor mounted on the vertical mast, and got it to about 35%.

I did a blind scan, and came up with the following TP's:

11743
11773
11843
12037
12074
12112
12157
11993
12014
12052
12134
12178

And the following channels:

NC 9/3F - Which only shows "_BC NEWS CHANNEL AMC9/3F"

Am I on AMC9 at 83 degrees?

Also of note is on 12.178-h-30.000, it gives me a lock of around 50%, but no channels...

 

[PSB]

Yes AMC-9

http://www.lyngsat.com/amc9.html

Remember not to post details of feeds here in the open area

If its on Lyngsat you are good!

The signal with no picture is data from HughesNet (Directway/PC)

 

[Optical Serenity]

Ok thanks...so, if I'm at AMC-9, all I have to do is go east 4 degrees to be at AMC5 right?

 

[PSB]

Right

 

[Mr Tony]

That channel is just the NBC News feed. It is USUALLY there on all the time

the rest are data channels

 

[Mr Tony]

if you used USALS, then the whole motor assembly needs to be moved a little east

 

[Optical Serenity]

I tried to re-aim it and I got all of the G3C channels (AON, CCTV4, CCTV9, CCTV Spanish)...

So, at this point I'm still slightly moving it and doing blind scans till hopefully I get this right.

Perhaps I should try to do this with IA5 which I'm more familiar with?

 

[PSB]

CCTV is on G3C at 95ºw

 

[Optical Serenity]

Well, Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I still can't get it...

When I set the positioner (USALS menu), do I also need to specify a number in the Diseqc menu item?

 

[PSB]

NO, you only need to do that with DiSEqC 1.2 Some satellites to the far East and West have to be set with DiSEqC 1.2!

 

[Optical Serenity]

Oh ok, gotcha...

Well, I wonder what the easiest bird to find is for me with the motor? Without the motor I can easily turn to IA5 all day long, but dang, I'm not having any luck with the motor.

zip: 30062

 

[PSB]

You want to find and store your true south satellite without the motor then add the motor and re-find it!