The mounting bracket on my dish has two elevation scales, one is the B side and the other is the E side. I live in Pennsylvania. Which one should I use? I don't think the dish even came with instructions so reading them is out.
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Let me guess, GEOSATpro 90cm? Maybe scale A for elevations marked 10-60 and scale B marked 50-90?
Mounting on a motor or fixed and aiming for a satellite lower than 60 degrees? Assemble with the top through-bolt passing through the hole in the clamp that is stamped A and use scale A.
If it is a GEOSATpro 90cm, the assembly guide is both in the manuals section on this site and linked to the product on Satellite AV's site
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Mounting on a motor or fixed and aiming for a satellite lower than 60 degrees? Assemble with the top through-bolt passing through the hole in the clamp that is stamped A and use scale A.
If it is a GEOSATpro 90cm, the assembly guide is both in the manuals section on this site and linked to the product on Satellite AV's site
What is yo
For those who asked for photos, the camera battery is charging and I'll post them as soon as the camera is charged up.
The 'E' side has a 0 to 60 scale with an 'A' to the right of the Zero. The other side has a 25 to 80 scale with a 'B' to the left of the 25.
The dish is a no-name that came as part of a package with a Manhattan receiver.
I'm trying for Galaxy 19.
The 'E' side has a 0 to 60 scale with an 'A' to the right of the Zero. The other side has a 25 to 80 scale with a 'B' to the left of the 25.
The dish is a no-name that came as part of a package with a Manhattan receiver.
I'm trying for Galaxy 19.
Usually there is one way to mount the bracket for using one scale and another way to mount the bracket to calibrate for using the other scale. Are there another set of holes in the top of the bracket? The bottom photo looks like there is two sets of holes and I will bet $100 that there is a A or a B stamped beside the holes. Right now the Elevation bracket (E) is covering the stamps on the butterfly bracket. You might have to remove the two top bolts top rock the assembly forward to see these A or B stamps. If not, maybe the seller has a copy of the assembly manual?
The E stamp stands for Elevation. There is a scale A and a scale B. Something in the mounting of the scale/clamps to the butterfly bracket determines which scale is used. Right now it looks like the dish is pointed way too high and far above the satellites. This is an offset dish, so the face of the dish is not aimed at the satellite, but actually aimed approximately 25 degrees lower. The reflection angle of the offset LNBF is aimed approximately 25 degrees higher than the dish appears to be aimed at. Maybe current;y aimed at 60 or 70 degrees? G-19 in Pennsylvania is much lower in elevation, around 40 degrees. The face of the dish would only be tiled back about 15 degrees to be aimed at the G19 satellite at 40 degrees elevation. Make sense?
If not mounting on a motor, the bracket could be assembled for using either scale. Personally, I would use the 0-60 scale.
Use this website to calculate the elevation angle, LNBF skew rotation and the approximate compass (azimuth) east/west pointing for G19 - 97w:
http://www.dishpointer.com/
The E stamp stands for Elevation. There is a scale A and a scale B. Something in the mounting of the scale/clamps to the butterfly bracket determines which scale is used. Right now it looks like the dish is pointed way too high and far above the satellites. This is an offset dish, so the face of the dish is not aimed at the satellite, but actually aimed approximately 25 degrees lower. The reflection angle of the offset LNBF is aimed approximately 25 degrees higher than the dish appears to be aimed at. Maybe current;y aimed at 60 or 70 degrees? G-19 in Pennsylvania is much lower in elevation, around 40 degrees. The face of the dish would only be tiled back about 15 degrees to be aimed at the G19 satellite at 40 degrees elevation. Make sense?
If not mounting on a motor, the bracket could be assembled for using either scale. Personally, I would use the 0-60 scale.
Use this website to calculate the elevation angle, LNBF skew rotation and the approximate compass (azimuth) east/west pointing for G19 - 97w:
http://www.dishpointer.com/
"The face of the dish would only be tiled back about 15 degrees to be aimed at the G19 satellite at 40 degrees elevation. Make sense?"
yes..sort of. I was using the 'B' side which does lower the elevation drastically but not been able to find anything.
Between the comments about G19 being at about 40 degrees (I think it's 38 something) and using the zero to 60 scale, is not the picture showing the E side set at about 38? Just asking since I'm having trouble finding my #6 with both hands here.
I have a DISH TV dish pointing SE and the elevation looks to be set at 32 degrees. It appears lower than the FTA dish but not by much.
I did some digging with the Wayback machine and this is what I have:
Manhattan RS-1933 HD DVB-S2 PVR Receiver with HDMI Out, Blind Scan, Manual PID Entry, & AC3 Audio. Patriot 36x31" Offset Ku Dish with Triple Bracket. Avenger 0.2dB NF Universal Single Ku LNB!
DVB-S2 HD PVR Capable Receiver. Perfect for any Fixed Ku dish Installation!
I also have a World TV (Globecast) 39.5 x 30 Inch Elliptical Offset Dish in the garage (shipped by mistake) but it didn't come with a pole mount kit. It's been a while but I don't think I have enough parts to mount it.
When I turn the receiver on, the signal quality is 5% or less and the strength is in the low 40s, no matter where the dish is aimed.
Are all LNBs powered? Maybe I have the box set up incorrectly?
I have one of those sight alignment tools that attach to the DISH but I guess I need to know what scale to zero it to. I also have a SF 9504 Sat finder. I have three compasses and they all point in almost the same direction. I'm probably strong on tools and weak on smarts.
yes..sort of. I was using the 'B' side which does lower the elevation drastically but not been able to find anything.
Between the comments about G19 being at about 40 degrees (I think it's 38 something) and using the zero to 60 scale, is not the picture showing the E side set at about 38? Just asking since I'm having trouble finding my #6 with both hands here.
I have a DISH TV dish pointing SE and the elevation looks to be set at 32 degrees. It appears lower than the FTA dish but not by much.
I did some digging with the Wayback machine and this is what I have:
Manhattan RS-1933 HD DVB-S2 PVR Receiver with HDMI Out, Blind Scan, Manual PID Entry, & AC3 Audio. Patriot 36x31" Offset Ku Dish with Triple Bracket. Avenger 0.2dB NF Universal Single Ku LNB!
DVB-S2 HD PVR Capable Receiver. Perfect for any Fixed Ku dish Installation!
I also have a World TV (Globecast) 39.5 x 30 Inch Elliptical Offset Dish in the garage (shipped by mistake) but it didn't come with a pole mount kit. It's been a while but I don't think I have enough parts to mount it.
When I turn the receiver on, the signal quality is 5% or less and the strength is in the low 40s, no matter where the dish is aimed.
Are all LNBs powered? Maybe I have the box set up incorrectly?
I have one of those sight alignment tools that attach to the DISH but I guess I need to know what scale to zero it to. I also have a SF 9504 Sat finder. I have three compasses and they all point in almost the same direction. I'm probably strong on tools and weak on smarts.
Update: IRT to "Assemble with the top through-bolt passing through the hole in the clamp that is stamped A and use scale A." I had the top bolt through the B hole and was using the B scale(Shouldn't that have worked?) It's been switched to the A opening and I'm using the A scale. Hopefully when I hook up the box tomorrow we'll have some success.
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