Multi sat set up

[ramjet]

assuming you have no obstructions like trees or walls you should not need to lift the dish as it would still work even at ground level
the wall mounting bracket or brackets may allow you to tilt the dish clockwise or anti-clockwise a bit in order to get the slope right

you can adjust the skew in the lnb holder as it will need to be slightly clockwise with the bottom feed cable at about 7 o`clock or so
you can also adjust the dish mount elevation up or down until you peak the signal on 19e (also left and right too)

what you cannot easily do is alter the lnb arm length to adjust any focal point

[Shady]

ok. so i go back into single sat set up, and move second lnb around for 13.e yeah?

[ramjet]

ok. so i go back into single sat set up, and move second lnb around for 13.e yeah?

I cannot answer that question as I have never tried it your way

when I set up a dish of any sort, I use a box that contains a pre-installed recent multi satellite list and choose the satellite I want and then use a working fta channel in order to "look2 for the satellite. the box will usually have signal and quality bars as well, like a spiderbox or tm1500 and as I know the list is up to date it simplifies the locating of the satellite as you remove any box issues out of the equation.

I think you are starting from scratch with no list installed, searching for a satellite and then scanning afterwards. something I never do and dont wish to do either. in over 10 years of messing about with satellites its never appealed to me to do this the way you are doing it
I have never advocated scanning or blind scanning on satellites as to me its not worth the effort of removing all the dross afterwards

so if I was using an E2 box, I would load in the catseye motorised list, or one containing 13e + 19e + 28 and then use the pre-installed channels as they are in order to locate the satellite

[Shady]

nor me . Anyhoo, ive got 19.2e off new dish, 28.2e on old dish, both running through discecq. im happy with that for the moment,

[dick b]

have another go mate but do as "ramjet"says set 19.2E up 1st then 13E.(as you will get away with it on the same level) then do 28.2E last as that needs a bit more juggling by raising the lnb.In the attachment the dish pic will give rough dimensions that worked ok on an orbital 1mt dish the results are in the screen shots,I set lnb2 in diseqc 1.0 up 1st followed by the others.If you set the dish up to get max signal from 19.2E and lock everything up tight you can take your time playing with the other 2. the box used was a TM 5400(the TPs are still active) but yours will have a similar menu.

[Shady]

well after i found 28.2, on the 60cm, i had a thought.. i can use existing dish for 28.2. so i reset 60cm for 19.2, and thats coming in strong like bull after a few more tweaks, between 85 and 95 snr.. so i figured id add 13 which was the original plan.. and 16.. although im a bit worried about whether adding 16 will work due to size of lnbs and the required 3 degree seperation..

[dick b]

so i figured id add 13 which was the original plan.. and 16.. although im a bit worried about whether adding 16 will work due to size of lnbs and the required 3 degree seperation..

I"m not sure what size dish you are thinking of putting 16E on but I had it on an 85cm as prime and 13E one side of it and 19.2E the other and using alps bullet nosed lnbs it worked fine but the holders were touching.I dont think you will get it to work with standard lnbs.(see post#17)

[Shady]

Got a 60cm triax for 19.2 and 13e. I'm scanning on 13e now as I've just got it locked on. Now need to tweak 19.2 again . Gotta love this hobby

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[Shady]

ballache. couldnt tweak 19.2 back in without losing 13.e.. gonna need a bigger dish

[psats]

use 13 as prime add 19

[Shady]

hmm you reckon psats? ill give it a go, but common wisdom seems to say do 19.2 first

[psats]

19 is the stronger sat

[digicon]

19 is the stronger sat

Correct and could not agree more have 13? east as primary as the Polsat/Cyfa+ packages on Hotbird are pretty strong but stuff like $ly Italia especially DVB-S2 on the B/C satellites can be lost if used as an offset, you will pretty much pick everything up on Astra on 19? east in the offset position

[dick b]

hmm you reckon psats? ill give it a go, but common wisdom seems to say do 19.2 first

yeah but that was when you wanted 28.2E 19.2E and 13E all on one dish if its just the 2 now as said 13E as prime,(but you would be better off with an 80cm dish)

[ramjet]

have to agree with the above

19e is used when you are trying to get 3 satellites as 19e becomes the middle prime focus sat
13e is used when you are trying for 13e and 19e due to 19e being the strongest sat of the two and so becomes the offset sat with 13e as primary
I have used a 59cm zone 2 dish to test this out similar to a picture posted earlier where the owner got 5 sats and my lad now uses this arrangement for the 2 sats and uses his main sly dish for the third of those 3 sats, ie:- for 28e the main sly sat dish is used ans the zone 2 for 13e and 19e with 13e set as primary and 19e as offset. you can also try piggy backing 39e off the sly dish when a zone 2 dish is used, and the ideal is to use the bigger dish like an 80cm fixed dish which I happen to use to get a few of them myself