Fine Tweeking my Knowledge of Motorised Set up

[telveskid]

Thanks for That going to give it another shot in the morning ,Hopefully ill crack it

[telveskid]

Size of Dish ?

thanks for Last Picture

Can i ask what size Dish your using mate ?

[dick b]

that pic was from a 1mt televes. I use an 85cm gibertini on 1 of my other boxes and that gives nearly the same result

[telveskid]

Hi Mate
Progress is being made now getting signal on that transponder 12418v be it not quality 85% Level 66 % but am plucking away at it
Regards

[dick b]

yeah tune the L/R in accurately now you have a signal and lock up securely a bit one side and then a bit the other keeping an eye on the level.Then fine tune the dish elevation up/down to maximise the quality level. you should get a reading on aTM1500 in the 80s for that TP.
you can further fine tune the L/R in the box by adjusting your longitude position 0.2 degrees at a time either way to get max signal press goto after each change

[telveskid]

Sorry mate must be having a Blond Hair moment as by L/R do you mean swing the Dish Left & Right ?

Then decrease the Longitude by 0.2
at a time to 2.89 then 2.87 etc then exit and Save then press go to again

[dick b]

(1)yes swing the whole lot Left/right
(2) not quite after setting up out side fine tune your longitude position by saying start at 2.9 west then try 2.7w then 2.5w etc: then if the quality goes up keep goin til it maxes out if it goes down go 2.9w then 3.1w then 3.3w etc;the aim is to maximise the quality.

[telveskid]

Hi well it got better @2.3W
Level 93%
Quality 69%

Will have to take it back to 2.9W and try and get a better lock on there try the process again

thanks again

[dick b]

no need to stop at 2.3 keep going til it starts to drop off then go back to the best setting

[telveskid]

Hi Sorry to be a pain but the signal drop off after 1.5W
I feel i have to set it back at 2.9W and try and get a better Signal than before ???

[dick b]

Hi Sorry to be a pain but the signal drop off after 1.5W
I feel i have to set it back at 2.9W and try and get a better Signal than before ???

yeah just find the setting that gives max quality and if its still not as high as you would expect go back outside(not tonight)and fine tune the dish elevation.

[telveskid]

Yeah i am going to put it back to 2.9W and try again I noticed you had a meter hanging theyre are on a Well known Auction Site for about ?80 any good ???

[dick b]

yeah those meters are just the job for personal use I"v had mine a few years now. if google satlink ws6906 I think you can get them for around the ?50 mark from Satlink direct

[telveskid]

UPDATE!!

Finally got it sorted decided to buy NEW 1 metre Dish and NEW motor mounted it all up then moved motor to 1West by Usals then aligned the dish and motor to achieve the best possible Signal locked on then all the other Satellites came onboard by using Usals.

Once again many thanks