30.0 West Problem.

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    Should I be able to receive good reception 30.0 West from my location in the N.E. of England with a 1 Metre dish ?
    I can get BBC Worl News okay SNR = 41% AGC = 80%, but when I try Sport TV 1 It's dark with SNR = 30% AGC = 80%
    Could it be a problem with my Dish or might the LNB need skewing ?


    Thanks as always.

    You have tu turn little bit the lnb at the left when you are in back the dish or to rigth if you are at front the dish

    Thanks for the replies, I skewed the LNB, but it was set at the strongest position.....I sent the dish to 42.0 East and the readings were SNR = 93% AGC = 91%
    But still BBC World News SNR = 41% AGC = 80% with picture, Sport TV 1 Is dark with SNR = 30% AGC = 80%
    What else could it be ?
    I have also done a rescan on 30.0 West.

    You dont 'Skew' an LNB on a motorised system as when the dish moves and rotates skew is applied then, your LNB should be perfectly straight when pointing at 0.8° west.


    This sounds very much like an ARC tracking problem as already stated you can pick 30° west up on a standard Sly mini dish

    Quote from lammy1961

    Yes the LNB is perfectly straight when pointing at 0.8° west.......As it was before I started.


    Thanks.


    Thats one problem you can rule out then :-)


    The only other solutionis as i mentioned you are not correctly tracking the satellite ARC


    or it could be an obstruction say a tree of some kind or even interference from overhead cables


    Point your dish back at 30° west and then look out from beneath the dish and see if you have any obstructions in your line of sight

    do a bit of googling about ways to kill trees! - Once it is dead then the person responsible for it might see the need to chop it down! - think a raid with a chainsaw will be a bit too obvious:hell_boy:

    If I take a while to respond, you can see why.....


    :red:

    I've got one like that.


    I cannot move my dish any higher now so as soon as the leaves have gone the trees getting it :10lol:

    Dont bother with bleach over roots,,,,, try drill a small hole towards the centre then inject anything strong enough to clean a toilet...
    it will dry out from the inside out,,then will eventually dry out and crack,,mind that car underneath tho,,,
    this method has been tried + tested personally and gives good firewood for BBQs in summer and chimney fireplace in winter joint10

    Copper nails in the roots are my favorite lol


    I'm fortunate, i get on with the trees owner. I'm just lopping about 15ft off the top of it as its getting out of hand now anyway.


    Nano

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