Triax 110

Has the scew on the LNB been moved this can make a difference (the scew is the angle the LNB is set at) have you a meter --if you live in a street with other dishes look at the angle these are set to --the angle on the bracket at the back of dish should be marked in degrees for instance 30 or 40 and so on--below is from labgear tut (not my work)

Astra 2 (28.2E)/Eurobird (28.5E) Satellite Elevation, Azimuth and Polarization
for key towns and geographical points in Great Britain and Ireland
Location County Elevation Azimuth Polarization
Aberdeen Aberdeenshire 19.76 145.17 -10.55
Abergavenny Gwent 23.96 142.37 -14.66
Aberystwyth Dyfed 23.05 141.46 -14.84
Alnwick Northumberland 21.39 145.06 -11.48
Ampthill Bedfordshire 24.77 145.24 -13.03
Athlone West Meath 20.62 137.71 -16.14
Aviemore Highland 19.12 143.34 -11.37
Ayr Ayrshire 20.32 141.85 -13.04
Banff Aberdeenshire 19.16 144.87 -10.43
Barnstaple Devon 24.16 140.96 -15.81
Basingstoke Hampshire 25.22 144.29 -13.92
Bath Avon 24.61 142.91 -14.61
Belfast Antrim 20.53 140.27 -14.24
Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland 20.96 144.86 -11.38
Birmingham West Midlands 23.84 143.83 -13.57
Blackpool Lancashire 22.27 143.06 -13.28
Bodmin Cornwall 24.38 139.98 -16.66
Boston Lincolnshire 24.10 146.10 -12.12
Bournemouth Dorset 25.37 143.19 -14.80
Brecon Powys 23.71 142.02 -14.79
Brighton & Hove East Sussex 25.95 145.16 -13.65
Bristol Avon 24.44 142.68 -14.70
Bude Cornwall 24.17 140.33 -16.29
Burnley Lancashire 22.59 143.95 -12.84
Bury Saint Edmunds Suffolk 25.02 146.66 -12.16
Caernarfon Gwynedd 22.36 141.52 -14.41
Cambridge Cambridgeshire 24.85 145.97 -12.56
Campbeltown Argyll & Bute 19.96 140.89 -13.47
Cardiff Mid Glamorgan 24.19 142.06 -15.01
Cardigan Ceredigion 23.08 140.69 -15.41
Carlisle Cumbria 21.40 143.56 -12.48
Carmarthen Carmarthenshire 23.42 140.98 -15.39
Cavan Cavan 20.41 138.52 -15.41
Chelmsford Essex 25.37 146.21 -12.64
Chester Cheshire 22.86 143.01 -13.63
Colwyn Clwyd 22.43 142.12 -14.03
Cork Cork 21.57 136.57 -17.60
Coventry West Midlands 24.05 144.26 -13.37
Crainlarich Stirlingshire 19.53 142.26 -12.31
Dingwall Highland 18.58 142.81 -11.40
Dolgellau Gwynedd 22.84 141.78 -14.49
Douglas Isle of Man 21.44 141.64 -13.81
Dover Kent 26.23 146.91 -12.53
Dublin(Baile Atha Cliath) Dublin 21.36 139.47 -15.30
Dundee Angus 20.02 144.02 -11.43
Edinburgh Midlothian 20.39 143.60 -11.91
Elgin Grampian 18.91 144.01 -10.83
Exeter Devon 24.69 141.40 -15.76
Felixstowe Suffolk 25.51 147.27 -11.96
Fishguard Dyfed 23.02 140.32 -15.65
Folkestone Kent 26.24 146.76 -12.64
Fort William Highland 19.00 141.86 -12.26
Gairloch Highland 18.08 141.56 -11.90
Galway/Gaillimh Galway 20.28 136.52 -16.80
Glasgow Lanarkshire 20.09 142.45 -12.50
Gloucester Gloucestershire 24.24 143.22 -14.20
Great Yarmouth Norfolk 25.04 147.96 -11.29
Grimsby Lincolnshire 23.61 146.25 -11.78
Guildford Surrey 25.45 144.84 -13.64
Hastings East Sussex 26.22 146.01 -13.17
Hereford Hereford and Worcester 23.89 142.79 -14.33
Location County Elevation Azimuth Polarization
Holyhead Gwynedd 22.09 141.17 -14.51

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Set the elevation at 29.0 for my area bridgend south wales

I think that is for a fixed dish, for a motor it would be more like 23. On my motor bracket, on one side it is for elevation and the other side are markings for latitude.

At the top of this page, under quick links is dishpointer. On there set your location and look at the bottom of the list for motor settings. Also probably best to first test with a satellite as close to due south as possible for your location - so maybe try 4W.

Also, sometimes it is useful to zoom in and find a landmark on the map to point at for due south. And if you have a mobil or tablet, you can use an app to check the signal without having to climb up and down all the time...

Sorry, I looked up your motor and it uses 35 degrees and not 30. So the offset for 51 = 7.4 -> which means a dish angle of 27.6. (35 - 7.4 = 27.6)

Again, I would try to get a signal on something as close to due south as possible before trying other sats...

Referring back to my other post was the LNB altered in any way when you had your alterations done and remember a LNB can go down at any time although usually you would loose just one polarity H or V not both check also your cable make sure you have not got water ingress if you cannot line up your dish to true south as has been said above you will need to check each sat is correct aligned with a meter

Also, with a dish that size, the easiest way to align it is with a cheap inline tone/needle meter. You should be able to find one for about £10.

you can test the box with the meter in place, signal will just be a tiny bit less. If your motor is not facing due south, all sats will be untuneable. Make sur motor is due south, us usals to select 4W (motor should barely move) an you should pick up something with signal meter. Adjust for strongest signal (loudest tone) then try tu tune box to some transponder on 4w (look at lyngsat.com for hints)

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On your solo2 have you entered everything correct --have you tried another reciever if you have one as you say LNB is ok it rules out LNB failure if your getting picture on other reciever --Normally you would set your motor dish to nearest to true south but in your case you are going to have to set each sat up manually and hope it tracks the ones left on your arc --the only thing im thinking is the skew of the LNB has altered during your alterations have you tried to gently move it also try on a FTA channel that normally has a good signal
The main difficulty is you cannot use your referrance sat nearest to true south -i once setup my motor dish and was not able to to do this either but im trying to remember it may have been in the days of 36v motors which required you to set each sat manually with meter anyway if you lived in my locality i would lend you a good meter but i hope you get it sorted

Sorry, I looked at your location and 4w may not be strong enough, but 5w should give you a good signal. The reason to test closest to due south is that as the motor turns, any errors in alignment get more exaggerated the further from due south you go. Because as it turns, it also changes the elevation so you not only end up with east-west misalignment, you also have elevation problems.

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I agree with jensen above apart from 0.8 thor been a possible referance sat or nearest to true south for you as it depends on your location in the British Isles some locations are 5 west nearest to true south i think this applies to south Ireland and parts of Wales --dont mean to correct you jensen mate as what you say is absolutely spot on

The obvious issue lies with rasp not been able to first attain true south with his dish and i once had this issue many years ago on the old 36v systems then i shortened my limits (where my dish could travel) and i set each and every sat individually it worked fine for 42e-7e but this was as i say on a old gregorian dish which if any of you can remember was probably the best ever dish for signal anyway having a secondary reflector lol so my setting up errors were made up for with the gain of the dish

Hotbird is 13º EAST of south so when you are looking at front of dish it will be on your right side of south alignment..
another thing ,,
in your lat / long remember that if long is for example -3.xxxx then in your tuner USALS positioner it should say 003.XXX WEST
LATITUDE 050.XXX then you set it 050.XXX NORTH

Quote from rasp

Before this setup i had a old lenson heath 1 mtr dish with 36v echostar ad36000 wiith a longer pole could get 30w no priblem

Changed the echostar for a vbox and spiderbox worked great the tuner on the spider is hell of a lot better than the vusolo2.

Changed the dish for a triax installed myself worked ok for a while until high winds.

Her indoors said get somebody to do it for you ok the bloke said i would not be able to get 1.0w because the dish would hit the roof.

On checking it out myself the elevation on the dish was wrong and set it 51 myself.

On the question of true south should the motor pole and dish bracket level with each other .

I have not moved it from hot bird but on looking at hit the sat is west of true south.

Thanks for all the advice guys

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TRUE SOUTH is exactly as cazuela says magnetic south is what you find using a compass it points to the magnetic south of the earth there is i believe only about 2 degrees difference anyway but cazuela is spot on for every sat that says for instance thor says 0.8degrees west it is 0.8degrees west of south and the same the other way 7e is 7 degrees east of south just as cazuela explained

By the way i too used to have a Echostar mine was the 3000IP i still have it somewhere they were great boxes for finding sats as you could see where you were driving using the software --i honestly wish you lived in my locality i would lend you a good meter or set it for you

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Just to add il add a pdf but it could be too technical for the things we do but it slightly explains the differences between true south and magnetic south

Quote from rasp

THE FUGITIVE:

Thanks for the pdf.

What i meant was looking from behind the dish from the pole side is due south when the dish motor and pole are all in line .

As hotbird is west of the level point.

Will have a go again on Monday as will have to help her indoors tomorrow.

I truly appreciate all the help you have given my guys

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Those coordinates do not look right for South Wales, they are near London...

With the motor reset on zero (reset button on motor or goto 0 from receiver), the pole, motor pole and dish should be in a straight line pointing due south - with the dish perfectly perpendicular (parallel to east-west)