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bonnykass · 11-09-06, 10:34 PM

Hi everyone,
Would someone give me a crash course on using a Sat Finder. I have a Sat Conn Finder but the instructions are poor. It has a 0-10 scale & a adjusting knob from 0to6 & 0 to -6db. It says to adjust the knob till a reading of 6 is achieved & then to ajust the dish till a max reading is obtained. Please help/explain.
Thanks

BGonaSTICK · 11-09-06, 11:22 PM

The knob is basically a sensitivity control.

If you had it turned right down, you'd never find anything. If you have it turned right up, the tree next door will give you a great reading

Stick it in the middle somewhere. Once you start to detect a satellite the needle or indicator will start to move up the scale. When it reaches the top, adjust the knob so that the needle/indicator is in the middle again.

Keep adjusting the dish (in ever decreasing amounts as you get closer to perfect alignment) until the meter is off the scale again, and adjust the knob again so that the needle is back in the middle of the scale again. Keep doing this until you can get the needle no higher.

Then you're done

Does that make sense?

STICK

bonnykass · 11-09-06, 11:37 PM

Thats great, it does make sense & i fully understand. If only the instructions had been as clear as you have just made it.

Thankyou

BGonaSTICK · 12-09-06, 12:32 AM

Yes, it wouldn't hurt to put that on the box would it?

It usually works just as described in practice too. When you get good, you can really find that sweet-spot.

The most annoying thing is that once you've done all that, and you finally tighten the dish clamp, the bloomin' thing moves slightly! >

Once you get really close, nip the bolts up tight. Use the same sort of technique as for cylinder head bolts or wheel nuts. A quarter turn on each nut to keep it all square in sequence. Then, with the meter still connected and standing behind the dish, grip the left and right edges of the dish face and twist it very gently. First east and then West. Check the meter as you're doing it, to see if the needle creeps up at all. Do the same thing with the top and bottom edges too.

If it's tight, and your flexing doesn't give you any extra in any direction, you've cracked it.

STICK

11-09-06, 10:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
bonnykass Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	HELP WITH SATELLITE FINDER Hi everyone, Would someone give me a crash course on using a Sat Finder. I have a Sat Conn Finder but the instructions are poor. It has a 0-10 scale & a adjusting knob from 0to6 & 0 to -6db. It says to adjust the knob till a reading of 6 is achieved & then to ajust the dish till a max reading is obtained. Please help/explain. Thanks

11-09-06, 11:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Re: HELP WITH SATELLITE FINDER The knob is basically a sensitivity control. If you had it turned right down, you'd never find anything. If you have it turned right up, the tree next door will give you a great reading Stick it in the middle somewhere. Once you start to detect a satellite the needle or indicator will start to move up the scale. When it reaches the top, adjust the knob so that the needle/indicator is in the middle again. Keep adjusting the dish (in ever decreasing amounts as you get closer to perfect alignment) until the meter is off the scale again, and adjust the knob again so that the needle is back in the middle of the scale again. Keep doing this until you can get the needle no higher. Then you're done Does that make sense? STICK __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

11-09-06, 11:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
bonnykass Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: HELP WITH SATELLITE FINDER Thats great, it does make sense & i fully understand. If only the instructions had been as clear as you have just made it. Thankyou

12-09-06, 12:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Re: HELP WITH SATELLITE FINDER Yes, it wouldn't hurt to put that on the box would it? It usually works just as described in practice too. When you get good, you can really find that sweet-spot. The most annoying thing is that once you've done all that, and you finally tighten the dish clamp, the bloomin' thing moves slightly! > Once you get really close, nip the bolts up tight. Use the same sort of technique as for cylinder head bolts or wheel nuts. A quarter turn on each nut to keep it all square in sequence. Then, with the meter still connected and standing behind the dish, grip the left and right edges of the dish face and twist it very gently. First east and then West. Check the meter as you're doing it, to see if the needle creeps up at all. Do the same thing with the top and bottom edges too. If it's tight, and your flexing doesn't give you any extra in any direction, you've cracked it. STICK __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W