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crossbones · 18-08-07, 03:08 PM

Thats half the battle if you have a good meter, try and post more details up of what the meter is.

Does it identify what sat your on etc?

Is your new dish being installed in the same place as your 60cm?

bob_e70 · 18-08-07, 03:38 PM

The original set up was..... 60CM dish, LNB, Technomate 1500CI+.... this was used on Hotbird to give me ART sports.

I now want Eutelsat 16'E so I am using the same set-up.

First I used the 60CM dish, where I was able to pick up anything from Astra 23'E - Hotbird 13'E, but NOT Eutelsat (no signal at all for it).

So, I switched the dish for a 100cm dish, thinking this would cure the problem. But with the 100cm dish i cannot find a signal for ANY satellite.

The meter I am using detects specific satellites.

bob_e70 · 18-08-07, 03:44 PM

All i can tell you about the meter is that is fairly large, about 10 inches in length and 6 inches wide.

It sits in a velcro case and has a recharable battery (which takes about 12 hours to recharge).

There is an LCD display at the top of the meter and about 5 large round buttons on the front. I think the buttons are, Menu, Up, Down, On and Off.

HTH?

Mickha · 18-08-07, 04:02 PM

Is your dish mounted on a motor or are you just moving it by hand?

Jimdefruit · 18-08-07, 04:27 PM

The 100 cm dish may have a different offset than the 60 cm dish. If so, the elevation will need to be adjusted up or down. If the arm was supplied with the dish then it will be the correct length.

bob_e70 · 18-08-07, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mickha

Is your dish mounted on a motor or are you just moving it by hand?

Just moving by hand

bob_e70 · 18-08-07, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimdefruit

The 100 cm dish may have a different offset than the 60 cm dish. If so, the elevation will need to be adjusted up or down. If the arm was supplied with the dish then it will be the correct length.

I have tried to account for this.... seems a bit odd that i'm not picking anything at all up on the 100cm dish..

Mship · 18-08-07, 04:38 PM

Any chance of uploading a photo of you're dish set up?

This might give us a bit more of an idea of what's going on m8

Kev

ltmltm · 18-08-07, 06:02 PM

just a thought but is there any thing in the line of sight? like a very tall tree prehaps

bob_e70 · 18-08-07, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ltmltm

just a thought but is there any thing in the line of sight? like a very tall tree prehaps

There is a tree..... but would that only effect my 100cm dish (or Eutelsat on both dishes)?

I will get a photo of my situation up ASAP....

18-08-07, 03:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
crossbones Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: S.Wales Posts: 877 Thanks: 62 Thanked 32 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Eutelsat W2 (16'E) Thats half the battle if you have a good meter, try and post more details up of what the meter is. Does it identify what sat your on etc? Is your new dish being installed in the same place as your 60cm? __________________ Gregorian 1.2m & 55cm dish`s,Gibertini 1.5m on a Jeagar 1224 H 2 H motor.Dreambox,7025 200GB HD. Vbox II.Skystar 2 PCI card, 42" Plasma tv.

18-08-07, 03:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
bob_e70 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 95 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Eutelsat W2 (16'E) The original set up was..... 60CM dish, LNB, Technomate 1500CI+.... this was used on Hotbird to give me ART sports. I now want Eutelsat 16'E so I am using the same set-up. First I used the 60CM dish, where I was able to pick up anything from Astra 23'E - Hotbird 13'E, but NOT Eutelsat (no signal at all for it). So, I switched the dish for a 100cm dish, thinking this would cure the problem. But with the 100cm dish i cannot find a signal for ANY satellite. The meter I am using detects specific satellites. __________________ bob_e70@hotmail.com<br /><br />Dymchurch, Kent

18-08-07, 03:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
bob_e70 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 95 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Eutelsat W2 (16'E) All i can tell you about the meter is that is fairly large, about 10 inches in length and 6 inches wide. It sits in a velcro case and has a recharable battery (which takes about 12 hours to recharge). There is an LCD display at the top of the meter and about 5 large round buttons on the front. I think the buttons are, Menu, Up, Down, On and Off. HTH? __________________ bob_e70@hotmail.com<br /><br />Dymchurch, Kent

18-08-07, 04:02 PM	#14 (permalink)
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Jimdefruit Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,772 Thanks: 10 Thanked 113 Times in 105 Posts	Re: Eutelsat W2 (16'E) The 100 cm dish may have a different offset than the 60 cm dish. If so, the elevation will need to be adjusted up or down. If the arm was supplied with the dish then it will be the correct length. __________________ Dreambox 800 HD; Dreambox 7000s + VBox + Channel Master 1.2 with 36v actuator CM120 feedhorn and Invacom .3 LNB Skystar 2 PCI card with links to my Dreambox If you like what you see here, tell your friends.


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Mship Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1,002 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Eutelsat W2 (16'E) Any chance of uploading a photo of you're dish set up? This might give us a bit more of an idea of what's going on m8 Kev __________________ 1m CM, feedhorn + Invacom C120 Quad, 36v Jaeger 128 motor, TM 6900 HD + 160gb HDD, TM 1500 CI+ Super, Skystar 2, DigitAlb Gold, Samsung 40F86BDX LCD

18-08-07, 06:02 PM	#19 (permalink)
ltmltm Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Eutelsat W2 (16'E) just a thought but is there any thing in the line of sight? like a very tall tree prehaps __________________ 60cm Dish, Titanium lnb, Echolink EL-777 0.8W