Job Done!!!! Hoorar!!!!!!!

[ManikM]

:D

Today I got sat back!!!!

See pics!!!

I'm exhausted, as is my dad - we nearly gave up! But then the sat beeper came good!!!!

The cabling is temporary in case anyone decides to have a pop at me.

:)


NOW - whats open on DRAGON!??!?

hehe!!!

[A]

congrats:D

[jamsb]

Well done m8 its good to read and see mission accomplished.

[echelon]

looks good to me m8 !!

[catseye]

Well done m8 -i'm gonna be relocating mine as soon as i can get motivated
The weather we are having at the moment doesn't help -

[leesouthnufc]

spot on mint :)

[drpaulos]

Well done, and enjoy your viewing. You must have withdrawal symptoms by now! :D

DrPaulos

[TheBadger]

:D It's always most satisfying when you succeed in a project which has tried your patience to the limit! Well done m8!!!

[robloman]

well done!! but what am i gonna read about now:frown: lol

[Slap]

You have done it "yourself" with help and thats the main thing.

[ManikM]

THANKS GUYS!!!!

LOL - you'll find something else to read about im sure...

:)

How heavy is a scaffold pole - LOL!

We nearly gave up, but didnt realise how far to the right the dish had to go - then BEEEEEEEEEEEEP and BBC World on 1 west appeared (as if by magic)

Few queries.

Now im using a dual LNB i have one box downstairs (the master motor controller) and one upstairs.

query 1:

I can get all sats to the east - but after 30 WEST - i cant get anything on 43 or 45w - is bandamax, etwn1 still on there, and is anything on 45w?

is my arc out??

query 2:

the box downstairs picks up c****5 and italia 1 etc on 13e - but when i do a full scan on the box upstairs it (second input from LNB) it picks up about 500 channels - but theres no c****e5 or italia4 - and when i do a manual scan it finds nothing. rai1 etc are fine....

any ideas?

[sleepy]

Looks like the general section gonna be quieter now, glad you got it sorted m8.:D

[drpaulos]

Re 43W and 45W, don't forget that the further the position from South, the lower it is in the sky. In the first photo, it looks like the roof on the left might come into play?

DrPaulos

[ManikM]

hmmm - but that roof is EAST mate - i can receive all the east sats.

PS that pic was taken before alignment - 1west - the dish points at 90 degree angle from my gutter line to the right.



any ideas on the c****e5 thing?

im gonna take the connection out of downstairs box, and put it into the one upstairs and do a scan and see what happens

[Slap]

Have you tried 42 east or 45 east to see if the roof is in the way.Leave your scaffolding up just incase you may need to fine adjust.

[drpaulos]

You are right mate (re East and West) :)

Re the Italian channels, check the TP settings. If that doesn't fix it, try swapping the receivers to see if the problem follows the receiver or the LNB.

DrPaulos

[echelon]

the new mediapark channels are on 43 west so might be worth looking for a signal on those

[ManikM]

lol typical!!

[EDGE]

well done m8,been fun reading ya posts and the replys,but you got there in the end :p

[ManikM]

looks like my TWIN lnb is ****.

i thought a twin LNB outputted the same channels to each connection...?

the master (driving the motor) seems to pick everything up (800 odd channels on hotbird)

but my one upstairs (the 2nd output) is only picking up half that!!!

WHY WHY WHY!!!

[Bazza1974]

Well done, fella and welcome back to the world of sat!!!

[joshjess]

Well done m8, I now know who to call when I put a 3 meter dish up on my 4 floor house!

[ManikM]

Well done m8, I now know who to call when I put a 3 meter dish up on my 4 floor house!

LOL! yeah not ME!

[Slap]

Has the brackets at the wall end got slotted holes also have plenty of shims for packing out to fine tune.

[cyprusdunc]

Definitely a lnb problem,I have a twin lnb and both perform equally,so now you have had plenty of practice on ladder climbing get it back to the shop lol.looks like we can still have a few more posts,keep em coming.

[satwyn]

swap the cables on the lnb and see what happens 45W is strong in uk try the chinese channel also 58W is strong

[>COR<]

Took your sweet time eh?

:D
Seriously, good job m8, looking very strong and hoping you will have some decent years of fun out of it ;)

Cor

[ManikM]

Ahhh - everyones been so nice to me.

THANKYOU!!!

Bit peeved about the 43 and 45 west thing tho - all the East sats are spot on inc 45E - but as it goes west, the signal isn't as strong, altho i do get about 70&#37; on Hispasat - but 13 degrees further west - it just doesnt get 43 or 45w - maybe its not my ARC - but more of an obstruction maybe (altho i cant see it)

:o(

I might have to get back on the ladder...maybe in the summer - LOL!!!

Luckily 22west and 12.5west are my fave sats for WWE feeds = and hopefully - going by the fact that i can get Hispa ok - im sure i will be able to get these ones.

As for the LNB issue - its weird - i was using the manhattan st300 box to drive the dish from my lounge (master input), and the other feed was going up stairs into my topfield 5500 - BUT this is where i had problems.

If C****e5 was on downstairs - and i did a search on hotbird on the topfield - it only found half its channels - c****e5 not picked up at all !

So i swapped the LNB connections to the boxes over - this time i drove the dish by the topfield - and the manhtaan had the 2nd input - this then picked up all channels - AND the manhattan could still get C****e5 and ALL channels.

STRANGEEEEEE!!!!

[tadge]

Nice Job M8

About Time You Bought Some Curtains Though

Lol

[ManikM]

Nice Job M8

About Time You Bought Some Curtains Though

Lol


Theres always one!

In the bedroom I had to take the blind off to drill a hole for the incoming cables - the roller blind in the bog just happened to be up - and the same as for the kitchen!!

[Tumbling Dice]

Good On yer M8

[tt2xr]

I could do with a scaffolding platform like that - did you hire it or buy it. What sort of cost is it for such a thing ... and is it easy to erect?

[ManikM]

haha - nah its my dads - hes had it about 20 years - its about 2 sections per layer - so about 8 bits all in all - just plonk it all together - takes about 30 mins to assemble mate (you need board as well)

and yes its easy to assemble (much easier than getting a scaffold pole and dish above the eaves - LOL)