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p4blit0

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Greetings TK forum,

I am hoping some of you kind souls out there can give me a few pointers here.

I have had my motorised dish set up for around 8 years now with no real issues(nothing that I couldn’t fix with a laptop, internet forum searches and a lot of patience).
Recently though I am only getting a signal from 28.2 and a much weaker than usual 19.2, nothing from Hotbird 13.0E, Thor 0.8W which I received previously no problem. So I think I have a slight misalignment on the dish.

Can anyone recommend a reliable motorised dish engineer around the Manchester area?
Or have any of you guys tried to realign a dish without professional help? Any feedback on difficulty level is appreciated.

If the dish was on the ground I would get the right tools and give it a go myself. I have researched installation set up guides but I am more put off by the ladder than anything else.

Just to add there are no obstructions in the way of the dish, no new buildings, trees etc and I have had the same dreambox 800HD for around 8 years too.

Cheers
 
M30 post code area, actually comes under Salford.
I don't know exact height. Fairly old house, built around 1940. Two storey and the dish is roughly at same height as the chimney stack.
 
p4blit0 said:
M30 post code area, actually comes under Salford.
I don't know exact height. Fairly old house, built around 1940. Two storey and the dish is roughly at same height as the chimney stack.
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You're only down the road from me,
But, a 40s house will be quite high and there is no way my ladders would reach chimney stack height, they atr only for gutter height on a normal 2 story.
 
Get a good spirit level and a compass (mobile app will do). First make sure the poles absolute plumb as can be. If don't have the mounting pole plumb the rest will be a mare. Then set the motor and tighten that up and plumb that up to the pole facing south (use a mobile compass app).
I had no experience of motor installation till I moved house twice and been charged £100-£120 a time , so the next time I thought, what the hell I will do it myself.
I found this guide helpful:-
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i had the same problem with mine.

i use USALS to track the arc.

simply altered the USALS values until i got a peak signal :grin:
 
The arc can be a problem, I ended up with a tv in the bedroom window then I used dreamdroid to control the dish. It took some faffing to get the correct arc but now it runs a dream, shame there's no were near as much stuff to watch
 
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