installing a dstv dish

grubsner said:
The LNB and bracket should be earthed.
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how essential is this to get a signal?

i moved that freakin dish last night in all directions didnt even get 1 % nevermind 80% or 90%

Anyway, you still offering the case of beer?
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defnitaly. anybody interested in installing my dish for a case of beer???
 
Earthing the dish doesn't affect the signal quality or dish performance but it does give you some peace of mind when the thunder clouds roll in. Earthing is especially important if the dish is a prominent feature of the house outline.

If the dish is somewhat protected by the roof or house structure, it's not that important.

I'm not sure of building regulations require the dish to be earthed.
 
grubsner said:
Earthing the dish doesn't affect the signal quality or dish performance but it does give you some peace of mind when the thunder clouds roll in. Earthing is especially important if the dish is a prominent feature of the house outline.

If the dish is somewhat protected by the roof or house structure, it's not that important.

I'm not sure of building regulations require the dish to be earthed.
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okay thats what i wanted to know. i am still trying to get the freaking thing to get a signal. once i got that right i will start earthing it and so on :)
 
albert123 said:
okay thats what i wanted to know. i am still trying to get the freaking thing to get a signal. once i got that right i will start earthing it and so on :)
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Hey Albert, I presume you installed the LNB correctly on the arm - remember if you take the cap off, that little metal thingie should be at a certain angle else it will not work. What they call that again, I did this so long ago can't remember.
 
adsl3g said:
Hey Albert, I presume you installed the LNB correctly on the arm - remember if you take the cap off, that little metal thingie should be at a certain angle else it will not work. What they call that again, I did this so long ago can't remember.
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well the dish comes from a previous installation and that cap thingy hasnt been off so i dont see why that wouldnt work....
 
albert123 said:
i moved that freakin dish last night in all directions didnt even get 1 % nevermind 80% or 90%
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Did you make sure that there was nothing in the way, even a small tree branch can screw you around.
 
ajax said:
Did you make sure that there was nothing in the way, even a small tree branch can screw you around.
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well i will try again tonight. does it have to be a certain height off the ground? i was putting it on a little table in the middle of my lawn?
 
albert123 said:
well i will try again tonight. does it have to be a certain height off the ground? i was putting it on a little table in the middle of my lawn?
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The height shouldn't be a problem, but the thing is if you are out by just a few degrees on elevation or azimuth you will get nothing. If it is a 90 cm dish, the angle is even more important as the dish is more directive than the 60 cm ones.

Maybe you could borrow one of those portable dishes from a caravan shop and play around with that one first. They are smaller and hence don't need such pinpoint accuracy as the larger ones although they will give a lower signal strength.
 
hi wondering if anyone can help me. i bought a dstv elsat 60cm dish kit. set it up on the chimney. got the cable, ran it through the roof to my decoder. now i also bought a satellite finder with earpiece. so i connect it up and move my dish around until i get the loudest pitch possible. but i am still picking up nothing on my decoder when it says searching for signal with bouquets and tv services etc. shouldnt i atleast be picking up something?
 
Ok just reporting

We had a thunderstorm and some real bad wind 2 days ago, woke to find dish on the ground, so went about trying to set it up again without luck.

I searched the net and found this tread, and noted the post "check the signal quality, not strength"
so went and tried again, had a support crew shouting the percentage while turning it, so found it real easy, took only about 2 min,
got 96% quality and 72% strength now :cool:
 
WGF_Bombproof said:
Ok just reporting

We had a thunderstorm and some real bad wind 2 days ago, woke to find dish on the ground, so went about trying to set it up again without luck.

I searched the net and found this tread, and noted the post "check the signal quality, not strength"
so went and tried again, had a support crew shouting the percentage while turning it, so found it real easy, took only about 2 min,
got 96% quality and 72% strength now :cool:
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+1
... or just look at a neighbours dish and guess! :p
 
Further minute improvements can be had by moving the LNB closer or further away from the dish in its bracket.
 
I will be installing mine today after I relocated. I hope your posts will come in handy
 
So at the coast , yesterday dstv was working fine.
Today getting 98% signal strength 60% signal quality just in time for the rugby!

Any ideas?
Lnb and dish both vas and no trees in the way.
 
You must also get the "skew angle" right. Exactly 153 deg (about 4.30)
 
Try to adjust the skew of the lnb. Dstv is roughly at 4 o'clock that should increase the quality provided that the dish is aligned correctly
 
Yeah, tried everything suggested but it just got worse, I even marked where the lnb was, reseated everything BUT no go.

Recommend a dstv satellite finder device as we have issues a plenty down at the coast and figure id just buy one.

I hav tried the tweeter device but found it difficult to get right and what to listen for as everything was high pitched noise.
 
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