97 West FTA

[ghying]

I am trying to get 97 west and cant find with no success!!! I tried to aim for 97 with lnb skew and level post but i cant find it. I got 116.8 west instead and 123 at 74 quality. I put correct settings on my viewsat extreme but no luck!!!!! I get 51 channels from 123 west but cant find 97 west. There are no obstacles at all!!!!!!!! Can someone help me?????????


Thank You In Advance

[arboristman]

got a zip code buddy? or just a zip code close to your location if you prefer.thanks.

[ghying]

Yeah my zipcode is 28704

[arboristman]

123w:
Elevation: 30.9°
Azimuth (true): 235.7°
Azimuth (magn.): 241.9°
LNB skew: 42.3°

97w
Elevation: 46.0°
Azimuth (true): 203.9°
Azimuth (magn.): 210.1°
LNB skew: 19.3°

so.if your hitting 123w,you know a couple things now.
1.your LNB is not skewed correctly for 97w.-very important.first thing to do.
2.your pointed to low.raise your elevation.
3.your a bit to far west.once steps 1 and 2 are adjusted correctly,slightly pan east,while your receiver is on active TP from lyngsat.com

[ghying]

will 11874 tp work??? I tried it there yesterday and somehow when i rose dish up a little bit to the left i got 37 quality but went down immiadetly. I will try again today if i have time and post results!!! Thank You and also how do i set lnb skew?????

[ghying]

I just rotated lnb to left and then moved dish to right blind scanned and was on 123 west. Can someone tell me how to accurately move lnb skew correctly to 19.3

[ghying]

I just realized this but my current elevation for 123 west is about 45 degrees!!!!!!! Does this mean that i have to put the elevation for 97 west 10 degrees higher then satellite pointer elevation?

Thank You In Advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[arboristman]

what dish are you using?
you don't see skew adjustment markers on your lnb holder/lnb?
can you eyeball about 20 degrees at least?to get you in the ball park.

tp 11874 shows active on lyngsat.
so unless or until someone mentions a stronger tp,it seems like a good one to start with.

[ghying]

I am using this dish as show in picture . It is the same except it says ariza technology. My lnb has markers but i dont know how to use it. Why am i getting 123 with 10 elevation higher than satcalculator and does that mean that i have to put 97 west at 10 elevation higher?????

Thank you in advance

[saleumx]

You are too far West, try to move back to East and stay at the active TP. 97W is very hard to find and you won't get the high quality level but if can get 50 to 65 that good.
keep trying and goodluck

[ghying]

Ok well should i put the elevation 10 higher than the sat calculator since that worked for 123 west????? Thank You In Advance

[arboristman]

i would say so then yes.