Grumpy Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 I'm trying to use an FTV card in the Creuse but the digibox reports "no signal". The satellite beeper is suggesting that I've found the max signal strength. I am using a 60cm dish and am wondering whether I need an 80cm one. Anyone else able to receive on a 60cm dish in that region?Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 A 60cm dish should work over most of France. Have you aligned it correctly/got the skew correct/used the right offset for the LNB etc etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Posted April 18, 2005 Author Share Posted April 18, 2005 Nick, I thought that a 60 cm dish would be ok too. The alignment as suggested by the satellite beeper should be ok, but skew and lnb offset? How does one determine what is correct and what adjustment is required?Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 Check signal strength and quality using the digibox menu. If you have signal strength of 60% plus and no quality you are probably aimed perfectly but at the wrong satellite. Try turning dish about 8 degrees further east and searching again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabman Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 I'm in Creuse and get Astra signals as good as in UK with 60cm dish.I was persuaded to use a beeping satellite finder when I was setting my system up.Total waste of money as it beeped for everything it found, and I guess there are a lot of satellites up there!In the end I abandoned the finder and simply found the correct location with my son's scout compass and slowly moved the dish a degree at a time.Took about 10 minutes.One thing I was surprised by, was the lack of tilt required. I have a 60cm oval mesh dish and it's fixed almost vertically. I'd expected to tilt it upwards much more.Good luck and Happy viewing/listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Posted April 18, 2005 Author Share Posted April 18, 2005 thanks all for your replies - I'll have another go next time I'm out there. Roll on the next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 [quote]I'm in Creuse and get Astra signals as good as in UK with 60cm dish. I was persuaded to use a beeping satellite finder when I was setting my system up. Total waste of money as it beeped for everythi...[/quote]I believe the first 22.5 degrees of tilt is provided by the arm which is offset from the centre of the dish. ( If it was dead centre it would block too much of the signal. Hence dish is only about 9 degrees from vertical for 31 degrees of elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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