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    After 1 year I bought this dish, and disputes with wife about the place to install, yesterday I was able to lock into my south due sat (83w).
    It is a polar mount, but I did not install yet the actuator.
    I can get ~46% q on C-band(PA cable), ~49% on ku-band(RTV) & solid 70% on transp 11775v with a DMX741 positioned @12 o'clock with the "0" mark.
    Is this low q on C-band because I didn't install the dielectric plate ? As I read this is usefull for ku-band on "U" model.
    I did play a lot with the lnb in & out of the ring, but this is the best i can get on my s9.
    A lot of confusion on the web about latitude and longitude so did a lot of calculations for the set up & more to come for the actuator.
    Of course there are a lot of "mechanical" problems due to poor workmanship: braket welded not parallell with the ring, sloppy (undersized) bolts,
    but I made my entrance into the C-band world.
    I'm planning to hook up the actuator to a v-box. is the any advise on how much the arm has to be out @ zenith ? I'm guessing 1/2 way !
    Also, can the actuator be run with s9 only durring the setup ?
    Nihil sine Deo !
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    After 1 year I bought this dish, and disputes with wife about the place to install, yesterday I was able to lock into my south due sat (83w).
    It is a polar mount, but I did not install yet the actuator.
    I can get ~46% q on C-band(PA cable), ~49% on ku-band(RTV) & solid 70% on transp 11775v with a DMX741 positioned @12 o'clock with the "0" mark.
    Is this low q on C-band because I didn't install the dielectric plate ? As I read this is usefull for ku-band on "U" model.
    I did play a lot with the lnb in & out of the ring, but this is the best i can get on my s9.
    A lot of confusion on the web about latitude and longitude so did a lot of calculations for the set up & more to come for the actuator.
    Of course there are a lot of "mechanical" problems due to poor workmanship: braket welded not parallell with the ring, sloppy (undersized) bolts,
    but I made my entrance into the C-band world.
    I'm planning to hook up the actuator to a v-box. is the any advise on how much the arm has to be out @ zenith ? I'm guessing 1/2 way !
    Also, can the actuator be run with s9 only durring the setup ?

    The plate is used only for circular sats and with a 6' dish you won't be able to pick those up on the Atlantic side. PNN is not a very strong tp and I think the signal quality your getting with a 6' solid is about right. Once you decide to install the actuator and set up your limits I would have the dish pointed to about 30w and the actuator arm almost all in, leave about an inch. That way you may be able to track more of the arc when setting up your western limit.
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    Thank you for the reply.
    What about my 2nd question ?
    do i need to use v-box only to drive the actuator?
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    Yes, your vbox will move the jack, you could take it outside with you when you are setting it up if it's more convenient.
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    I started to scan the sat with the vbox, but i noticed that on ku sat, H tp are few clicks away from V tp.
    except on 83w my true south.
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    I'm not quite sure what you mean but ku is normally a bit harder to track then c band. A very strong signal qualuty on c band may require a click or 2 either east or west on the vbox for ku.
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    You're right.
    c-band is more then 2 clicks away, but my problem is ku-band: if i get a lock on v transponders, h transponders are lost & vice-versa except on 83w
    where are only horizontaly transponders.
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    I have never experieced that before. Normally a ku lock will bring in both polarities. You may need to skew your feed, what type of lnb or lnbf are you using?
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    DMX 741.
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    If you have easy access to the feed I would suggest you skew it a bit, especially on the polarity which is causing you issues until it improves. I've had a couple of 741 lnbf and I must say I wasn't too impressed- not bad on c band but ku was always an issue and that is why I have seperate dedicated dishes.
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