Picked up then lost

[pgjeepster]

Hi I just borrowed a birddog usb perfect vision from a buddy the other day and was going to aim my 24x40 dish at 110 119 129 I got 119 and 129 no problem but could not get 110...... so I bought a 90 cm dish and went to aim it now I get 110 and 119 100% Q on both but no 129 it shows 191 S on the bird dog but it will not get any Q it took less than a minute to get it on the other dish I can get 20-25% if I warp the dish from behind pushing on the bottom right and slightly pulling on bottom left. I am using a magic bracket and tried every way possible to adjust it, can't understand it came in on the smaller dish now on the larger one nothing? I am using 129 with tp21 to aim.

[fn59]

I wouldn't bend the dish.
Use dishpointer to check the skew for a multidish for your area.

[pgjeepster]

I am not actually bending the dish just twisting it a slight amount to see which way I need to adjust it. I am using a magic bracket so skewing the dish is not needed. I used dishpointer to get all the angles,etc.

[fn59]

If you're using a satmeter, take the lnb out of the bracket and move it around with your hand to see if you can get the signal. Just don't block the signal with your body.

[pgjeepster]

If you're using a satmeter, take the lnb out of the bracket and move it around with your hand to see if you can get the signal. Just don't block the signal with your body.

Tried that I am using the birddog meter. Does a STB have a better meter than a sat finder? I can get "found" but no quality, thinking the meter is not quite sensitive enough??

[fn59]

I usually don't have a problem finding 129 with the Birdog, but I'm within site of the U.S. border. I see you're located in central B.C., it might be easier if 129 lnb was the central lnb, but then 110 may be a problem.

[Terryl]

The original dish was a 24x40 elliptical, it was designed to receive a broader spread of satellites, the 90cm dish is a round one, it has a round focal point, and that is dead center of the LNB arm, it is much harder to set up a round dish with the outside LNB's too far outside the main focal area of the dish.

The elliptical dish has an oval shaped focal area, and the LNB's would fit inside that area for a better signal.

In my opinion, use the 24x40 dish for 110/119, and the 90 cm dish for 129, it may work better that way.