Comments on: Satellite Meter for Perfect Dish Alignment

By: Michael Mander

Michael Mander — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:23:38 +0000

Ihave just obtained an “Adtel AD70 satellite meter, would anyone know who the maker is or where I could obtain a service manual?

Thanks. Mike Mander

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:33:02 +0000

Hi Alan,

Excuse me for sounding a little stupid, but i don’t quite seem to understand your instructions for setting up the signal, do i need to set the meter to 0 when i start? I just can’t seem to get a lock or any signal quality, the signal strength is almost at it’s maximum. Also the widget on this site gives me a different lnb skew to that on dishpointer.com…

Cheers,
Andy

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:03:09 +0000

Tony,

For a motorized dish you don’t set the LNB skew as you’ve already rightly pointed out. The motor takes account of the skew by pivoting the dish while rotating it around it’s vertical axis.

With a motorized system one of the pre-requirements is that the mast must be absolutely vertical - you need to check that with a spirit level. Then the declination angle must be set correctly. If your motor supports usals then it should be easy to enter your coordinates, select the satellites and get the motor to rotate to the satellite. Now fine tune everything.

BBC is only available on Astra 28.2, only BBC World is available on other satellites. You can check on my other website www.dishpointer.com which channels are on what satellite.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:18:30 +0000

Hi Alan,

I have a motorized dish, and after many weeks of trying have only managed to tune in hotbird.

The skew of the lnb, is this still important with the motorized dish, because as the dish moves around the skew would change?

The other problem i have is - working out which sat i am pointing too - for example with my sat finder i get a good signal - then i scan for channels - ofcourse these come back - but sometimes BBC appears on a number of sats so i can’t work out which one i am pointed too…

Tony

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:36:52 +0000

Benny, not sure what the question is - I guess you have a single dish with 3 LNB’s on it? If so, adjust the dish for maximum signal on Astra2 (have Astra2 on the LNB arm). Once you’ve got Astra2, the others shouldn’t be a problem.

By: Benny Saliba

Benny Saliba — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:33:05 +0000

Hi Alan,
I am from Malta. I found this information exceedingly helpful. I’ve decided to buy this meter. I can pick up good signals from Astra2, Astra 19.2 and Hotbird. Sky Digital pixilates and freezes a bit. I think Astra2 needs dish alignment. Do I need to align the dish every time my transponder is on a particular satellite or do I find the average? Thank you
Benny

By: mohamed k,foray

mohamed k,foray — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:01:44 +0000

i need a full detail obout this meter

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:25:00 +0000

Jose,
you’ll find the answer to this question on my other site http://www.dishpointer.com

By: JOSE

JOSE — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:38:16 +0000

IF POSABLE PLEASE SEND ME AN E-MAIL 4 THIS QUESTION
WHTAT IS THE MINIM SIZE SATTELITE DISH REQUIER FOR ME TO PIC UP BRASILSAT 70 WEST ( DIGITAL) FROM NOTTINGHAM
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.