Hi everyone, I got my dreamcatcher yesterday, downloaded skylark, imaged it, hooked up the LNB, mounted it to a tripod and started trying to get a connection.
I get a pulsing lock and the best signal strength I can get it is -79. I have checked the direction, the elevation is set correctly and the LNB skew is correct. I even have tried in a defined pattern to move the elevation and Az to try to get something better and it does not get better.
I have it setup outside with nothing obstructing it. I tried 2 different power supplies and even a battery pack because I read that power can be an issue.
I see packets come in but only 11% of them are valid.
Remember if you were at the same longitude, there would not be skew. But since the satellite is west of you, you have to skew to itās level plane ā¦(if that makes sense). Our skew is towards the satellite instead of towards the dish.
So facing South, (or towards the satellite), you need to skew clockwise to the right 11.2 ddegrees because the satellite is sitting over the Galapagos Islands, to the West of you. Here in the Northwest, I need to point nearly SouthEast and the skew is counter-clockwise by about 30 degrees.
So having the proper skew, in the right direction is the first thing I would check.
You are in a relatively strong signal location, the satellite is high in the sky and you have very little skew adjustment.
Just to confirm, the is clockwise looking from the back of the lnb toward the satellite . Looking at the back of the lnb where the scale is, the 11 on the left is facing up.
Konradās on target - - I live in Annapolis, MD, and when I use the bare LNB, Iām not 100% either. But I have enhanced my reception with a martini shaker, cone or horn - -
Here in Michigan, with a bare lnb pointed accurately I can only achieve about the 11% or sometimes up to 75% valid packets. My SNR was usually around -14.5 bouncing down to -16, and the ālockā would toggle yes to no.
This gives me a ābitrateā around 1000 to 3000. I found that frustrating so now I have a 18" direct-tv dish to gather the signal.
Except this evening (8pm eastern). this signal is gone
Exactly - - this is the thing Syed and his team need to work on. The work arounds we all have come with are good, but canāt be packaged for the billions of terminals he hope to sell.
Outernet is working on some sort of new LNB design, but they havnāt told us Foreum members much about it. Ken
Just me or is the signal taking a crap in SNR for everyone today? See more yellow and red on the status map and my SNR jumped to 10 or so from the usual 3.
Yes, exactly. The skew figure is correct for both Outernet and a dish for satellite service is always the same you are facing the satellite.
If the satellite were straight south of you. There would not be any skew. If the satellite is west of you (the satelliteās orbital position is more than your longitude), then the LNB has to be tilted to the right (clockwise) as you look towards the satellite (with or without a dish). If the satellite is east of you, then the LNB has to be tilted (counter-clockwise) as you look towards the satellite.
Dish Network and DirecTV donāt need a skew adjustment because their signals are circularly polarized.
Been bobbling around all dayā¦ may just be QRM hereā¦ I messed with the dish for a few minutes and couldnāt get any betterā¦ Iāll try my highly technical engineering method of āwait and see if it gets betterā