iDirect TS2  Iraq,   TAKE 2

You tried the LNB on the other dish and no luck.  There is therefore a pointing, polarisation or satellite visibility problem with the other dish.

You need a general purpose BUC for iDirect, not a proprietory Hughes BUC P/n-1035819-0001.

To speed up the processs of helping you I suggest you supply all the information you have been sent by TS2 and also some pictures of your dish, plus your approx location.

Best regards, Eric.

Ok I have been able to get it to work, only by using the existing equipment I had and adding TS2 buc to it.

So basically I paid a lot of money for stuff that didn't work.

I have the service set up now, and so far unimpressed with the latency and speeds of the service.

I was told it would be able to support 15-20 people and that is not looking like the case.

Going to see what they can do to help me or maybe be searching for a new ISP.

Brandon

bushak,

I'm here at taji and also hve the same set up as u and also havin the same problem with thte service the most i can get up or dwn for 15 ppl is 7kb a sec... and it sux... also lookin into changing isp's

Intelsat 10-02 is at 1 deg west orbit position and it has a Ku band spot beam pointed at Iraq with coverage also of south western Afghanistan.  Towards the north east of Afghanistan the elevation starts to get too low.  I've clearly marked the 10 deg, 5 deg and 0 deg elevation contours on the map below.

Using dish pointing Afghanistan I calculate that your required beam elevation angle is 7.6 deg, azimuth 254 magnetic compass and polarisation adjustment 53.4 deg clockwise, as viewed from behind the dish and starting with the LNB either upwards (for nominal horizontal polarisation) or at a side (for nominal vertical polarisation).

Regarding beam elevation angle, my recommended minimum limits are 10 deg for Ku band and 5 deg for C band.  At low elevations you suffer more during rain as the path length through the rain is longer.  The dish picks up more noise from the warm ground and you suffer scintillation, like the twinkling of a star near the horizon due to varying refraction in the atmosphere which makes your signal go both up and down.

To set 7.6 deg beam elevation start with the front face of your dish vertical.  The beam elevation will now be some angle like 30 deg (read the manual for the exact  offset angle). In this example the difference is 22.4 deg so the top of the dish needs tilting forwards by 22.4 deg.  As you have found, the bottom rear edge of the dish tends to hit the pole and you may have to tilt the entire mount forwards.  An alternative is to turn the dish upside down; with the front face vertical the beam elevation is now -30 deg (into the ground) so tilt the top of the dish 37.6 deg backwards.  Use the elevation scale or a plank of wood up the front of the dish and an inclinometer.

Best regards, Eric.