olenyi:
Because of wear and tear and rusting, must times after a while, jacks stop being able to bring a dish back from nss22 position. Dis is expected. Dis mostly happens if u're using a pan dish like 1.8. The solution is 1) make sure ur means outlet is supplying enough voltage to ur positioner. 2) try greasing/lessening the neck of the dish a bit. Or u could go for a heavy duty jack. Or stop going down to 22'w entirely.

If the jack can't go down even when u hand roll it, then theirs a mechanical fault somewhere. Try finding this out.

Then finally try this. Bring down the jack and using the manuel button, extend it out (Like ur driving it to the west) until it gets to some point. ( Remember to hold it so that the inner shaft doesn't go rotating). Use ur hand and roll it in about ten times. Use the manual button to drive it out again (always hold the inner shaft). Repeat this again.

Now go down like u're driving to east until it shows E2. U should notice dat it most have gone well below where it used to stop. Try rolling it in with hand now. If it sticks again, go to west and repeat the above procedure until it can go all the way in.

NB: u should only do this if the fault is not from a mechanical fault like a bent tube, etc.


Tanx boss4 ur selfless service........I am usin a 2.4m mesh dish...d jack has never been able 2 bring back my dish effectively frm nss since I bought and fix it...pls how much does a more powerful actuator cost cuz I bought this 3,000naira.........then as 4 d rotatin fault I wil try nd do what u said I shud do dis mornin and gv u feed back
Regards.

pboy2buzy:

Tanx boss4 ur selfless service........I am usin a 2.4m mesh dish...d jack has never been able 2 bring back my dish effectively frm nss since I bought and fix it...pls how much does a more powerful actuator cost cuz I bought this 3,000naira.........then as 4 d rotatin fault I wil try nd do what u said I shud do dis mornin and gv u feed back
Regards.

olenyi:


If it has never been able to bring the dish back and a 2.4 mesh for that matter, then something is wrong. Ur telephone wire, how genuine is it? Did u join it somewhere? How far is the positioner from the jack?

These are some of the culprits. Either u got a substandard telephone wire, or its so lenghty that their's some power loss along the line (still caused by low quality wire). Or dat u joined the wire somewhere.

Also try loosening the neck a bit (the big 24/27 inch pivot bolt). Could be too tight.

2.4 mesh dish is one of the lightest around and because of its unique neck design, can be driven by any jack.

Anyway, heavy duty jack are around 7-10k. And u might have to place an order with ur dealer if u're not in Lagos.

Regards.

pboy2buzy: Tanx 4 I have been able 2 follow ur tutorial and repair my jack,it now comes down below 68.5...thanx alot

olenyi:

So good to hear this. Was it the west maneuver that u used. Was fulfilling being of help.

Regards.

pboy2buzy:

Yea d west manauvre.....d jack now comes down lyk maaaad....

olenyi:


Dats the good thing with ''experience''. U would have come across a whole lot of different scenario's which gives one an edge.

Will attend to your C band query later.

Regards.

Omoakin5: Oga olenly pls answer me o am waiting all d equitment are ready nd am just wait 4 ur order.pls help

olenyi:

Kindly give me till days end and i'll get back to u.

Regards.

Bowofola213: Plz hw much is d jack use in rotating d big dish

pboy2buzy:

I bought mine 4 my 2.4mesh dish 3,000...in benin city

pboy2buzy: oga olenyi never came back 4 d c-band tutorial...stil waitin2 hear frm u.....

amingimba: Pls is possible 2 use dual ku band 2 track nailsat on 1.8 dish in other to 2 use reciver nd which type of lnb brand name is gud 4 this.

amingimba: Lokoja

olenyi:

U should go for at least 3m dish for a stable signal reception. 1.8 is too small.


Regards.

staddos: Hi Olenyi and other gurus in the house, which satellite is best to use for ones settings during installation of amotorised system? Is it Rascom-QAFR @ 2.9 degrees on C band or Astra 4A/SES-5 @ 4 degrees on ku band? Does it really matter if you use C band or Ku band since there is only one Clarke's belt on which we have all satellites. In your experience which do you recommend? Guys your views would be greatly appreciated.

olenyi:

What's the size of ur dish?

If its a 1.8 and u intend using ku, u could use intelsat 20ku and nss7 as ur reference points.

For a bigger dish say 2.4m, use intelsat 906 3642 V 8545 for ur east and cnn 3983 V 25000 for ur west and intelsat 10-02 4025 V 7324 for ur middle point as ur reference points.


Regards.

staddos:

Oga Olenyi thanks for your response but am confused.Are you saying that if the dish is to be used for both Ku and C band one would have to do the alignment for both C and Ku band. I read in the library material about motorising a dish that one should use SES 5/ASTRA 4 to align the dish.What I wanted to know can one use either a C band or Ku band satellite to do the alignment and peaking the signal and you would be good to go or you have to do the alignment for both C and Ku band if you intend to use your dish for both C and Ku band.