Intelsat 5

[hjay04]

o.k I bought the 33" dish with linear lnb, I have been trying for hours to find IA5 with no luck. I am using a VS extreme my settings are LNB- standard, LNB power-ON, Freq- 10750. I live in southern ontario, any tips would be appreciated, I am also not sure if I am trying the proper elevation I was told 40 degrees. Thank you in advance.

[WyldCherry]

what TP are you using.its best to find a strong TP for that satellite

H 11966 S.R. 22000 is a strong one

[Nagra1]

Paste below in the address bar.....

eyeinthesky.net/tech_support/Finding_Telstar_5.html

[hjay04]

I am still unable to find this sat, the quality jumps back and forth from 61% to 0% I cant seem to lock it on. Does the lnb need to be turned at a angle? I must be close level is 75%.

[ecm153]

http://www.dssftp.com/forum/f114-real-free-to-air-satellite-discussion.html could look here .some interesting reading.

[WyldCherry]

you may be shooting to high.for most places I check for Ont its in the 30+ degree range

[hjay04]

Still trying with no luck to find this sat, I've tried everything. i used a sat angle calculator to find elevation and azimuth for Hamilton,Ontario, I tried skewing the lnb like it says. and still nothing. i am out of ideas now.

[WyldCherry]

here is what I get for your area

elevation:37.3
Azimuth:204.7
skew.17.7 counterclockwise for LNBF

[hjay04]

o.k I am very pissed now I have been trying for 3 days and this sat seems impossible to hit, I have tried all of these tips I have been getting and nothing works I can get level to 70% and sometimes the quality jumps to 60% for a second than drops to 0%. I have a clear shot at the entire southern sky. I have never had problems hitting sats before but this one seems impossible.

[WyldCherry]

see if you can get AMC4 at 101W.if you can lock on to that one then all you need to do is move your Dish to the left 1/8 of inch at a time.then if your VS has blind scan once you get a strong signal try blind scanning.
here is what I get for your area for

elevation 35.8 Azimuth 209.9 skew 21.3.

don't get discouraged took me a week to find Galaxy 10R and IA-7 the white Springs channel.