Which sat should be my reference sat?

shadows9 · 19-03-2008

can somebody help plz my lat is 45.58 my long is 9.14 milan italy what sat should i be starting my arc on cheers

**rolfw** · 19-03-2008

Eurobird 9 at 9 East.

http://www.lyngsat.com/eb9.html

shadows9 · 19-03-2008

cheers mate

shadows9 · 30-03-2008

Originally Posted by rolfw

Eurobird 9 at 9 East.

http://www.lyngsat.com/eb9.html

so will 9 east be the highest to me or is thor still the highest also if i put 45 lattitude on my moter what setting goes on the dish cheers

***satelliteman*** · 30-03-2008

As Rolf is off line, I can help you.

As your longitude is 9.14 East, your hightest satellite is 9 East. Always if you can set up on the closest satellite to your longitude. In fact you are only 0.14 degs away from 9 east. Set motor on zero, enter long/latt in usals, send motor to Eurobird 9 east and align the whole assembly for maximum signal.

PS, THOR is only the highest if your longitude is close to 1West

Hope this helps

shadows9 · 02-04-2008

Originally Posted by satelliteman

As Rolf is off line, I can help you.

As your longitude is 9.14 East, your hightest satellite is 9 East. Always if you can set up on the closest satellite to your longitude. In fact you are only 0.14 degs away from 9 east. Set motor on zero, enter long/latt in usals, send motor to Eurobird 9 east and align the whole assembly for maximum signal.

PS, THOR is only the highest if your longitude is close to 1West
Hope this helps

so when my compass points to south its 9.14 east on the clarke belt which will make thor about 10 west for me

**Robbo71** · 02-04-2008

Originally Posted by shadows9

so when my compass points to south its 9.14 east on the clarke belt which will make thor about 10 west for me

Yes approximately, remembering there is a difference bewteen magnetic bearings and true ones.

shadows9 · 03-04-2008

after a failed atemped at seting my moter up due to a block of flats in my south sky i have put a bracket higher up the building and just using a fixed dish with a sat finder on i have been able to find a few sats dont know which ones so tomorrow i hope to find out, if i find my south sat 9 east using usals do i then leave the setting on the moter at 0 even though am at 9 east

shadows9 · 05-04-2008

help my motor seams upside down to others so when i set my latt 45 it seam straight not elevated and wiv the the at 0 it points downwards also if i am 9 e and thats my south when i put 9 e to the soouth all the the others sats are out on usals or should 0 on the moter point south
my moter
http://www.metronic.com/pdf/notices/...8118222d7b714d

**Robbo71** · 05-04-2008

Originally Posted by shadows9

help my motor seams upside down to others so when i set my latt 45 it seam straight not elevated and wiv the the at 0 it points downwards also if i am 9 e and thats my south when i put 9 e to the soouth all the the others sats are out on usals or should 0 on the moter point south
my moter
http://www.metronic.com/pdf/notices/...8118222d7b714d

Some motors go one way up, others the other way.

When the motor is set to zero the dish should point due south. If you use USALS and your longitude is 9E when you send the dish to 9E the motor should go to zero.

So as the guide says:-

Send the dish to 9E (your nearest due south satellite) using USALS and adjust the dish declination and swivel the whole assembly around the pole for best quality on a transponder of 9E.

shadows9 · 05-04-2008

how can i send my dish to 9e and the moter stay at zero it goes to 9e on the motor as well sorry if i am sounding stupid but its taking some working out

**Robbo71** · 05-04-2008

With USALS ,it calculates where to send the dish to based on the relative positions of you and the satellite ( You must tell the receiver your latitude and longitude!!).

If you are located 9 degrees east of Greenwhich, and the satellite is at the same orbital position, USALS calculates that the dish has to be at 0 degrees.

Thus, you want 9E, the motor goes to zero.

**rolfw** · 05-04-2008

As you are approximately located at latitude 9 degrees East, sending the motor to 9 degrees East will mean that it doesn't move.

shadows9 · 05-04-2008

so i start my dish on zero pointing south and add my lon and latt then press go to and it wont move a lot

**Robbo71** · 05-04-2008

Originally Posted by shadows9

so i start my dish on zero pointing south and add my lon and latt then press go to and it wont move a lot

Correct.

shadows9 · 05-04-2008

ok thanx and on the tm5400 in sat settings theres 2 setting sat degree and position setting in position setting will go 9.4 lon 45.5 latt what goes in sat degree cheers

**Robbo71** · 05-04-2008

In sat degree you put the position of the satellite, for example 9.0 E.

In the position setting you put your Longitude and latitude
for example 9.0 E/45 N

The position setting applies across all satellites, it is your position.

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