Best easy way to

[den123]

thanks guys will set it to 25 then go from there

 

[den123]

hi guys is there an easy way to find true south have searched the net there's lots of deferent ways but is there an easy simple way

 

[Archive4]

Yes, tell us your true location or postal address

 

[Lazarus]

Why do you need to?

In practice, you align your motorised system to your south satellite, which is Thor at 0.8W.

PS. As this is clearly related to your current Project, I shall merge the Topics.

Creating new Topics for each aspect of a single Project is confusing ...... new contributors don't know what the background is and even regulars can't be expected to remember who posted what where.

 

[Mickha]

You True South is your Longitude position, negative longitude readings = West, positive East, e.g., -1.234 = 1.234 West.
If using USALS, you don't need to align the dish, to true South, you set everything up to 0, enter your Latitude, and Longitude, into your receiver, and use your receiver to sent the dish to a suitable satellite, like 0.8W.
Then you physically move the dish, and motor, on the mount, to get the strongest possible signal, on 0.8W, also adjusting the elevation, to get the strongest signal.
You then send it to your furthest East, and West, satellites, to check the signal quality, moving it back to 0.8W to make any minor adjustments.

 

[Lazarus]

Yes indeed. As also mentioned here

 

[Archive4]

 

[Ghostleader]

The quicker people grasp that the markings on the rear plates on dishes are not perceivable as the true marks then the quicker they will help themselves in such a situation, I.e. they are not gospel, set up roughly in that area then make the manual adjustments upon signal reception mate.

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