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<blockquote data-quote="BGonaSTICK" data-source="post: 48347" data-attributes="member: 176912"><p>Calm down and leave your hair alone. It won't grow back if you pull it out. That's wot my Ma says, anyway.</p><p></p><p>If you imagine the world as a 360 circle, and you start at 0 degrees and rotate anti-clockwise (east in sat terms), by the time you have rotated 360 degrees, you'll be back where you started, right?</p><p></p><p>It therefor follows that if you start again, and rotate 359 degrees anti-clockwise (east), you'll be at 359 degrees east, or 1 degree WEST!</p><p></p><p>Geddit?!?!?! They are the same thing!</p><p></p><p>Some satellite software refers to all offsets as being EAST, so ten degrees west will be the same as 350 degrees east, and ten degrees east will just be ten degrees east!</p><p></p><p>Go re-install, and have fun.</p><p></p><p>As I say, 1 degree west could actually read 356 East or 6 East. Physically re-align the dish so that it's as close to what your software interprets as 1W as you can get it, but don't be suprised if it's then a bit out when you rotate the dish to say 19 degrees east. It could easily be a degree or three out. The more accurate you can align on 1 West the better, as the dish has to track an arc in the sky, and not a straight line.</p><p></p><p>Don't forget two things. When you are at 0 degrees, you should actually be pointing DUE SOUTH, not north, as the satellites orbit above the equator, which is SOUTH of the UK. If you were in the southern hemisphere, you would have to point due north. That's why in the UK, anti-clockwise is EAST, and clockwise is WEST. Look at your compass upside-down if you don't believe me!</p><p></p><p>Secondly, when aligning on 1 W, make sure that your actual motor is set right in the middle of it's H-H travel, or you really WILL be bald by Monday morning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BGonaSTICK, post: 48347, member: 176912"] Calm down and leave your hair alone. It won't grow back if you pull it out. That's wot my Ma says, anyway. If you imagine the world as a 360 circle, and you start at 0 degrees and rotate anti-clockwise (east in sat terms), by the time you have rotated 360 degrees, you'll be back where you started, right? It therefor follows that if you start again, and rotate 359 degrees anti-clockwise (east), you'll be at 359 degrees east, or 1 degree WEST! Geddit?!?!?! They are the same thing! Some satellite software refers to all offsets as being EAST, so ten degrees west will be the same as 350 degrees east, and ten degrees east will just be ten degrees east! Go re-install, and have fun. As I say, 1 degree west could actually read 356 East or 6 East. Physically re-align the dish so that it's as close to what your software interprets as 1W as you can get it, but don't be suprised if it's then a bit out when you rotate the dish to say 19 degrees east. It could easily be a degree or three out. The more accurate you can align on 1 West the better, as the dish has to track an arc in the sky, and not a straight line. Don't forget two things. When you are at 0 degrees, you should actually be pointing DUE SOUTH, not north, as the satellites orbit above the equator, which is SOUTH of the UK. If you were in the southern hemisphere, you would have to point due north. That's why in the UK, anti-clockwise is EAST, and clockwise is WEST. Look at your compass upside-down if you don't believe me! Secondly, when aligning on 1 W, make sure that your actual motor is set right in the middle of it's H-H travel, or you really WILL be bald by Monday morning. [/QUOTE]
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