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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="R.T.B." data-source="post: 94279" data-attributes="member: 189189"><p>The pole is plumb that part was ok its the due south setup that troubles me.</p><p>There is a formula in the motor book which goes like this.Satellite Long - Long of your location x 1.15. West is + and East is -. In my case (using Atlantic Bird) 8 - 9.7 = - 1.7 x 1.5 = -2.75 should this be east.I presume that the scale on the motor shaft is then set to this angle and the motor is rotated on the mast to due south. What I did was set the angle on the motor shaft to 0 and pointed it due south.I then moved the motor back to 28* and started looking for Eurobird.I think even though I have picked up satellites I have the setting wrong.I hope this all makes sense.I am looking at a copy of What Satellite and it shows Atlantic Bird at 12.5W.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="R.T.B., post: 94279, member: 189189"] The pole is plumb that part was ok its the due south setup that troubles me. There is a formula in the motor book which goes like this.Satellite Long - Long of your location x 1.15. West is + and East is -. In my case (using Atlantic Bird) 8 - 9.7 = - 1.7 x 1.5 = -2.75 should this be east.I presume that the scale on the motor shaft is then set to this angle and the motor is rotated on the mast to due south. What I did was set the angle on the motor shaft to 0 and pointed it due south.I then moved the motor back to 28* and started looking for Eurobird.I think even though I have picked up satellites I have the setting wrong.I hope this all makes sense.I am looking at a copy of What Satellite and it shows Atlantic Bird at 12.5W. [/QUOTE]
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