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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="a33" data-source="post: 1084612" data-attributes="member: 332642"><p><strong>To better follow the arc</strong>, I'd use the so-called 'modified motor angles' instead of the traditional angles in the table you show.</p><p>For your location: motor elevation angle ~ 37.57 degrees, dish declination offset angle ~ 6.83; total elevation due south = 30.75</p><p></p><p>For measuring dish elevation at the vertical dishface, you must know the actual offset angle of the dish; for the case that your LNB is, in fact, installed at the proper offset angle.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise you must set the LNB in the proper offset angle of the dish; or, alternatively, set the dish elevation according to the <strong>actual LNB-offset angle</strong>. If the LNB-position is hard to correct, the latter is a very good solution.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I myself usually measure motor elevation at the motor house, perpendicular to the tube that comes out of the motor house.</p><p>Then I align motor-at-zero with dish;</p><p>and then I set dish total elevation (due south) at the dish face.</p><p></p><p>Do you use USALS?</p><p>Then send the motor to a USALS-position, and align to that satellite by rotating the whole setup on the (plumb) pole.</p><p>After that, check the whole arc (see your earlier threads here on the forum).</p><p></p><p>Greetz,</p><p>A33</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="a33, post: 1084612, member: 332642"] [B]To better follow the arc[/B], I'd use the so-called 'modified motor angles' instead of the traditional angles in the table you show. For your location: motor elevation angle ~ 37.57 degrees, dish declination offset angle ~ 6.83; total elevation due south = 30.75 For measuring dish elevation at the vertical dishface, you must know the actual offset angle of the dish; for the case that your LNB is, in fact, installed at the proper offset angle. Otherwise you must set the LNB in the proper offset angle of the dish; or, alternatively, set the dish elevation according to the [B]actual LNB-offset angle[/B]. If the LNB-position is hard to correct, the latter is a very good solution. I myself usually measure motor elevation at the motor house, perpendicular to the tube that comes out of the motor house. Then I align motor-at-zero with dish; and then I set dish total elevation (due south) at the dish face. Do you use USALS? Then send the motor to a USALS-position, and align to that satellite by rotating the whole setup on the (plumb) pole. After that, check the whole arc (see your earlier threads here on the forum). Greetz, A33 [/QUOTE]
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