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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Motorised dish setup problem and receiving 12.5W
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<blockquote data-quote="Ken King" data-source="post: 924753" data-attributes="member: 404018"><p>thanks for your responses, I thought I would just give an update, which while something is clearly not right, my experience may help others with thoughts or things to consider.</p><p></p><p>Ok, so the pole holding the motor should be perfectly vertical in each axis and hence the motor (bracket) should be level.</p><p></p><p>So I did that (as best I could) and then set for maximum quality signal on Thor 1W, with approximately motor elevation and dish declination as per manual for my motor*</p><p></p><p>But if I moved to 28.2E I found I had to point the dish downwards a number of degrees to get a signal.</p><p>And if I moved to 30W I found I had to point the dish upwards a number of degrees to get a signal.</p><p></p><p>Initially the difference in dish inclination was around 9 degrees difference.</p><p></p><p>So I deliberately started adding spacers to bottom T&K bracket to make the pipe have a slight angle. The more spacers I added the less dish adjustment was required. Eventually I cut the U Bolt ends and used thick nuts to join two separate bolts onto it and used separate nuts on the bolts to be able to fine tune the amount I was inclining the pipe. I eventually got to have 80+ % Quality on both 30W and 28.8E, and reasonable signal on the few satellites in between that I checked. To get that I had to set the pipe so that the top of it leans towards east by approx 6 degrees!</p><p></p><p>I can only assume my motor mount is somehow buckled/bowed/deformed or badly made, it appears to be seated on pipe okay, so that's all I can think of, but maybe some of the above will help others when attempting to do themselves and things to look for and try, to resolve.</p><p></p><p></p><p>* The other thing to mention is the motor manual (and it's table) said I should set motor elevation at 38.5 degrees and the dish scale should read 40 degrees minus declination of 7.43 = 32.57. Whereas to get best signal I have had to set my dish, so it's scale reads 18 degrees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ken King, post: 924753, member: 404018"] thanks for your responses, I thought I would just give an update, which while something is clearly not right, my experience may help others with thoughts or things to consider. Ok, so the pole holding the motor should be perfectly vertical in each axis and hence the motor (bracket) should be level. So I did that (as best I could) and then set for maximum quality signal on Thor 1W, with approximately motor elevation and dish declination as per manual for my motor* But if I moved to 28.2E I found I had to point the dish downwards a number of degrees to get a signal. And if I moved to 30W I found I had to point the dish upwards a number of degrees to get a signal. Initially the difference in dish inclination was around 9 degrees difference. So I deliberately started adding spacers to bottom T&K bracket to make the pipe have a slight angle. The more spacers I added the less dish adjustment was required. Eventually I cut the U Bolt ends and used thick nuts to join two separate bolts onto it and used separate nuts on the bolts to be able to fine tune the amount I was inclining the pipe. I eventually got to have 80+ % Quality on both 30W and 28.8E, and reasonable signal on the few satellites in between that I checked. To get that I had to set the pipe so that the top of it leans towards east by approx 6 degrees! I can only assume my motor mount is somehow buckled/bowed/deformed or badly made, it appears to be seated on pipe okay, so that's all I can think of, but maybe some of the above will help others when attempting to do themselves and things to look for and try, to resolve. * The other thing to mention is the motor manual (and it's table) said I should set motor elevation at 38.5 degrees and the dish scale should read 40 degrees minus declination of 7.43 = 32.57. Whereas to get best signal I have had to set my dish, so it's scale reads 18 degrees. [/QUOTE]
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