Oily said:
I'd thought that a motorised dish would have been easier to set up,whats the difference in installation+setup??
Well obviously you have not read many of the threads here where people do have problems. In general it is because:-
1. People are trying to assemble and operate equipment they are unfamiliar with.
2.Trying to lock onto and track an arc of satellites in the sky which they unable to see.
3. Using equipment that may or may not be assembled perfectly as in the case of the pole needing to be
perfectly vertical in all planes, which in itself is not that easy to achieve.
4 . Add to that not selecting the due south satellite correctly thus not transcribing the exact arc of the Clarke curve
5. On top of which receiver problems i.e transponder frequency SR rates and FEC not set correctly
it all in all adds up to a lot of variables and you only need to mess up on one and you will have disappointing results.
Having said that there are plenty of people here who can get you back on track.:-thumbup