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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
New Satellite - Install help needed
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<blockquote data-quote="rolfw" data-source="post: 54103" data-attributes="member: 175057"><p>If you are in mainland UK, then you can normally get away with using 1W as your due South setting for the dish.</p><p></p><p>1) Your pole needs to be perfectly plumb, not near enough, but spot on.</p><p></p><p>2) Set your lattitude on the motor body scale, that should set the arc properly, use the calculation given in the motor instructions to set your dish elevation, if not you need to do it by trial and error.</p><p></p><p>3) Use a compass to approximately point the dish at 1W and by moving the motor on the pole and the dish elevation, very slowly pan for a signal, BBC World is possibly the best tranponder to use and having a portable TV nearby makes life easier.</p><p></p><p>4) Once your Due South sat is locked up, then the others should fall into place. <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rolfw, post: 54103, member: 175057"] If you are in mainland UK, then you can normally get away with using 1W as your due South setting for the dish. 1) Your pole needs to be perfectly plumb, not near enough, but spot on. 2) Set your lattitude on the motor body scale, that should set the arc properly, use the calculation given in the motor instructions to set your dish elevation, if not you need to do it by trial and error. 3) Use a compass to approximately point the dish at 1W and by moving the motor on the pole and the dish elevation, very slowly pan for a signal, BBC World is possibly the best tranponder to use and having a portable TV nearby makes life easier. 4) Once your Due South sat is locked up, then the others should fall into place. :) [/QUOTE]
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