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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Newb motorised setup woes!
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<blockquote data-quote="rolfw" data-source="post: 170418" data-attributes="member: 175057"><p>OK, ignoring the fact that your mast possibly isn't plumb, here's what to do.</p><p></p><p>Go into the receiver motor setup menu, set your coordinates and send the motor to Thor 1W.</p><p></p><p>Go out to the dish, check that the rotary scale on the motor is just slightly East of zero, then if your dish is pointing roughly South, move the whole assembly on the mast and the dish elevation only to see if you can find Thor. The dish face will be a little higher than vertical, there should be instructions on how to calculate the declination (angle of the dish bracket) in the motor manual, but there is no substitute for actually locking on to your due South satellite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rolfw, post: 170418, member: 175057"] OK, ignoring the fact that your mast possibly isn't plumb, here's what to do. Go into the receiver motor setup menu, set your coordinates and send the motor to Thor 1W. Go out to the dish, check that the rotary scale on the motor is just slightly East of zero, then if your dish is pointing roughly South, move the whole assembly on the mast and the dish elevation only to see if you can find Thor. The dish face will be a little higher than vertical, there should be instructions on how to calculate the declination (angle of the dish bracket) in the motor manual, but there is no substitute for actually locking on to your due South satellite. [/QUOTE]
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Newb motorised setup woes!
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