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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1038562" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>@CH</p><p>When I put the post in that concrete support structure a few years ago, I was <em>very </em>careful to get it vertical using a dual-glass "post level", but the combined weight of this motor and this dish (much heavier than the original NEC motor and 80cm dish) may have pulled that <em>very slightly </em>out of true vertical, and/or there might have been some slight earth movement over the years.</p><p></p><p>That said, getting any pole <em>absolutely </em>vertical in two planes at the same time can often be quite difficult, regardless of whether it is set in concrete or on the side of a house (etc.). Therefore I think it is fair to say that whilst setting the elevation angle via the scale on a motor mount "by the book" (i.e. "my latitude") is the principle that I followed when I put this motor and dish up, I will view that approach with some "caution" in the future (and there is the possible issue of just how accurate the motor bracket markings are in the first place)!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1038562, member: 176704"] @CH When I put the post in that concrete support structure a few years ago, I was [I]very [/I]careful to get it vertical using a dual-glass "post level", but the combined weight of this motor and this dish (much heavier than the original NEC motor and 80cm dish) may have pulled that [I]very slightly [/I]out of true vertical, and/or there might have been some slight earth movement over the years. That said, getting any pole [I]absolutely [/I]vertical in two planes at the same time can often be quite difficult, regardless of whether it is set in concrete or on the side of a house (etc.). Therefore I think it is fair to say that whilst setting the elevation angle via the scale on a motor mount "by the book" (i.e. "my latitude") is the principle that I followed when I put this motor and dish up, I will view that approach with some "caution" in the future (and there is the possible issue of just how accurate the motor bracket markings are in the first place)! [/QUOTE]
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