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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Optimizing signal
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<blockquote data-quote="rolfw" data-source="post: 5803" data-attributes="member: 175057"><p>Hi Ckrys1,</p><p></p><p>Obviously as a start your dish mounting pole should be vertically plumb.</p><p></p><p>The elevation can be adjusted by slightly loosening the pivot and adjustment bolts on the back of the dish and moving up or down, not the pole height. The satellite is many thosand miles away and so a small adjustment in height will make no difference, it must be in the vertical angle of the dish face.</p><p></p><p>The best way of achieving optimum position is to stand below or behind the dish and grip the dish on both sides, then gently tilt in one direction (bolts still tightly fastened), if the signal on the receiver rises then move the dish slightly in that direction. Keep doing this until there are no mor signal rises with either side to side (azimuth) or up and down (elevation) movements.</p><p></p><p>Once you have got the best from that exercise you can then experiment with the LNB skew (rotation) you can find out exact figures from http://www.smw.se/smwlink/smwlink3.zip for ready calculator</p><p></p><p>http://www.heavens-above.com/countries.asp this page will get your exact coordinates</p><p></p><p>If your LNB can be moved back and forth, you may need to play with it to get the optimum focal length.</p><p></p><p>Rolf</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rolfw, post: 5803, member: 175057"] Hi Ckrys1, Obviously as a start your dish mounting pole should be vertically plumb. The elevation can be adjusted by slightly loosening the pivot and adjustment bolts on the back of the dish and moving up or down, not the pole height. The satellite is many thosand miles away and so a small adjustment in height will make no difference, it must be in the vertical angle of the dish face. The best way of achieving optimum position is to stand below or behind the dish and grip the dish on both sides, then gently tilt in one direction (bolts still tightly fastened), if the signal on the receiver rises then move the dish slightly in that direction. Keep doing this until there are no mor signal rises with either side to side (azimuth) or up and down (elevation) movements. Once you have got the best from that exercise you can then experiment with the LNB skew (rotation) you can find out exact figures from http://www.smw.se/smwlink/smwlink3.zip for ready calculator http://www.heavens-above.com/countries.asp this page will get your exact coordinates If your LNB can be moved back and forth, you may need to play with it to get the optimum focal length. Rolf [/QUOTE]
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