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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="reumx" data-source="post: 386205" data-attributes="member: 247925"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Hello guys and girls for that matter!:-wave </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A complete newbie here! Using the great info in this forum, I am in the process of setting up my motorized system and have couple of questions just to make sure things will be ok on the day!!:-shifty </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Let’s start with the goods! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Technomate 1500 super</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Technomate 2100 motor</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Funke 1M dish</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 0.2 Titanium LNB.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">My Latitude = 54 degrees north and my Longitude = 1 west.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Using the motor instructions, the dish elevation will be 22.4.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Is it right that Thor 2A (1 degree west) where I should point the dish to get the arc correctly?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite53" alt=":confused" title="Confused :confused" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused" /> </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">If that is the case than using (</span></span>_http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ), it tells me that Thor 2A is Azimuth= 182.2 (magnetic compass). And dish elevation= 28.4.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Is that where I should point the dish to get (1 degree west)?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Why there is a difference in the elevation value between the manual instruction and the website calculator? Does it matter?!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite53" alt=":confused" title="Confused :confused" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused" /> </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Many thanks for all the help and suggestions:-worship :-worship </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reumx, post: 386205, member: 247925"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Hello guys and girls for that matter!:-wave [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]A complete newbie here! Using the great info in this forum, I am in the process of setting up my motorized system and have couple of questions just to make sure things will be ok on the day!!:-shifty [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Let’s start with the goods! [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Technomate 1500 super[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] Technomate 2100 motor[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] Funke 1M dish[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] 0.2 Titanium LNB.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]My Latitude = 54 degrees north and my Longitude = 1 west.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Using the motor instructions, the dish elevation will be 22.4.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Is it right that Thor 2A (1 degree west) where I should point the dish to get the arc correctly?:confused: [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]If that is the case than using ([/SIZE][/FONT]_http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] ), it tells me that Thor 2A is Azimuth= 182.2 (magnetic compass). And dish elevation= 28.4.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Is that where I should point the dish to get (1 degree west)?[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Why there is a difference in the elevation value between the manual instruction and the website calculator? Does it matter?!:confused: [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT='Times New Roman']Many thanks for all the help and suggestions:-worship :-worship [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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