michael-elise
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- May 29, 2010
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- Age
- 52
- My Satellite Setup
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Sky +.
80cm ISS dish with a manhattan diseq motor 1.2 and a diseqc 1.2 mp01 mini positioner motorised dish install.
Freesat panasonic G10B TV.
- My Location
- Hertford
Hi all,
A newbie here so please be gentle!!!
I have brought a 90mm dish and an icecript motor I am using a diseqc 1.2 mp01 mini positioner to move the dish. I have set it up as follows:
Put the the motor on 0 degrees and aligned the dish straight with that and mounted on a pole with T&K type brackets (the pole is perfect for plumb) I have got a good position on 1 west.
One of my questions is does the lnb have to be dead upright on 1 west and then when the motor moves it will pick other satellites up or do you need to skew it a bit?
I live in Hertford so I think I have set up the latitude correctly at 51 degrees. I am not sure if I have the dish declination set correct.
Does the dish have to be set on a certain part of the motor arm or can it go anywhere ie distance from the bottom or the top of the motor arm?
I am getting up from 1 west to 28.2 on the arc but can not find any more satellites on the eastern swing. I have no obstrutions in the way. But only with the lnb at about 45 degrees anti clockwise from behind the dish is this right???
If I put the lnb perfectly vertical I loose channels on 1 west and do not get a great reception.
I can not seem to find any satellites on the west swing is this because of the lnb skew??
I have read some of the articles and it seems my arc is not right but I can not work out what to do!!!
I have been up and down the ladder so many times my neighbours think I am nuts..
Any help would be greatful
Kind regards
Michael
A newbie here so please be gentle!!!
I have brought a 90mm dish and an icecript motor I am using a diseqc 1.2 mp01 mini positioner to move the dish. I have set it up as follows:
Put the the motor on 0 degrees and aligned the dish straight with that and mounted on a pole with T&K type brackets (the pole is perfect for plumb) I have got a good position on 1 west.
One of my questions is does the lnb have to be dead upright on 1 west and then when the motor moves it will pick other satellites up or do you need to skew it a bit?
I live in Hertford so I think I have set up the latitude correctly at 51 degrees. I am not sure if I have the dish declination set correct.
Does the dish have to be set on a certain part of the motor arm or can it go anywhere ie distance from the bottom or the top of the motor arm?
I am getting up from 1 west to 28.2 on the arc but can not find any more satellites on the eastern swing. I have no obstrutions in the way. But only with the lnb at about 45 degrees anti clockwise from behind the dish is this right???
If I put the lnb perfectly vertical I loose channels on 1 west and do not get a great reception.
I can not seem to find any satellites on the west swing is this because of the lnb skew??
I have read some of the articles and it seems my arc is not right but I can not work out what to do!!!
I have been up and down the ladder so many times my neighbours think I am nuts..
Any help would be greatful
Kind regards
Michael