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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Set up my motorised dish
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1033916" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Cheap meter is good, cheap compass may not be - there are lots of free phone compass apps which can do a better job. Oh, and don't get Magnetic North confused with True North because the compass will point at the former whilst the sat location is defined against the latter - dishpointer will tell you what the difference is at your location, and you have to take that into account.</p><p></p><p>One tip I have learnt is that, after definitely finding (say) Thor @0.8W and pointing the dish arm at it, get a long thin pole and bang it into the ground on that line some way from the dish - then you should always know where "to start again" if you have to (in my case, the dish is about 2m above ground level, and the "pole" is a piece of wooden batten screwed to the edge of the roof on the adjacent greenhouse - makes getting back to Thor almost dead easy - just swing the dish until the arm points at the pole! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />)</p><p></p><p>Also agree with 4wd's last para - I've been having doubts myself as to whether the receiver is working properly, but didn't realise until now how old it might be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1033916, member: 176704"] Cheap meter is good, cheap compass may not be - there are lots of free phone compass apps which can do a better job. Oh, and don't get Magnetic North confused with True North because the compass will point at the former whilst the sat location is defined against the latter - dishpointer will tell you what the difference is at your location, and you have to take that into account. One tip I have learnt is that, after definitely finding (say) Thor @0.8W and pointing the dish arm at it, get a long thin pole and bang it into the ground on that line some way from the dish - then you should always know where "to start again" if you have to (in my case, the dish is about 2m above ground level, and the "pole" is a piece of wooden batten screwed to the edge of the roof on the adjacent greenhouse - makes getting back to Thor almost dead easy - just swing the dish until the arm points at the pole! :D) Also agree with 4wd's last para - I've been having doubts myself as to whether the receiver is working properly, but didn't realise until now how old it might be. [/QUOTE]
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