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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Setting up motor - cant get 30w :(
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<blockquote data-quote="jimbo101" data-source="post: 144688" data-attributes="member: 196246"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What I did when I set up my dish </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Before I mounted the polar mount made shore I could get the pole level </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">And I could turn it without upsetting the level.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My Polar mount has the degrees set on it for dish i.e. were its pointing</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I just used the default settings of the dish mount </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I then set the polar mount up so the dish would be pointing at 1w</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">And mounted it all on pole and fitted in place so it was pointing south</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I put the receiver on kiosk 1 and move the whole mount east west and lowered the polar mount up and down until I found kiosk 1</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">And locked the pole up </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I then tried (without changing anything at dish end) hotbird and found it then 19e found it but couldn’t find 28e </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I wet back out to dish and turned the pole 2deg too the east locked it up and tried 28 again it was there but not a strong signal.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So I went and lowered the mount setting two flats of the nut and locked it up</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Went back and tried it again the signal had come up so I retried 19e 13e 1w they were all there and good signal but 28 was not as strong as it should be.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I then moved the whole pole 1 deg too the east locked it up once again .</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This time 28e 19e 13e 1w were all fine and I tried 5w 8w 18w 30w they were all there</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Now it may have been just luck I don’t know but it worked for me</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Cheers Jim</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jimbo101, post: 144688, member: 196246"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]What I did when I set up my dish [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Before I mounted the polar mount made shore I could get the pole level [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]And I could turn it without upsetting the level.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]My Polar mount has the degrees set on it for dish i.e. were its pointing[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I just used the default settings of the dish mount [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I then set the polar mount up so the dish would be pointing at 1w[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]And mounted it all on pole and fitted in place so it was pointing south[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I put the receiver on kiosk 1 and move the whole mount east west and lowered the polar mount up and down until I found kiosk 1[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]And locked the pole up [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I then tried (without changing anything at dish end) hotbird and found it then 19e found it but couldn’t find 28e [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I wet back out to dish and turned the pole 2deg too the east locked it up and tried 28 again it was there but not a strong signal.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]So I went and lowered the mount setting two flats of the nut and locked it up[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Went back and tried it again the signal had come up so I retried 19e 13e 1w they were all there and good signal but 28 was not as strong as it should be.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I then moved the whole pole 1 deg too the east locked it up once again .[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]This time 28e 19e 13e 1w were all fine and I tried 5w 8w 18w 30w they were all there[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Now it may have been just luck I don’t know but it worked for me[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Cheers Jim[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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