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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
tracking that Arc? Setup Woes
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<blockquote data-quote="_stu_" data-source="post: 134906" data-attributes="member: 194669"><p>It took me a few attempts to get my motor set up correctly. When I first got my motor, I was only able to find hotbird reliably, so I had the idea of driving the motor to hotbird using the receiver and then manually moving the dish and motor round till it was lined up. Using this method I was able to get 28.2, 19, and 13 E loud and clear, but other sats such as 30W were very weak. </p><p></p><p>I then found that if I adjusted the dish elevation, I could get a much better signal on 30W, but I had to sacrifice a few percent of signal quality on 28.2 etc. More recently I decide to 'tune' my setup before winter sets in, by peaking my dish on 1w then checking the elevation on 30w and 28.2e. The result was that I got better signal by pushing my dish up on 30w and by pulling it down slightly on 28.2e. This meant that I needed to rotate my motor westwards, which I did (by about 1-2 degrees). Now it is peaked on all three sats, and I am able to find everything between 58W and 57E with ease (68.5E is below the horizon where I am).</p><p></p><p>One thing I did notice tho is that when I drive my motor to 1W, my dish is actually point to about 1.5E (according to the scale on the motor). However, this makes sense coz my longitude is about 2.2W, so 1W is to the east of me!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_stu_, post: 134906, member: 194669"] It took me a few attempts to get my motor set up correctly. When I first got my motor, I was only able to find hotbird reliably, so I had the idea of driving the motor to hotbird using the receiver and then manually moving the dish and motor round till it was lined up. Using this method I was able to get 28.2, 19, and 13 E loud and clear, but other sats such as 30W were very weak. I then found that if I adjusted the dish elevation, I could get a much better signal on 30W, but I had to sacrifice a few percent of signal quality on 28.2 etc. More recently I decide to 'tune' my setup before winter sets in, by peaking my dish on 1w then checking the elevation on 30w and 28.2e. The result was that I got better signal by pushing my dish up on 30w and by pulling it down slightly on 28.2e. This meant that I needed to rotate my motor westwards, which I did (by about 1-2 degrees). Now it is peaked on all three sats, and I am able to find everything between 58W and 57E with ease (68.5E is below the horizon where I am). One thing I did notice tho is that when I drive my motor to 1W, my dish is actually point to about 1.5E (according to the scale on the motor). However, this makes sense coz my longitude is about 2.2W, so 1W is to the east of me! [/QUOTE]
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