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<blockquote data-quote="Terryl" data-source="post: 1069344" data-attributes="member: 369937"><p>No...If you center the dish and motor to the due south satellite at 5W the whole thing will be out of wack.</p><p></p><p>You must find due geographical South from your location first, then rotate the motor with the receiver to find the due South satellite, this satellite is a starting point for finding the other birds.</p><p></p><p>dishpointer.com can help you with finding due South at your location, and for finding the due South satellite</p><p></p><p>Finding due South is a very imprtant step in aligning or re-aligning a motorized setup, as all the satellites use geographical co-ordinates to position them selves in the arc of the Clark belt in space, they are all aligned stating at the prime meridian (East and West of) and all are on the Equator.</p><p></p><p>To use dishpointer first find your location using google Earth (or what ever mapping software you have) and find your longitude and latitude, copy and paste this in the address section, or you can enter your address in the address section of the program, then use the ""True South/True North"" selection, this will give you a line on a map showing the correct direction you need to first align the motor and dish.</p><p></p><p>I use this method when first installing or re-installing a motorized system, it should only take 10 to 15 min to setup and recalibrate the system, here is an example of the dishpointer web site using generic co-ordinates for your location.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]123609[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You can zoom into your exact location and using the map with the line will help you find due South, it can also help you find the other satellites if needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terryl, post: 1069344, member: 369937"] No...If you center the dish and motor to the due south satellite at 5W the whole thing will be out of wack. You must find due geographical South from your location first, then rotate the motor with the receiver to find the due South satellite, this satellite is a starting point for finding the other birds. dishpointer.com can help you with finding due South at your location, and for finding the due South satellite Finding due South is a very imprtant step in aligning or re-aligning a motorized setup, as all the satellites use geographical co-ordinates to position them selves in the arc of the Clark belt in space, they are all aligned stating at the prime meridian (East and West of) and all are on the Equator. To use dishpointer first find your location using google Earth (or what ever mapping software you have) and find your longitude and latitude, copy and paste this in the address section, or you can enter your address in the address section of the program, then use the ""True South/True North"" selection, this will give you a line on a map showing the correct direction you need to first align the motor and dish. I use this method when first installing or re-installing a motorized system, it should only take 10 to 15 min to setup and recalibrate the system, here is an example of the dishpointer web site using generic co-ordinates for your location. [ATTACH type="full"]123609[/ATTACH] You can zoom into your exact location and using the map with the line will help you find due South, it can also help you find the other satellites if needed. [/QUOTE]
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