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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Tweaking my angles
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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 33592" data-attributes="member: 177034"><p>I have devised an ingenious blend of hypermodern and prehistoric procedures to determine true south: (1) Launch the SS2DISEQC12 software <a href="http://dvbsoft.rvsnet.cz/files/SS2DiSEqC16.zip" target="_blank">http://dvbsoft.rvsnet.cz/files/SS2DiSEqC16.zip</a>, feed it with your exact lattitude and longitude, among other things it gives you the time of the day when the Sun is in true south. In my geographical position, it is at 12.00 these days. (2) The prehistoric part: take a huge flat square plank or cardboard, lean it horizontally against the face of the dish creating a right angle between the face of the dish and your viewing trajectory to the Sun. Simply look alongside the plank right into the Sun (sunglasses highly reccommended:-) and slowly move the dish into the positon of true south, much like aiming a gun at a target. Of course, the h-h motor should be in its default zero position. Adjust the elevation angle depending on your lattitude and you've got a perfect arc both ways. Done it myself, works perfectly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 33592, member: 177034"] I have devised an ingenious blend of hypermodern and prehistoric procedures to determine true south: (1) Launch the SS2DISEQC12 software [url="http://dvbsoft.rvsnet.cz/files/SS2DiSEqC16.zip"]http://dvbsoft.rvsnet.cz/files/SS2DiSEqC16.zip[/url], feed it with your exact lattitude and longitude, among other things it gives you the time of the day when the Sun is in true south. In my geographical position, it is at 12.00 these days. (2) The prehistoric part: take a huge flat square plank or cardboard, lean it horizontally against the face of the dish creating a right angle between the face of the dish and your viewing trajectory to the Sun. Simply look alongside the plank right into the Sun (sunglasses highly reccommended:-) and slowly move the dish into the positon of true south, much like aiming a gun at a target. Of course, the h-h motor should be in its default zero position. Adjust the elevation angle depending on your lattitude and you've got a perfect arc both ways. Done it myself, works perfectly. [/QUOTE]
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