Hi guys forgive the long drawn out post but this is my first sat install.
I have a motorised dish setup that the motor packed up stopped moving west a few months ago I have not had time to have a look. So last week I thought I would get it sorted so I order a Superior Dark Motor and thought I would get a decent sat meter to help me and save dragging the TV outside.
So got myself a First Strike FS1.
Bear with me as I have never set up a satellite dish before I had it installed by a company a few years back. But saw a lot of threads on here so thought why not give it a go.
Okay the receiver is a tm600 Loaded with channel list and have been using usals with my long and lat 51500N and 0.000E in south east Post code al2 2 Hertfordshire. The dish is a 85 cm solid dish and the motor ***** Superior Dark Motor.
First thing is I'm a little confused with the manual that come with the Dark Motor It says in the back Elevation and declination angle table then I check my latitude which is 51 then says Elevation Angle 39 Declination 7.4 dish bracket 27.6
On the side of the motor mount it says Latitude on both sides so does the need to be 39 or what my original latitude is 51?
It is currently set at 39. And I have had to set the dish bracket to 20 to be able to get signal which is strange.
Okay removed the old stab motor fitted this and got it up on the bracket that was there from when the company had previously installed it I checked it and it is plum. Tighten it loosely and set to 0.
Started looking for thor and bbc got that messed about and tuned it a bit and now I get 28.2E,26E,23.8E,19.2,16E,10E,7E,4.8E, And 0.8 Thor but can not get any of the west sats. I tried moving to 30W Hispasat but no signal I then tried locking into Hispasat by moving the dish a bit got it locked then when moved back to thor or astra they have gone.
So it looks like I'm out somewhere can any give me a clue as to where I should be looking?
Had read though the guides on here and I see in Digis guide it said if only tracking one set or sats something may well be out.
I have a motorised dish setup that the motor packed up stopped moving west a few months ago I have not had time to have a look. So last week I thought I would get it sorted so I order a Superior Dark Motor and thought I would get a decent sat meter to help me and save dragging the TV outside.
So got myself a First Strike FS1.
Bear with me as I have never set up a satellite dish before I had it installed by a company a few years back. But saw a lot of threads on here so thought why not give it a go.
Okay the receiver is a tm600 Loaded with channel list and have been using usals with my long and lat 51500N and 0.000E in south east Post code al2 2 Hertfordshire. The dish is a 85 cm solid dish and the motor ***** Superior Dark Motor.
First thing is I'm a little confused with the manual that come with the Dark Motor It says in the back Elevation and declination angle table then I check my latitude which is 51 then says Elevation Angle 39 Declination 7.4 dish bracket 27.6
On the side of the motor mount it says Latitude on both sides so does the need to be 39 or what my original latitude is 51?
It is currently set at 39. And I have had to set the dish bracket to 20 to be able to get signal which is strange.
Okay removed the old stab motor fitted this and got it up on the bracket that was there from when the company had previously installed it I checked it and it is plum. Tighten it loosely and set to 0.
Started looking for thor and bbc got that messed about and tuned it a bit and now I get 28.2E,26E,23.8E,19.2,16E,10E,7E,4.8E, And 0.8 Thor but can not get any of the west sats. I tried moving to 30W Hispasat but no signal I then tried locking into Hispasat by moving the dish a bit got it locked then when moved back to thor or astra they have gone.
So it looks like I'm out somewhere can any give me a clue as to where I should be looking?
Had read though the guides on here and I see in Digis guide it said if only tracking one set or sats something may well be out.