Julezy
Inactive User
Hi all,
I decided to move my dish as i couldn’t get any sats further east than about 30 degrees due to the neighbours house blocking the signal. My new location means I can now get 39 East and a few other more easterly ones which im happy with. When moving my setup i did adjust the dish position on the motor mount as it wasn’t quite central (very close though). In order to get the sats lined up using USALS i did my ‘bodge’ of tweaking the longitude setting and although it doesn’t match what it should be for my location i can track the easterly arc very well – i was getting 93% on Diema at 39 east. The westerly sats are not right however – having done some research i reckon its because the motor angle is set too high (and also the dish wasn’t quite central on the motor) – i set the motor angle up on day 1 and haven’t altered it since – 52 latitude based on my location. I was wondering whether its possible to ‘bodge’ this by altering the Latitude setting in the motorised menu (same as i did for the Longitude) I had a quick go at this and it didn’t appear to make any difference ?
If its not possible i’ll adjust it slightly at the motor itself by decreasing it slightly and then tweaking the dish angle to see what difference it makes. I know the westerly sats don’t appear to offer as must as the easterly ones – i’m just interested in tuning it so i can track the arc both sides.
From peoples experiences, how accurate are the scales on the Technomate motors ? – i read somewhere that you should only use these as a guide in getting your setup accurate.
As always I’d appreciate any advice and comments on this,
Cheers
Jules
I decided to move my dish as i couldn’t get any sats further east than about 30 degrees due to the neighbours house blocking the signal. My new location means I can now get 39 East and a few other more easterly ones which im happy with. When moving my setup i did adjust the dish position on the motor mount as it wasn’t quite central (very close though). In order to get the sats lined up using USALS i did my ‘bodge’ of tweaking the longitude setting and although it doesn’t match what it should be for my location i can track the easterly arc very well – i was getting 93% on Diema at 39 east. The westerly sats are not right however – having done some research i reckon its because the motor angle is set too high (and also the dish wasn’t quite central on the motor) – i set the motor angle up on day 1 and haven’t altered it since – 52 latitude based on my location. I was wondering whether its possible to ‘bodge’ this by altering the Latitude setting in the motorised menu (same as i did for the Longitude) I had a quick go at this and it didn’t appear to make any difference ?
If its not possible i’ll adjust it slightly at the motor itself by decreasing it slightly and then tweaking the dish angle to see what difference it makes. I know the westerly sats don’t appear to offer as must as the easterly ones – i’m just interested in tuning it so i can track the arc both sides.
From peoples experiences, how accurate are the scales on the Technomate motors ? – i read somewhere that you should only use these as a guide in getting your setup accurate.
As always I’d appreciate any advice and comments on this,
Cheers
Jules