Dish set up?

[happy camper]

Hi set motor dish on thor, technomate 1500 ci+ 94% and strength 72% is the best i can get .astra and hotbird ok every thing else is weak? when i go to adjust it i noticed there is play in the motor shaft could this be my problem? any ideas Thanks...

[robbo71]

Depends how much play there is. Try changing the satellite angle on the weaker ones a bit and see if you can get it better. If it doesn't improve then it has nothing to do with the motor play.

I get 80% on 11325H on Thor with my 1.1m dish.

[happy camper]

Thanks once again for quick reply robbo, will give it ago asap, My dish is mouted outside the bedroom window and its a ladder job every time i want to make any adjustments. Is the angle the same as if it were ground mounted? Cheers...

[robbo71]

Yes, it is . A few metres doesn't make much difference when the thing you are trying to point at is 22,000 miles away.


I suspect that your problem is more likely to be that you are not tracking the arc well enough, but having a motor that doesn't go quite where you told it too, would just make matters worse.