Problems

[clarkyj]

I know mt lat and long to be inputed into the reciever, but as far as elevation on the motor and on the back of the dish i have no clue , any help

[satelliteman]

Have you browsed over the set up guides?

[clarkyj]

yeah printed them out still havin a problem wit it, thing is my brackets and pole and motor is up just going to attach the dish as soon as , i have elavation and long on the motor bracket, and dunno what the elevation is on the back of the dish thiough

[Rick]

forget about the declination of the dish, I have setup a few motorised now and they don't match. Get your motor elevation set correctly then drive the motor to your due south sat preferably using USALS. Then adjust the declination (dish elevation) and move the motor on the pole east/west for best signal.

[satelliteman]

Yes, set the motor inclination to your latitude or Elevation on motor scale bracket (90-Lat).

Start off with the dish declination slightly up from vertical and make sure dish is centre of motor shaft.

Start off with motor on zero and insert USALS data.

Send dish to satellite closest to your longitude (poss 1W)

Adjust the dish & motor as one around the pole and by dish el only.

When happy, lock up.

[clarkyj]

ok will have a go tomorrow , dont mean to be a newbie and ask stupid questions , obviously coax has to be connected to motor and technomate reciever

[satelliteman]

correct, the receiver will drive the motor via the coaxial.

[clarkyj]

thx alot

[clarkyj]

Latitude: 54.5606°
Longitude: -6.0278°

This is my lat and long that needs to be put into the reciever...

Elevation: 27.6° that is the elvation for the dish, now is this for the motor, because this is the thing thats confusing me , this is from dishpointer.com

[Robbo]

Originally Posted by clarkyj

Latitude: 54.5606°
Longitude: -6.0278°

This is my lat and long that needs to be put into the reciever...

Elevation: 27.6° that is the elvation for the dish, now is this for the motor, because this is the thing thats confusing me , this is from dishpointer.com

Ignore the bit in red. Set the motor Latitude to 54.6 or 35.4 on the elevation side, and enter both Lat and long into the receiver. Use 5W as your reference sat, and send the motor there using the receiver USALS. As already said, fiddle with the dish elevation, and swing the motor E and wst on pole for max quality signal on a 5W transponder.