Motorized Polar Mount BUD Declination Angle ?

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Of course, if you treat Thaicom as your true-south satellite, you will never be able to tune your antenna, and 1* Declination angle will not make huge change in the reception. 10* out of azimuth should be properly compensated.
 

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I will post the pictures later.

A link to the manual that came with the dish would help better than pictures of the dish.
 

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Pls see the photos and and the part of the dish manual. After adjusting declined angle the I tried the Thaicom and I was able to lock it then I trued few different other satellites but no luck. Then its started to rain. So I had to stop tracking for the day.
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Pls see the photos and and the part of the dish manual. After adjusting declined angle the I tried the Thaicom and I was able to lock it then I trued few different other satellites but no luck. Then its started to rain. So I had to stop tracking for the day.
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Can you please upload the pictures to this forum, so that we can view them. Thanks.
 

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This was the mount that came with the dish. But as you see on my other pics I have modified it bit so now I can get it right on top of the equator.
 

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It was the right mount for the dish, but not for your location. Why did you buy it and not a compatible system ?

The first image, unless it is an optical illusion it looks like you have introduced negative declination which means it cannot track the arc.
 

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That image I took before the elevation adjustment. Yes even for me it looks like minus declination. But any idea why the digital level says 1.4*
 

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I think you guys right. When i set the 1* declination It never looks ok and it was out of track. My brief testing I found out that I was not be able to get the 78.5* with 1*. To get it I have to tilt(declination) down 10*+ why is that ?
 

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I am not sure if I rotate whole thing to north going to get what Im looking for ?
 

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You would still need to get the elevation correct in the first place, which would be negative as well.

If you cannot adjust the major threaded bolt any further than the elevation allows, you can attempt to offset the post from vertical to compensate, but this MUST be along the true North/South axis to track the arc.

Why did you buy a totally unsuitable dish for your region ?
 

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I thought all the polar mounts are the same. :)
 

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I thought all the polar mounts are the same. :)

A quick search of the local installs will confirm they are not, plus there is a fundamental difference between prime focus and offset designs, the latter of which would serve better in your location.

How much was shipping/duty from the US ?
 

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I was in in USA and when I moved back to Asia I had container full of stuff. So the dishes also came with me.
 

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You will need to dismantle and rebuild once you have corrected the defective polar system, or pull the other dish from the container.
 

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I put everything facing north except the dish facing south using adjusted declination angle. Now I was able to track 45* to 105* but signals are weak for some satellites.
 

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If you are watching C band only then you might catch some of the signal, but not everything.
 
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