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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 810896" data-attributes="member: 325666">..Too dark to see outside now so gave up for the day ..I can honestly say this is more trouble to set up than the ginormous polar mount on the 1.8pfI have had it sort of tracking from 1 west to astra at 28 east ..but still not accurate and although I know the max I can get at 1west now is 15.3db (F15) ..The signal down at 28 east is little better than 9db...so still not tracking the arc correctly ...and nothing at all down at 36 east..Its all guesswork ..as you cannot use the setup table provided ..due to the mods made to the extension plate assembly.The very _useful_ (not) azimuth angle scale is just where you need it most ...black on black on the underside of the motor ..and not even sure of its accuracy ?Without tipping up the motor ..what do each of those marks on the scale represent ?It doesn't say in the manual ..and my eyes aren't good enough to see ..upside down..I suspect I have enough declination adjustment now ..but hard to tell as yet.I don't doubt this is doable...but it's certainly not easy when the only thing you can be sure of is pointing the motor SouthMy theory is fwiw ..just keep tweaking the motor elevation at 0.8W ..and the declination at about 30 East ..and theory says it should follow the arc assuming its all pointing South to start with.The battle continues tomorrow..rgdsVS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 810896, member: 325666"] ..Too dark to see outside now so gave up for the day .. I can honestly say this is more trouble to set up than the ginormous polar mount on the 1.8pf I have had it sort of tracking from 1 west to astra at 28 east ..but still not accurate and although I know the max I can get at 1west now is 15.3db (F15) .. The signal down at 28 east is little better than 9db...so still not tracking the arc correctly ...and nothing at all down at 36 east.. Its all guesswork ..as you cannot use the setup table provided ..due to the mods made to the extension plate assembly. The very _useful_ (not) azimuth angle scale is just where you need it most ...black on black on the underside of the motor ..and not even sure of its accuracy ? Without tipping up the motor ..what do each of those marks on the scale represent ? It doesn't say in the manual ..and my eyes aren't good enough to see ..upside down.. I suspect I have enough declination adjustment now ..but hard to tell as yet. I don't doubt this is doable...but it's certainly not easy when the only thing you can be sure of is pointing the motor South My theory is fwiw ..just keep tweaking the motor elevation at 0.8W ..and the declination at about 30 East ..and theory says it should follow the arc assuming its all pointing South to start with. The battle continues tomorrow.. rgds VS [/QUOTE]

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