Help Required Channel master 1.2m polar mount setup

AtOM13

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What is the difference between these 2 methods to adjust declination ? (CM 1.2m polar mount)
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The bottom one sets the acuteness of the arc, declination and the top one adjusts the inclination, how high the dish is pointing.
 

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Yeah they are two different things, inclination and declination and work in tandem with each other.
 

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Ok thanks!
At moment my inclination and skew is perfect for 4.8e (due south satellite) But when dish is moving to west on 8W for example, I need to manually adjust skew (just a little bit). Does I need to adjust the bottom one ? (In the red circle on my picture )
 

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Some satellites have non-standard skew, which won't necessarily line up with the motorised LNB phase... annoying but true.
 

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The best setup would be with a motorised feed, but obviously it is complicated and expensive.
 

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Yes, from my location I can lock all satellites from 52e to 30w with a sufficient signal (only 25.8e missing with my CM 1.2m ) just 7w and 8w need a fine skew tuning
 
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