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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rolfw" data-source="post: 5584" data-attributes="member: 175057">[updated:LAST EDITED ON 16-Mar-02 AT 10:23 AM (GMT)]Hi Nobbly, DaveM from Satdudez and Phill's has edited this from a much earlier post (sorry, don't know who wrote the original), but it seems to cover it in a straightforward way."The first thing to do is make sure your main pole is perfectly vertical. Having done that, proceed as follows: 1. Position your mount to as near as you can by eye and compass, so that it is pointing directly due south at it's highest point (Usually zero on the scale). 2. There will be two adjustments for the elevation - and it's crucial you adjust the right ones at the right time. One is on the mount itself, determining the arc angle at which it tracks the heavens, and the other is on the dish. Look up (I think there's a utility at satcodx.com, certainly at  http://www.smw.se/smwlink/smwlink3.zip ) the correct elevation for your location, and estimate the position on the adjuster *on the mount* (usually crudely marked and not always accurate). 3. Tune your receiver in to 1 degree west, preferably a weaker signal, and position your dish so as to get the best signal *without* adjusting the mount, but using the adjustment on the dish clamp. 4. Drive your dish, by operating the motor, around to a satellite well to the west, e.g. Hispasat. Adjust the elevation on the dish clamp so as to get the best signal. This may take some time, but DO NOT adjust the mount settings at this point, only the dish. 5. Drive the dish back to due south (1 degree west), and move *the mount itself* up or down back to the strongest signal. 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5. The adjustments needed at each point should get smaller, and after 2 or 3 tries you should need no further adjustment. 7. Test you have the arc correct by going to a satellite well round to the East, e.g. Astra2. If the dish elevation is correct, you've finished: if it is not, your pole is not vertical, straighten the pole and start again."</blockquote>

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