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<blockquote data-quote="kelvin" data-source="post: 5743">After doing a great deal of reading about installing motorised dishes I finally got enough courage to have a go at fitting my 1mtr dish to an H to H motor.It was a bit hit and miss at first but eventually all came right and I was feeling quite pleased with myself until I read a post on another forum which conflicted with the way I did mine and now I'm unsure which way is correct.Someone had asked for advice installing an HtoH in Dundee Scotland and the reply said he should add 3 degs to the zero setting because Dundee is 3 degs west of the meridian and that Astra should be 22degs and Hotbird at 16 degs, and he stated that this info is also in the Cryptic manual.When I did mine I set the motor pointer to slightly west of zero about 1 deg and the rotated the whole mount until I found Thor, but this persons method would have made it 2 degs east and affected the arc further east.I wonder if someone could comment on this situation please and let me know which way is right.Thanks kelvin.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kelvin, post: 5743"] After doing a great deal of reading about installing motorised dishes I finally got enough courage to have a go at fitting my 1mtr dish to an H to H motor. It was a bit hit and miss at first but eventually all came right and I was feeling quite pleased with myself until I read a post on another forum which conflicted with the way I did mine and now I'm unsure which way is correct. Someone had asked for advice installing an HtoH in Dundee Scotland and the reply said he should add 3 degs to the zero setting because Dundee is 3 degs west of the meridian and that Astra should be 22degs and Hotbird at 16 degs, and he stated that this info is also in the Cryptic manual. When I did mine I set the motor pointer to slightly west of zero about 1 deg and the rotated the whole mount until I found Thor, but this persons method would have made it 2 degs east and affected the arc further east. I wonder if someone could comment on this situation please and let me know which way is right. Thanks kelvin. [/QUOTE]

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