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<blockquote data-quote="kelvin" data-source="post: 5748">Thanks guys for the info and 0101010101 you seem to agree with the guy who posted in the other forum who said because Dundee is 3degs west then Thor will be 2degs east, so what I really want to find out is if setting up a motorised system using Thor as a reference starting point, and the drive is an H to H type with a calibrated azimuth scale on the housing is it correct to align the pointer slightly to the right to estimate one degree, and then rotate the complete mount manually to find the Thor signal, or align the pointer with 2 degs east then find Thor by the same method because I am 3 degs west of meridian.Of course using the 'find strong satellite' method rules out the need to consider the magnetic variation so I did not use a compass at all especially with the steel pole being so near.Any further advice on the above two options would be appreciated.Thanks kelvin.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kelvin, post: 5748"] Thanks guys for the info and 0101010101 you seem to agree with the guy who posted in the other forum who said because Dundee is 3degs west then Thor will be 2degs east, so what I really want to find out is if setting up a motorised system using Thor as a reference starting point, and the drive is an H to H type with a calibrated azimuth scale on the housing is it correct to align the pointer slightly to the right to estimate one degree, and then rotate the complete mount manually to find the Thor signal, or align the pointer with 2 degs east then find Thor by the same method because I am 3 degs west of meridian. Of course using the 'find strong satellite' method rules out the need to consider the magnetic variation so I did not use a compass at all especially with the steel pole being so near. Any further advice on the above two options would be appreciated. Thanks kelvin. [/QUOTE]

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