Motor Position In France

[Wesh]

Hi everyone!!! I live in France and I wanted to know on which position should my motor be to receive Hotbird and Astra2 perfectly!!!??? Actually, I receive Astra2 perfectly but sometimes Hotbird freezes but when I put my dish a little up, I receive Hotbird properly but Astra2 freezes!!! Can't I receive both satellites properly without always touching my dish!!!??? It used to came properly before but with my dreambox if there is a a few BER, it freezes!!! It didn't freeze with my other receiver but with my dreambox it does!!! So what should be the motor position!!!??? It's on 56 ° I think now what position should it be to be perfect? So that I receive both satellites perfectly?

 

[REBEL]

Your latitude north can be anything from 43 degrees to 51 degrees

your longitude east can be anything from 0 to 8,

if you'd like to give a city i can be more precise

 

[Wesh]

Well I live in France, Region : Ile De France, Department : Seine Saint-Denis(93) and the city is Le Blanc-Mesnil!!!

 

[rolfw]

Lat: 48.93 North
Lon: 2.46 East
If it is the town near Le Bourget.

What motor is it Wesh, did you set it up properly on Due South?

 

[Wesh]

It's a disqec 1.2 but when I put it on 48 ° it doesn't work!!! Right now it's on 52-53 ° I think!!!

 

[rolfw]

It won't work on the correct latitude if the dish was not properly set up for due South in the first place, I cannot stress too strongly how important it is to comply with a few basic setup steps.

1. 
   [1]Make sure that your mast/pole is perfectly plumb
   [2]Set your latitude on the motor to your actual latitude
   [3]By moving the whole assembly on the mast and the dish elevation, find your due South satellite

If you don't have a convenient due South satellite, then in your case, drive the motor 3 degrees East on the motor scale and try and locate Sirius at 5 East. If you have USALS, then you can set your coordinates in the receiver and send it to Sirius, then find it using the method in point 3.

 

[Wesh]

But for example if I fix it on Sirius and I have a perfect Signal Quality, I heard that if Sirius comes perfectly, Astra 2 and Hotbird will come perfectly too!!! Is that right!!!???

 

[rolfw]

Yes, providing you have allowed for the difference between the satellite and your actual longitude and that you have set the latitude correctly.