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<blockquote data-quote="7mdish" data-source="post: 1167169" data-attributes="member: 401140">I do not understand if you want to use the RC2000 for satellite TV or ham satellite tracking.All satellites designed for TV broadcast are in geostationary orbit, so they do not need any tracking action (except for those birds placed in inclined orbit), appearing like a dot in the sky because they move at the same speed of the earth, so your antenna must be pointed only once in their direction and stay there.Ham satellites (and many other) are placed in a lower orbit and move at higher speed above the earth, they are visible only for few minute/hour daily, so you must continously move your antenna to track them.I'm a ham too but never made satellite activity, so I can't tell you any suggestion about the RC2000 usage for that.Regarding satellite TV, when the RC2000 is switched on for the first time it asks for limits, so you must move the dish using the direction keys to set East/West/Down/Up limits exactly in this order.Once the limits are set, you can freely move the dish in the four directions looking for any satellite.Once you have found the satellite that you want, you can store it into one of the 50 locations. Then repeat the same operation for all additional satellites.So, your location is not a matter. Being in Sweden, Italy, UK does not change the procedure that I mentioned because the RC2000 will never know your location and it does not need it.Hope this helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="7mdish, post: 1167169, member: 401140"] I do not understand if you want to use the RC2000 for satellite TV or ham satellite tracking. All satellites designed for TV broadcast are in geostationary orbit, so they do not need any tracking action (except for those birds placed in inclined orbit), appearing like a dot in the sky because they move at the same speed of the earth, so your antenna must be pointed only once in their direction and stay there. Ham satellites (and many other) are placed in a lower orbit and move at higher speed above the earth, they are visible only for few minute/hour daily, so you must continously move your antenna to track them. I'm a ham too but never made satellite activity, so I can't tell you any suggestion about the RC2000 usage for that. Regarding satellite TV, when the RC2000 is switched on for the first time it asks for limits, so you must move the dish using the direction keys to set East/West/Down/Up limits exactly in this order. Once the limits are set, you can freely move the dish in the four directions looking for any satellite. Once you have found the satellite that you want, you can store it into one of the 50 locations. Then repeat the same operation for all additional satellites. So, your location is not a matter. Being in Sweden, Italy, UK does not change the procedure that I mentioned because the RC2000 will never know your location and it does not need it. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]

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