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<blockquote data-quote="Red alert" data-source="post: 1082910" data-attributes="member: 414470"><p>Cheers, I've installed the 3 way guy wires and turnbuckles and the pole is plumb and steady. I seem to have problems getting on the arc. For most satellites it seems they are a few degrees west to where they actually should be even though I setup for peak signal on 1 west. I compensated by lowering the value of longitude but this doesnt work for all sats. I sent the motor to 0 and moved the dish/motor so 1 west signal was very weak. Then sent motor to 0,8 west and tried to peak the signal by moving dish/motor east/west and changing elevation of dish. Cant pick up anything past 33 east and 5 west. If I have to push up the dish on east sats and if usals is a few degrees off, do I just move the motor/dish mount a few degrees west? From the image of satellite arc it seems the problem I have is a mix of &quot;declination to low&quot; and &quot;north/south axis to far west&quot; but not sure if thats right because I'm having to decrease my longitude so the dish moves west to peak signal. Maybe I am tightening the motor bolts mount incorrectly, or the dish is still not quite center on the motor pole when i tighten it up.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Red alert, post: 1082910, member: 414470"] Cheers, I've installed the 3 way guy wires and turnbuckles and the pole is plumb and steady. I seem to have problems getting on the arc. For most satellites it seems they are a few degrees west to where they actually should be even though I setup for peak signal on 1 west. I compensated by lowering the value of longitude but this doesnt work for all sats. I sent the motor to 0 and moved the dish/motor so 1 west signal was very weak. Then sent motor to 0,8 west and tried to peak the signal by moving dish/motor east/west and changing elevation of dish. Cant pick up anything past 33 east and 5 west. If I have to push up the dish on east sats and if usals is a few degrees off, do I just move the motor/dish mount a few degrees west? From the image of satellite arc it seems the problem I have is a mix of "declination to low" and "north/south axis to far west" but not sure if thats right because I'm having to decrease my longitude so the dish moves west to peak signal. Maybe I am tightening the motor bolts mount incorrectly, or the dish is still not quite center on the motor pole when i tighten it up. [/QUOTE]

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