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<blockquote data-quote="DonSE2" data-source="post: 1118429" data-attributes="member: 414325">So the first important step of getting a good motorised install seems to be getting the mounting pole plumb.&nbsp; But does the pole need to be plumb in the north/south plane?&nbsp; My thinking is it's the interaction between elevation on the motor and the dish declination that decide the angle of the dish.&nbsp; If the pole is level in the East/West plane but leans forwards towards south slightly then this can be offset by increasing the motor elevation or dish elevation to compensate to maintain the exact same optimal dish orientation.&nbsp; Am I correct in this thinking?I ask as i've managed to get the pole plumb in the east/west direction and tracking well (tweaking east/west with disceqc on each satellite doesn't improve the signal) but signal is ever sio slightly down from the garden install (could just be the cloud cover)The other odd thing is that the lnb arm needed a few packers in the garden to peak the signal but now adding packers doesn't make a difference</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DonSE2, post: 1118429, member: 414325"] So the first important step of getting a good motorised install seems to be getting the mounting pole plumb. But does the pole need to be plumb in the north/south plane? My thinking is it's the interaction between elevation on the motor and the dish declination that decide the angle of the dish. If the pole is level in the East/West plane but leans forwards towards south slightly then this can be offset by increasing the motor elevation or dish elevation to compensate to maintain the exact same optimal dish orientation. Am I correct in this thinking? I ask as i've managed to get the pole plumb in the east/west direction and tracking well (tweaking east/west with disceqc on each satellite doesn't improve the signal) but signal is ever sio slightly down from the garden install (could just be the cloud cover) The other odd thing is that the lnb arm needed a few packers in the garden to peak the signal but now adding packers doesn't make a difference [/QUOTE]

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