Yes! The mount you have is for a fixed position configuration. I'm sure once you change the mount the motor will line up.
And I also had to change the angle of the dish, as you can see from the pictures. There was a lengthy discussion on another forum about the dish elevation meter of some dish mounts. You may want to visit http://www.sadoun.net if you have not already. Some good help there. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: ldpaynejr To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 10:51 AM Subject: [TVRO] Re: Setup Question My latitude is 39.1 degrees N and my longitude is 77.6 degrees W. My declination is 10 degrees W. I checked with a post level and a bullseye level, and the mast is plumb. I have ordered a sturdier mast and I will remount it once it gets here. The motor elevation setting is at 39 degrees; it is midway between the 38 and 40 degree marks. Based on the photo, I see that we are at about the same latitude. My dish mount elevation setting is 45 degrees; initially, I set it at 40 degrees, but I found that 45 degrees gets the best signal. My setup is similar to yours, but with one difference. The mount may be a problem, because I was sent the U bolt mount for the dish and not the pole mount. I suspect that this is the cause of the problem because it is not clear if the dish is exactly lined up on the motor arm. Since I am at 77 degrees W, I used AMC 5 at 79 degrees W. Since the Orasat 5.0 and the Satcontrol SM3D22 motor support USALS, I am using that. However, I would expect the motor to turn 2 degrees when the receiver is set to AMC, since 79 - 77 = 2, but the motor reads 10 degrees when USALS points it. Thanks for your help. Once the larger mast and other bracket get here, I'll remount it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.5.9/773 - Release Date: 4/22/2007 8:18 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
