Wind has moved motorised dish

[southpaw83]

I'm almost certain its USALS then. I'll give this a go tomorrow.

[southpaw83]

Worked a treat, moved the dish from 4.237 to 3.237 longitude and everything has dropped in.

[southpaw83]

Just for the record, this has happened on a few occasions in strong winds here in Glasgow. After last weeks "Hurricaine Bawbag" it moved a fair bit. My lat is now about 6 degrees away from where it was set up.

Once adjusted, the dish is works fine and the rest of the sats drop in. Is this liable to eventually mess things up?

[dick b]

no need to alter your latitude mate thats best left set at your location latitude both in the box and on the motor.its the longitude that needs to be re set and if your only 1 degree off your correct setting it should not be a problem.
yeah if the wind keeps shifting it you will eventually be unable to track the arc properly but at the moment if your happy with it I"d leave it til the better weather arrives.

[southpaw83]

no need to alter your latitude mate thats best left set at your location latitude both in the box and on the motor.its the longitude that needs to be re set and if your only 1 degree off your correct setting it should not be a problem.
yeah if the wind keeps shifting it you will eventually be unable to track the arc properly but at the moment if your happy with it I"d leave it til the better weather arrives.

Hi mate

It was my longitude that has moved 6 degrees actually, lat was typo :-)

13e shows the same excellent signals but I have noticed 19.2e and 0.8w have dropped. I imagine the arc isn't being tracked properly.

[dick b]

Hi mate

It was my longitude that has moved 6 degrees actually, lat was typo :-)

13e shows the same excellent signals but I have noticed 19.2e and 0.8w have dropped. I imagine the arc isn't being tracked properly.

yeah at 6 degrees out you might notice it,best bet send the dish to 0.8 W with your correct long in the box for your location then after making sure the dish is still 100% central on the motor spigot(it can move on that as well)slightly slacken the whole motor dish assembly and turn L/R to get max signal back,lock up and recheck dish elevation while your there.dont do it in the wind though as youll be on a hiding to nothing.