help aligning dish

[johnny yen]

my dish moved in wind i tried to adjust but made it worse so gonna start again ive looked at dishpointer to get elevation it says 22 degrees but what angle do i have the motor ?

[dick b]

set your location latitude on the motor but I doubt this will have moved the 22degrees for the dish is only a starting point and you will need to hunt for the signal by up/down movements.the most probable movement due to wind is either the motor/dish assembly shifting round the mounting pole or the dish itself moving on the motor spigot.the dish must be central on the motor spigot and locked up well before moveing anything else.

[johnny yen]

Distance: 38700km
Motor Latitude: 53.4?
Declination Angle: 7.6?
Dish Elevation: 22?
Elevation: 29.0?
Azimuth (true): 180.0?
Azimuth (magn.): 182.8?
Distance: 38700km
these are settings , do these not matter how high you dish is on house?
Motor Latitude: 53.4?
Declination Angle: 7.6?
Dish Elevation: 22?
Azimuth (true): 180.0?
Azimuth (magn.): 182.8?
declination angle 7.6 is that the motor angle?

[dick b]

No it doesnt matter how high your dish is.dont worry about all the complicated setting. just set your location latitude on the motor I take it that is 53.4 lock it up and do not move again.make sure your mounting pole is 100% plumb and the dish 100% central on the motor spigot then send the dish by usals to your target satellite with an active transponder set (or just choose a channel you know is working then turn the whole motor/dish assembly to point as near as possible in the satellites direction,you will then have to hunt for a signal by slowly moving the whole motor/dish assembly L/R and the dish only up/down to find the signal,you will not find the satellite by simply putting the setting in from "dish pointer" use that as a guide only,you will have to hunt for it.

[johnny yen]

sorted it i bought a cheap sat finder ?7 did the trick [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Konig-Satfinder-Meter-including-Cable/dp/B001HK8IHY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315509202&sr=8-1]Konig Satfinder Meter including 1.5m Cable: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics[/ame]