Setting up a motorised dish

[thevilla1]

just setting up my motor now...

http://www.gaaps.com.tw/

nice site for setting up... i do have one questoin though...

my longitude is -1.999338.. when i add -1.99 in the calculator is says invalid parameter... i assumed you drop the -? and put in 1.99? seems weird though putting in a wrong parameter.. can anyone confirm that i put 1.99 instead..

[thevilla1]

just setting up my motor now...

http://www.gaaps.com.tw/

nice site for setting up... i do have one questoin though...

my longitude is -1.999338.. when i add -1.99 in the calculator is says invalid parameter... i assumed you drop the -? and put in 1.99? seems weird though putting in a wrong parameter.. can anyone confirm that i put 1.99 instead..

oooooo or do i put 1.99 in and change the box on that website from e to w ?

[Manic01]

Negative latitude is south.

Negative Longitude is West.

[Manic01]

Use dishpointer .com

[alec]

when setting up a motorised dish, i want to start from 'thor 1 west'.

looking at thor, it says dish elevation is 27.5 degrees and scew is -3.7 degrees, and my lattitude is 54.57 degrees.

so just before i start, want to know if i've got this right....

- i put up wall bracket dead straight
- adjust latitude on the motor
- place the dish on the motor, dead central, tighten at sides, leave loose for elevation
- skew the lnb -3.7 (am i meant to apply skew on a motorised dish?)
- place motor/dish onto bracket, then from there its all about finding strongest signal

I just adjust the Lnb to get the best signal, with a Sat meter on Thor. Just check it on both H and V channels. On a few LNB's it is hard to find out where null is.

[katiklo]

Ku band motorised set up.

Hi,

Any member to suggest how i can modify my 90cm ku dish to be motorised.

[mdt]

Hi,

Any member to suggest how i can modify my 90cm ku dish to be motorised.

which make of dish??? most dishes are standard 2 inch pole mountable unless its say a quality fixed prime focus dish like the old BT dishes that were on bookies for example but even then it could be motorised if a polar mount and jack were made/available. a replacement td88 and tm2600/darkmotor can be got for under ?100, regards mdt