C band newbie

[sanpat]

Just got my 10 ft channel master dish polar mount planted and aligned I hope ,this is what I did setup on true south which is 183 degrees then set elevation to 28.58 and declination of4.08 for modified elevation of 32.66 ,I'm at 28.03 latitude ,my question is with the dish centered on true south do i move dish on the pole to peak signal on 97w which is east a few degrees ,if I do this will that setup initial tracking ??????

 

[KE4EST]

See this post and read the book.
Lots of great info, if you are new to C-Band, then after that feel free to ask all the questions you want.

BUD manual

Submitted for a possible sticky to help all those just getting a BUD. on a polar mount :) Page 01 thru 03 also apply to an Az-El mounted BUD. PDF for ease of printing. Any errors or possible clarifications welcome, can edit. Page01 - Why the feed must be centered Page02 - Check for warp Page03...

www.satelliteguys.us

 

[sanpat]

See this post and read the book.
Lots of great info, if you are new to C-Band, then after that feel free to ask all the questions you want.

BUD manual

Submitted for a possible sticky to help all those just getting a BUD. on a polar mount :) Page 01 thru 03 also apply to an Az-El mounted BUD. PDF for ease of printing. Any errors or possible clarifications welcome, can edit. Page01 - Why the feed must be centered Page02 - Check for warp Page03...

www.satelliteguys.us

Thanks for the info will study and see if it works out .

 

[a33]

... peak signal on 97w which is east a few degrees ...

When you are at 97.04W, there's not a few degrees to 97W?
See your previous thread: True south

... on true south which is 183 degrees ...

True south is always exactly 180 degrees.
When you mean magnetic south would be on 183 degrees (or 177, according to dishpointer.com), that is of no importance for your dish setup. Only true south is.
And you can perfectly use 97W as your true south.


Greetz,
A33