DMS SG6100 Monster Motor
I installed this motor about two weeks ago. It is the first and only motor I ever installed. I found the LED angle readout helpful. While looking for satellites, I would read it to make sure I wasn't turning too far. The latitude scale is not accurate. It was off at least 5 degrees, so use an angle finder instead of the motor latitude scale. The motor has a little button to go east and a button to go west. You have to know how to set this up to find and track satellites, the directions that came with the motor will not help you with that. It turns faster using a Horizontal Polarization channel because of the higher voltage. I always use a Horizontal channel when changing satellites. I lost a couple satellite positions in the beginning and had to re-do them. It might have been my fault, I don't know. It has been working well since then, no problems. I have a 90 cm antenna. I have a Manhattan RS 1933 receiver. I tried the usals function, and it didn't seem to work well. I prefer the diseqc 1.2 where you manually set each satellite position. I have it tracking from 72 west to 125 west which is a compass azimuth movement of 76.57 degrees . The specifications say it should be able to move 80 degrees west and 80 degrees east. It has a 42 mm shaft for mounting the antenna and 35 degree crank angle. The motor has been working well.
