I am unable to align my dish to track the Clarke Belt.I start off with viewing a satellite on 22W ( in South Africa) with a declination angle of 5 degrees,which is correct for my site.Trying to get a picture on 5W and 1W i note my declination angle is now O degrees.My pole is dead straight and can some one please advise me what is the possible cause.
Tracking Clarke Belt
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I can think of 2 reasons. First, the declination setting is slightly off. Second, the polar mount is not pointing exactly North (for those south of the equator, like in South Africa). The normal procedure I use is to set the declination on the polar mount, make sure the mount is pointing due South (or due north in your case), adjust elevation to find the southern-most satellite (or northern-most in your case), move the antenna to a low satellite position. If not on the satellite, lightly push or pull the bottom of the dish to see if the dish is off high or low and do a slight adjustment to get a picture. Then go back to the starting satellite and check the picture and slightly adjust, if necessary. Then go the other direction and check another satellite. And just keep checking and adjusting till it tracks all the satellites. Have fun.
Also have a look at the below link for instructions on lining up to track the satellites..........
http://www.geo-orbit.org/sizepgs/tuningp4.html#anchor797917
http://www.geo-orbit.org/sizepgs/tuningp4.html#anchor797917
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