Thanks Tron, in this state it seems the difference between Alabama fans and Auburn fans is almost as sharp as between Democrat and Republicans! Would've been supporting Auburn just as much, had they been the team to have gotten that far.
Trying to position a 7 foot dish for sat @ 72
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Update: 2 months later I am now able to get 72W. Right now I am only able to get Ku Band and I can move the dish using a hand crank (still dont know what my true south is, probably 43) but I wanna get C Band too yet I still have to test it with a better LNB cause the DMX 211 13 K I bought a month ago is not getting the job done
thanks for the help!
thanks for the help!
oh yeah I forgot to mention that the dish only needed an elevation and azimuth adjustment cause declination was fine!
I understood true south as the last satellite I would be able to get based on my Line of Sight, but I'm probably wrong then
Thanks for the pic of the dish with the hand crank... I've heard of them, but I'd never actually seen one of those.
nice lookin' dish:
Your "true south" satellite, is the one closest to your own longitude.
So, since your longitude is 98.2, your closest satellite to that is the one at 99°w.
(SatelliteGuys.US - 99.0°W Galaxy 16 C)
But the 97° shown below is conveniently close.
Also, it will have nearly zero skew.
The purpose of identifying that satellite, is to get one to aim your dish at, where the dish is pointed as high in the sky as possible.
It is helpful in doing the alignment to track the arc.
However, since you've been reading the Geo-Orbit site, it seems like you're happily on the arc already! - :up
Your "true south" satellite, is the one closest to your own longitude.
So, since your longitude is 98.2, your closest satellite to that is the one at 99°w.
(SatelliteGuys.US - 99.0°W Galaxy 16 C)
But the 97° shown below is conveniently close.
Also, it will have nearly zero skew.
The purpose of identifying that satellite, is to get one to aim your dish at, where the dish is pointed as high in the sky as possible.
It is helpful in doing the alignment to track the arc.
However, since you've been reading the Geo-Orbit site, it seems like you're happily on the arc already! - :up
this is what I get from dish pointer for sat 97
Anole and Lak thanks for that info, yeah 99W is the one satellite I used to adjust this dish, that's why I love that the shepherd channel is in analog, it made it so much easier!!!!!
I went to a blacksmith with the measurements so he could build me one, with the crank I can go from 53W to 129W, but I will mainly use it for the sats that are between 53W - 79W, since I cannot reach those with my motorized 10 ft due to the actuator being short and the fact that I have a solar water heater next to the dish, so I cannot go lower than 83W. But I am happy with the results, only 3 months into FTA and I get a lot of stuff, especially considering I had abandoned my 2 dishes and equipment for YEARS
I went to a blacksmith with the measurements so he could build me one, with the crank I can go from 53W to 129W, but I will mainly use it for the sats that are between 53W - 79W, since I cannot reach those with my motorized 10 ft due to the actuator being short and the fact that I have a solar water heater next to the dish, so I cannot go lower than 83W. But I am happy with the results, only 3 months into FTA and I get a lot of stuff, especially considering I had abandoned my 2 dishes and equipment for YEARS
John P , congratulations on your new-found skills. Once you learn how to track a C-band dish, the rest of it is a little easier. The small ones are harder to align though, because they 'see' so much of the sky.
Update: 6 months later that Dish that had been standing there without any use for about 12 years is able to scan some of the Atlantic satellites that my main dish cannot reach (up to 43W). Some dude in Mexico City sold me an actuator for dirt cheap (brand new, he never used it) so I motorized it a couple of days ago! as it is right now I only get C Band but whenever I find a bargain Corotor I'll add Ku band.
I gotta thank once again the Sat Guys for their help, without y'all and my blacksmith I wouldn't have been able to set this up by myself
I gotta thank once again the Sat Guys for their help, without y'all and my blacksmith I wouldn't have been able to set this up by myself
Congratulations on recycling the old goodies.!. - :up
Glad to see you're motorized, now.
Wish I had a spare Corotor II (?), I'd send it to ya.
If anyone does, consider sharing!
Glad to see you're motorized, now.
Wish I had a spare Corotor II (?), I'd send it to ya.
If anyone does, consider sharing!
thanks folks, yeah the 7fter is good for the Atlantic birds, Im getting pretty much every channel that is FTA @ 43, 45, 55.5, 58 and 61. However it is not adequate or big enough for 87W or 91W down here, I barely get a couple of channels on those birds, but I already get them with my 10 footer so no biggie.
Next project: a Ku Band dish so I can get 30W
Next project: a Ku Band dish so I can get 30W
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