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Old 02-02-2005, 06:33 PM
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I think you might have been on the "fixed dish" (non-motor) Sadoun calculator page. Click on the site where it says "if you have a motor click here..."

When you add the motor, the dish calculation is based on a formula:
(example, for the STAB motors) it can be either

P - (60 - latitude)
or
p - (45 - latitude)

I cant remember what the formula is for SM3D12 right now, but for example if you use top forumuala you get this:

p - (60 - 40)
For columbus, P= 43.8

So 43.8 - (20) = 23.8 to set the dish elevation to.

Thats very close to the 24 you have in the manual PDF.
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