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Old 03-19-2006, 08:43 PM
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Nimiq 2 is your southern most satellite. The sg-2100 has a latitude scale on one side and an elevation scale on the other...at least mine does. Set the 26(your latitude) on the latitude scale side, on the other side it will be close to 64.. The 4.377 angle you mentioned is probably your declination. With a sg-2100 motor you need to subtract your declination from the motor shaft angle. The shaft angle is 30 degrees, so 30-4.377=25.6. so you need to set the elevation on the dish scale, not the motor scale to 25.6. You said you can get galaxy 10 but not Hispasat, there is a lot of territory between the two, can you get other satellites, just not Hispasat?
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