Reinhold,
Thanks for the response, but after I posted, it was time for a bourbon and the fact it was to darn hot on the roof
While I was sitting here thinking, my poor lost brain said....."Hey stoopid" the elevation must be off cause you have moved +/-40 degrees and couldn't lock!
So I took my trusty machinist protractor up on the roof and once again resest it to the mast and got a signal. Measured the angle of the MOUNT on the dish and then broke everything down again. Mounted it on the motor, approximated the azmuth to the south, set the angle according to the calculations and measured it. Way OFF
Raised the elevation until the angle of the mount was again what it should be for the mast mount and immediately got a beep on the TV! Made the angle exactly what it was and played with the azmuth until I got a signal. The dish is indicating an angle of 30 degrees +/- so the scale is messed up
Locked it down and came into the house and sure enough, I have signal (not good enough yet to get audio on 87, but got picuture on a couple of channels) Moved the dish a few degrees and can get signal on G-11 45% Quality.
Tomorrow, will get out there and try to fine toon everything. Obvioulsy with 4 joints to play with, this will take some time.
Thanks for you help.
Lost
Obviously, I am close now