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Originally Posted by lostinthewoods
Just a little hint that might help.
When I set up my motor, I placed an additional "clamp" just below the motor mount so I could loosen up the motor clamps and rotate the assembly to get it lined up. This clamp kept the motor/dish from sliding down the mast.
This made it easy to move a little and then check my monitor for changes in signal strength. When the assembly was lined up, of course the motor clamps were tightened like they should be.
Lost
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Darn! Wish I had thought about that one! It was especially
fun trying to find the magic balance between loose enough to move side-to-side, and not loose enough to slide. Great suggestion!
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Clamasl:
When looking for FTA programming, don't overlook some of the "Atlantic" satellites; being in Miami you're in a great place (assuming your dish can "look" in the right direction from your house) to get a whole lot of satellites. In addition to lyngsat.com mentioned above, ftalist.com is a good resource for "what's on" and where.
When setting up your dish, I echo bobkat's advice to make sure your mast is dead-on plumb. And elgemcdlf, rainmain, and a bunch of others on this forum helped me through an especially rough
installation, so I'm going to use what I learned from them to suggest that you use your receiver and TV
at the dish as your primary tuning tools. You can tell more about aligning your dish from watching your signal and quality meters on the TV screen than anything else.
Good luck and happy viewing!
Bob