I have been reading and re-reading the set of instructions for a motorized dish
installation and have a question.
At the point in the instructions where you point the dish to TRUE SOUTH it reads like this: "
- Now, adjust the dish elevation angle (Pictures 6 & 7) to peak the signal.Dish elevation angle is calculated based on the model of the HH motor you are using, as follows:"
What bird is the dish supposed to be pointed at in this step? Do you actually perform this particular part of the installation AFTER you have everything tightened down and are at the point where you are setting up the satellites at the receiver?
Also, for the DISH elevation, it depends upon which model of motor you are using, which for the 2100 is 30 -declination angle which for 39 latitude is 6.14. So, if I calculate this correctly, the dish elevation should be 33. I am in zip 62040.
On another post, it was recommended to a user that a slightly different declination angle should be used. Like 5.x instead of the 6.x which was supposed to track all birds a little better. Do I use the
Sadoun values or the altered values that I read somewhere else here?
One (I hope last) question. On the map that is used to determine true south, St. Louis (very near 62040) lies dead in the center of lines 0 and -1. So, is my true south 181?
If this is all there is to the installation, it seems that it is actually easier to install a motorized dish as opposed to a stationary dish mainly because there is no LNBF skew to worry about. Is this correct? Will I find this installation fairly easy as I have quite a bit of experience installing and peaking
DTV and DishNet dishes?
Thanks!