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glen4cindy:
Your true south is only half a degree west of magnetic, so for practical purposes your compass is pretty close. Your longitutde is very close to mine so you're going to face the same challenge I had: your "true south satellite" can be either IA8 at 89 deg, or Galaxy 11 at 91 deg, neither of which has a lot to offer for tuning. ABC News Now on 11960V on IA8 is about the only worthwhile offering on IA8.
I ended up pretty much following the scenario outlined by pmb1010 above, but used AMC3 at 87 degrees; that is, I set the motor/dish assembly to what I believed to be true south, then used USALS to drive the dish to AMC3 for adjustments.
Follow the parameters given by the setup instructions as your starting point, but be prepared to make tiny, slow adjustments in azimuth, as well as motor and dish elevation to tune for maximum signal.
Keep us posted on your progress!
Bob
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