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Old 10-06-2006, 04:24 PM
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Ok to start I would forget about the elevation and simply set the latitude scale on the other side of the motor to match your latitude. Dish elevation is the 30-declination angle as you have it. Be careful with the motor as the other side is marked elevation and it is not the same scale.

Most have found the 80cm Fortec dishes to be off roughly 5 degrees. So add 5 degrees to your dish angle. These dishes do have a tendancy to appear as though they are looking way to low. You need to find signal on your true south location first before trying to locate any other sats on the arc. What is your longitude?

There is a small pointer on the washer and the align is roughly the base of the pointer on the left side of it as you are looking at it.
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