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Old 10-11-2006, 10:45 PM
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Question Having problems peaking Fortec Star w/GSP 120 Motor

I have a 90cm Fortec Star Dish attached to a GeoSatPro 120 dish motor.

I set the Motor elevation to match my Latitude, which is 38

And I set my Dish elevation according the the user manual, which is 24

The mast is dead on perfect.

I'm having trouble finding my southern most sat, which is G10/123 although I did use a compass to get it as close as possible.

I also have an Invacom Quad LNB with both Linear and Circular connected.

I can get some of the sats, such as 91 and 148, but I have to set my Dish elevation to 31, and I can't get any of the other sats.

When I set the Dish elevation to the recommended 24 degrees, I get nothing.

Why the discrepency, and how can I resolve this?

Thanks.

Edit: Reading some of the Fortec threads, I see that there is about a 5 degree discrepency with the Fortec dishes, which would explain why I get a couple of sats with the dish at 31 degrees instead of at 24 degrees.

But I still can't get numerous other sats, nor can I hit my southern most sat.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Last edited by SkyPilot : 10-11-2006 at 11:16 PM.
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