[wejones]

Originally Posted by rumproast_face

Hi all, ...

Happy almost New Years ...

Well, wanted to toss out my first post about installation support:

I have the motorized system w/36" dish from Sadoun. everything appears to be set up a-o-k.

When I input my lat/long in the Fortec (Lifetime) setup, and then move east and then west, I see no improvement in the quality bar.

Should I then go right ahead and tweak the dish elevation setting up and down slightly and retry?

Or can I simply change the value of, say, my longitude by a tenth of degree and scan again?

I'm in my office at the moment, so can't quote exact readings, ... but I'm a seasoned (solo) backpacker, and I work in construction, so my familiarity with readings such as compass, level, plumb, direction, hot coffee, etc., are second nature.

My pole mount is perfectly plumb. I'm in Santa Rosa CA; 38.44 N .... Hmm, .. forget the other #'s ... well doesn't matter ... just wanted to pop this on the board for starters.

I should add: that my dish elevation reading (23 something, .. I think??) may not possibly be perfect? That's because it did not come with that pointy guide thing ... only that oblong 2-holed metal plate that goes under both fastener.

So I set the dish elevation "parallel" the the setting for my mark ...

Geez, hope that came out clear ...

Thanks guys,

"My name is Rumproast_face and I approve of this message"

rrf

Assuming the motor angle is set right, then run the thing to your due south sat (G10r) using USALS then tweak the dish elevation until you peak the quality. Also peak by moving the whole mount back and forth on the pole. Then move to a sat to the east, and again peak, but only by moving the whole mount on the pole.
Make sure your receiver is on an active transponder when trying to peak though, and make sure your antenna setup for G10r is set up to match the LO freq of your lnbf.