- Why are my adjustments so far off when aligning my dish?
- System:
M1 upgraded to Fortec Star 5400NA, 100Cm dish, SM3D22 motor. - My Lat is: 31.97N
- My Long is 110.99W
- Motor elevation: set to Lat 31.97
- Declination angle: 5.24
- Dish elevation calculates to 41.26
- Dish elevation adjusted to ~ 36
- I am certain I have my sat pointed to true south.
(magnetic south -11° for Tucson) - Okay, with the above info I am able to get a very strong signal from EchoStar 8 which is 110°. My Long is 110.99°W. I used USALS to point the dish to EchoStar 8 but had no signal till I adjusted the dish elevation to 36 from 41.26. Why?
- I did not need to make any Long adjustment which seems to indicate I have my true south set pretty dead on.
- I am also concerned that my alignment may not be right because I am not finding some satellites that are further off center east and west, even after doing a manual scan using LyngSat data. So, either my alignment is off or the data is bad.
- How reliable is LyngSat data?
- I selected EchoStar 8 with the receiver and did a scan for all channels, FTA and non-FTA. The channels found were pretty much what I expected based on the LyngSat data for this sat.
BYU TV is supposed to be a freq of 12253 with a SR of 20.000 and a VPID of 7458. There is a dish network ($) channel found at this freq. The BYU TV is also found but is also indicated as ($).
- Also, I am finding other sats that are also not finding FTA channels, even after trying a manual scan with the data provided by LyngSat.
So, this is my dilemma. I'm paying someone to come out to make sure my alignment is correct. If I still have issues I have to wonder if LyngSat is reliable and I have to wonder if I bought the wrong receiver. The receiver documentation really really sucks.
There seems to be a wealth of FTA stuff out there but I'm beginning to think I just wasted a lot of money.
Any advice would be helpful.