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Originally Posted by manaman
Wejones thank you for you response. But im still a bit confused as to weather I have to move the dish to get SBS6. The reason I say this is since I have it pointing at 193 which is my true South, doesn't moving the dish disaline it from my true south??? I also understand that you told me to try 24 for my dish elevation. Thanks for the help Wejones
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I wasn't sure if by "move the dish to get SBS6" you were referring to rotating the whole mount on the pole (which is what Rainman is referring to), or giving the motor a command to goto that sat using USALS. Both these things are typically done on the south sat, although both will require or result in very little actual movement. In your case, the USALS movement won't result in anything if you enter the same longitude as the sat has. But like Rainman says, moving the whole mount might be necessary due to the innaccuracies of the compass. I'd recommend finding the sat first just by adjusting the dish elevation, and THEN move the whole mount on the pole, otherwise you might get completely lost, and have to start over. After you've peaked on the south sat this way, motor, using USALS to a more distant sat, like the Hispasat you're looking for, and peak this using only the rotating the whole mount on the pole (which will fine tune this adjustment) plus manually bumping the motor east/west using the buttons on the motor, until you get the best possible signal.