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Originally Posted by elgemcdlf
OK I will catch it from a few here but USALS is correct. If you have your settings for lat and long correct when USALS lands you are at the correct location. If you do not have signal or poor signal you are out of adjustment. I would reset the receiver to use USALS for all sats. See how far east you can see. Basically how it works is dish elevation stretches the width of the arc and lowers the center point or the exact reverse depending on which way you adjust it. Motor elevation places your arc in the sky. So it will be a combination of the 2 that will get it all worked out.
Tell USALS to goto 123 (G10R) Now peak the signal by physically moving the assembly on the mast and dish elevation. Now with USALS go to another sat and see what you have. You should get an idea after a few what needs adjusted and how.
If you go all the way out to 148 and push up on the dish does signal increase or decrease? What about when you pull down? Now do the same on the eastern most sat you can see. If the readings are opposite (push up in the west and down in the east increase signal) you are not perfectly lined up on center. You want to move the entire assembly a tiny bit on the mast in the direction of push up increased signal.
Repeat this until both pushing up and pulling down decrease signal. You will be aligned on center and can start to adjust the dish from there. After that point you will no longer need to move the assembly on the mast.
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Thanks for the tip. I just did slight motor movements and SAVED the settings. It's working fine now. I'm afraid to move the whole thing now as I am tuned into every SAT. I just added the correct tp last night to get White Springs TV which I wanted. I'll get your advice handy if needed though.