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Thanks. ]]> FAQ - New users questions gordom http://www.sadoun.net/forums/faq-new-users-questions/17807-how-big-dish.html <![CDATA[What's My Optimum Motorized Dish Elevation?]]> http://www.sadoun.net/forums/faq-new-users-questions/17803-whats-my-optimum-motorized-dish-elevation.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:03:04 GMT Lost signal on my motorized sat system and I'm going on roof to check everything up there. Have an HH motor but not sure if its a HH90 or HH100, did not do original installation. From what I can gather the HH90 motor has a 45 degree shaft angle and the HH100 has a 30 degree. I'll verify which motor I have prior to checking/making adjustments.

However, I noticed on a forum comment here that the Dish Elevation or Declination Angle outputted from the Sat Look Angle Calculator on Sadoun site may be off by about 0.6 degrees. Don't remember if error was high or low, but if true could cause dish to be increasingly misaligned with the Clark Belt the farther east or west you point it from true south. I realize I may not be able to make sub 1 degree adjustments to elevation but may be able to go to high or low side of nearest degree.
Is this calculator off 0.6 degrees?
If so should I subtract or add the error value to the Dish Elevation or Declination Angle?

And I would like to verify another thing. Do I subtract the Declination Angle value indicated on this calculator from the Dish Elevation value indicated to get the correct Dish Elevation setting?

Here's the output from the Sadoun Calculator for HH90 motor pointed true south at my location:

Motor Latitude: 39.9°
Declination Angle: 6.3°
Dish Elevation: 39°

Here's the same for the HH100 motor:

Motor Latitude: 39.9 °
Declination Angle: 6.3°
Dish Elevation: 24°

I guess the bottom line question is, assuming plumb mount and nothing bent, what would be my final optimum Dish Elevation setting for each motor above, taking into account any adjustment for Declination Angle?

Using Fortec 80cm dish, photo of my dish/motor setup attached.

Sorry if this is long winded, my first post and I wanted to be clear. Thank You Very Much
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