Installing 90 cm Fortec Star with Moteck SG-2100 motor

Mark2074 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-14-2006, 10:20 AM

I have a Fortec Star 90 cm dish. I installed it on a Moteck SG-2100 HH motor. Are the elevation ticks accurate on this dish? I had the 80 cm dish up before this one and the elevation ticks were way off. By about 5 degrees.

Also, I want to verify that the angle of elevation for a Moteck motor is 30 degrees minus the declination angle. For my latitude it is 6.06. Which is for Toronto. Also, the motor elevation is set to 43. Same as my latitude.
My TRUE SOUTH satellite is AMC-5. I have been trying to pick up New York Network last night, but nothing. Is there anything I did wrong?

P.S. the mast is plumb because I measured it with a level.

Thanks

diefledermaus · #2 (**permalink**) 01-15-2006, 11:36 AM

It is nice to know I am not the only one with a problem with this at the moment. I have a close to plumb 2 degrees off front to back pole that I am trying to set this up for a client and I can get true south with satellite Anik F1 only 1.3 degrees west from south for me. I set that satellite and now I get the top of the arc but not the the sides. I get G3 and it starts to drop off at Intel 6 cannot even get AMC 3 or Galaxy 10. If I get Amc 3 I do not hit the top. I have checked and re-checked my dec angle and made sure my latitude matched the motor but no luck. I have used the Usals protocol to get my south because it makes life setting these motors up such a breeze. I check my Usals with USPOS.exe which does the Usals calculations and I could really use someone to tell me what I am overlooking. Normally these are a easy to set up.

Maus