Atlantic bird clarke belt tracking

[2manydishes]

Hello,

I have two different HH motors, one is a stab and the other is a satcontrol. I am able to track the clarke belt just fine, but I am not able to go deep into the atlantic range of the Arc. I am on the east coast and am able to receive the birds down to at least 20 deg. W if I take the satellite dish off the motor and manually point.

With the motor, Is there any way to position the motor so that "zero" is at an area further to the east than due south so that I can track the clarke belt between say 0-60 as opposed to only tracking the clarke belt for the birds over the Americas?

Or is there a motor that will let me go from due south (roughly 99 deg W in the arc) to 0 degrees?

Thanks!

[Sadoun]

The Satcontrol will let you do that, but not to the extreme. You can open the case and move the gear slightly clockwise to make it rotate to the East more. Opening the cover will void your warranty, though. So you are doing it at your own risk.

[pmb1010]

Originally Posted by 2manydishes

Is there any way to position the motor so that "zero" is at an area further to the east than due south

Yes, there is. I'm sure I remember seeing a good writeup about this a year or so ago in these forums.

I *think* it may have been vj9999 that did the writeup, I dont remember.
And I cant find it either on "search", maybe it got lost on the latest forum software upgrade, I dunno...

VJ9999 was that your post?

[vj9999]

I rmember the discussion too, but it wasn't me. I think I commented on that later on though. I belive it was said that if you do it you would lose one part of the arc, but you might be able to go further than you limit allows.