True south help

[wiegems]

Hello , This hh90 is frustrating. I live in waterloo ont. canada . I have tried to get this right for days now and don't know what I'm doing wrong. my lat at 43.5 long at 80.5 elevation at 38.3. calc true south at 190 deg what sat should I be pointing to , to get my true south setting ? thanks all.

[pmb1010]

The procedure is to set the motor to "0" (or reference).
Put the motor bracket at your latitude (43.5, leave it there)
Put dish bracket at whatever your calcuations are.

Align the whole setup (while still at reference) to your magnetially adjusted true south heading of 190.

Go into receiver settings, put in your Long & latitude.
Have the motor drive to AMC5 at 79W, have receiver set to the transponder at the Utah Education network signal at 11742V.

Move the motor side to side on the pole bracket, and the dish elevation a little bit till you get Utah Channel. Now tighten things down.

Have the motor drive to IA5. See if you can get channels.

Hope this helps. It really helps to have a small TV out by the dish so you can adjust things.

[wiegems]

Thanks for the reply ... back up the ladder to try this. Can't use a small tv .. dish on second story wall !

[pmb1010]

you are going to have a very difficult time...

being off an 1/8 of an inch will lose the signal. It's that touchy.