Motorized Satellite System

[RDosetareh]

Do you have a motorized Ku band satellite system?

How many satellites do you pickup? Have you found any interesting channels or feeds? Let us know what system you have and what you think about your setup.

[KRLOS]

I have two 90cm dishes motorized moving from 30w to 127 w picking every fta channel up there.

[KRLOS]

.....my two 90cm ku dishes (motorized)

[KRLOS]

today I moved my dish to TESLA12 (15w) and I was able to pick 13 more channels of Uruguay, Angola, Portugal........

[RDosetareh]

KRLOS was it easy to setup the motor to track the arc?? How many different satellites to you have locked in?

[KRLOS]

.........it is quite easy to do it if you fallow the steps. 1. Find out your Latitude and Longitude (I found mine by dishpointer )
2. Use a level and make sure your dish mounting pole is plumb.....this is the most important thing you have to do, take the time, be fussy and get it plumb.
3. Mount the dish motor,you have to set the motor elevation by your latitude, make sure the motor shaft is in the ZERO (center position ).
4. Mount the dish to the motor shaft.
5. Go to LyngSat - Lyngemark Satellite and find a bird that is close to your Longitude. my longitude is 83.........so i picked AMC5 which is 79
6. Aim the dish; Losen the motor mount bolts to adjust the motor from side to side and the dish up and down, adjust to get the best signal quality possible for the bird that is closer to your Longitude.
7. Once locked on, tighten everything up.
8. Now if you use USALS with your receiver you should be able to pick everything you aim for. This method has been working for me and i'm able to move the dish from 30w to 127w with no trouble at all. 9.If you want to go to the extreme of the arc you have to move your dish manually using 1.2 and you will be able to pick some more birds.

[Babadem]

Originally Posted by KRLOS

.....my two 90cm ku dishes (motorized)

Very nice setups you have there.

[Babadem]

Originally Posted by KRLOS

.........it is quite easy to do it if you fallow the steps. 1. Find out your Latitude and Longitude (I found mine by dishpointer )
2. Use a level and make sure your dish mounting pole is plumb.....this is the most important thing you have to do, take the time, be fussy and get it plumb.
3. Mount the dish motor,you have to set the motor elevation by your latitude, make sure the motor shaft is in the ZERO (center position ).
4. Mount the dish to the motor shaft.
5. Go to LyngSat - Lyngemark Satellite and find a bird that is close to your Longitude. my longitude is 83.........so i picked AMC5 which is 79
6. Aim the dish; Losen the motor mount bolts to adjust the motor from side to side and the dish up and down, adjust to get the best signal quality possible for the bird that is closer to your Longitude.
7. Once locked on, tighten everything up.
8. Now if you use USALS with your receiver you should be able to pick everything you aim for. This method has been working for me and i'm able to move the dish from 30w to 127w with no trouble at all.
9.If you want to go to the extreme of the arc you have to move your dish manually using 1.2 and you will be able to pick some more birds.

Excellent tips. These will come in handy when I do my own install.

[KRLOS]

Originally Posted by Babadem

Excellent tips. These will come in handy when I do my own install.

...........sure!, regards.

[crackt]

they are quite easy to setup. peak on yer southernmost sat and then move the dish to either arc end. if one side is low and one side is high chances are your pole is not plumb. if both are high or low adjust motor elevation and dish elevation (oppositely, dish down motor up kinda thing or vice versa.) im using a 39" dish / sg2100 / invacom. picks up pretty much anything i can see. 72w - 148w. only sat the lnb seems to dislike is 118w. im actually surprised that with the roof tripod i fabbed up the dish has been tracking flawlessy for a year now.