Arrowflash
Newbie
I'm perpetually confused over terminology so bare with me.
I'm located in south Birmingham. I have a 0.8m dish mounted to a H-H motor.
I've bought a Amiko A6 combo receiver/media device.
First thing is to point the dish south. But how do I find true south? My latitude is 52.4 & longitude is1.85
Ive read lots of guides - but surely there's a tool somewhere to dial this up from my location?
From the Latitude I understand I adjust the angle of the motor mount - so 52.4 degrees - is this correct?
For the rest I'm very confused about.
Do I set the dish's declination to a satellite of my choice and align the zero position on the motor to align with it or do I keep the motor zeroed to due south ?
I think the H-H mount has an angle of 35 degrees. For my location the declination angle given in tables is 7.4, so I think my dish has to be angled by 35-7.4=27.6 degrees.
But I have read suggestions that you align everything to the reference satellite. I'm assuming a reference one is one you choose to use the most.
Are both viable approaches?
In my location I have a greater arc of view for the east than for the west.
The amiko I have has no means to display the number of steps the motor has moved. Is this normal? I find I'm having to run in and out the house to work out where the dish has moved to. Very user-unfriendly.
Finally, USALS. This just doesn't work for me. I've set my lat and long. But its goes wildly out of position. Is there a trick to getting this to work?
Cheers guys (& gals). I appreciate any help you can give me.
I did manage to get a few satellites working but later thought I had things positioned wrong. But since I've lost it all again. Well I have one. But I figure my arc just happens to catch one satellite correctly by chance. Once I understand the principles - I'm confident I can get things back on track.
I'm located in south Birmingham. I have a 0.8m dish mounted to a H-H motor.
I've bought a Amiko A6 combo receiver/media device.
First thing is to point the dish south. But how do I find true south? My latitude is 52.4 & longitude is1.85
Ive read lots of guides - but surely there's a tool somewhere to dial this up from my location?
From the Latitude I understand I adjust the angle of the motor mount - so 52.4 degrees - is this correct?
For the rest I'm very confused about.
Do I set the dish's declination to a satellite of my choice and align the zero position on the motor to align with it or do I keep the motor zeroed to due south ?
I think the H-H mount has an angle of 35 degrees. For my location the declination angle given in tables is 7.4, so I think my dish has to be angled by 35-7.4=27.6 degrees.
But I have read suggestions that you align everything to the reference satellite. I'm assuming a reference one is one you choose to use the most.
Are both viable approaches?
In my location I have a greater arc of view for the east than for the west.
The amiko I have has no means to display the number of steps the motor has moved. Is this normal? I find I'm having to run in and out the house to work out where the dish has moved to. Very user-unfriendly.
Finally, USALS. This just doesn't work for me. I've set my lat and long. But its goes wildly out of position. Is there a trick to getting this to work?
Cheers guys (& gals). I appreciate any help you can give me.
I did manage to get a few satellites working but later thought I had things positioned wrong. But since I've lost it all again. Well I have one. But I figure my arc just happens to catch one satellite correctly by chance. Once I understand the principles - I'm confident I can get things back on track.