sg2100 motor

[chifut]

I' try to install my motor and I'm stuck
My LAT is 28
LAN -81
Deckl ination angle is 4.7
How to find my true south and closest bird to point the dish
Thanks
p.s Is my true south is 81W bird according my LAN

[Bigpineguy Retired]

Your TS bird would be 82west...start with motor on 0 and lock on 82west


BPG~

[chifut]

Thanks I'll try and report back
Ill swich the LNB to find Nim2 /82w/ to find it ,and after that put back my linear Spitfire LNB
Can you give me working TP on Nim 2 ,please

[Costactc]

Why don't you just leave your lnb on and go for Amc 9 at 83w? There are a couple of working tp:

11735 H 4440
11775 H 4232

[Dr-D]

I' try to install my motor and I'm stuck
My LAT is 28
LAN -81
Deckl ination angle is 4.7
How to find my true south and closest bird to point the dish
Thanks
p.s Is my true south is 81W bird according my LAN

Thank you for your post! I thought my motor was dead until I saw your post and decided to give it another try with my Nano2... and it works! The motor setup is just different compared to the VS and nFusion boxes.

Anyway, if this is of any help to you, when I setup my SG2100 motor I didn't bother messing around with my most southerly bird which is 61.5W. Some people can't even pickup their most southerly bird because their dish is too small which would make aligning your dish impossible using that method. I simply set the longitude and latitude in the menu then moved it to 91W via USALS, then I aligned the dish and motor to get the strongest signal I could on 91 and all the other birds lined up perfectly. I originally setup my motor with a VS Ultra but it shouldn't matter what box you're using. Hope this helps.

[Terryl]

The "Tue South" bird is not used to align the dish as it could be a few degrees or more left or right off of "Due South" the motor and dish "MUST" be aligned to due south or you will not track the arc of the Clark belt (where all the satellites are) correctly.

Most people use an uncorrected compass to find South this is the Southern magnetic pole, this would put your dish several (or more) degrees off track, you must go to a "Magnetic deviation" site and enter your exact location, it will give you the correct degrees to add or subtract to your reading on the compass, at my location I have to add 14 degrees to get true south, some places don’t. (New Orleans is 0)

Once your dish is aligned to exactly “DUE SOUTH” (180 degrees true, XXX magnetic) you can look for your closest “Ku” band satellite to due south, this would be your “Reference satellite” used as a starting point, (mine happens to be 119W, yours will be different), you can look on Dishpointer.com for help with this.

[chifut]

thanks everybody.Igot 83 w and 97 w with 25-50% on each bird with motor in action /lol/Thanks Costa..for the tip
Ill try fine tunning now ,Will post back
p.s most important for me is 15w .If Icatch it I' ll be dronk tonight ..

[Costactc]

thanks everybody.Igot 83 w and 97 w with 25-50% on each bird with motor in action /lol/Thanks Costa..for the tip
Ill try fine tunning now ,Will post back
p.s most important for me is 15w .If Icatch it I' ll be dronk tonight ..

What size dish are you using? What channel are you looking for on Telstar 12?

[chifut]

What size dish are you using? What channel are you looking for on Telstar 12?

39 inch dish
BNT sat - I got this ch. with separate 36 inch dish
p.s see my signature.15w,97w,101w all of them with separate dishes

[Costactc]

If you picked up the rtv channel at 83 you should have no problem with T12. I've noticed a lack of Bulgarian fta channels here in NA- good luck.

[chifut]

I giveup .Can not hit all motorized arc. from 15w - 97w ,even I got them with separate dishes ...
Costa , are your kids wan a see Disney World in Orlando ..??
Till they walk in there ,we can motorizee the dish ..
I dot couples bottles Ouzo ;)

[Terryl]

Your mounting mast must be perfectly level or you will not track right, it should be absolutely plumb (zero bubble) North, South, East and West, if it is off by 1 degree it will miss the satellites on ether end, also the LNB must be aligned correctly to the dish or it wont skew right as the motor turns, there should be zero skew on the LNB at the motors zero or it will miss satellites at the end of the arc.

The mounting mast has to be stable or as the motor turns the dish it could dip or tilt and throw off the arc.

[chifut]

yes,it is perfectly level /i think /but still no luck ..
I t make me crazy for 1 day i did spend all day on the roof

[Terryl]

What type of mount are you using?

The ones that hold up the 18" satellite dishes are not stable enough.

[Terryl]

This site may help.


http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Installation/HH-mount-installation.htm

[chifut]

Can a motor sg2100 mottec carry to move 47x52 Fortec dish /4 foot/, 31 lbs.
Ijust got one dish from ex tv-repair shop???
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BTW That thread is old .Igot my arc 12.5-113w with no problem ,just wan a try 'bigger is better'.LOL