Can't get Tp's 11966 and 12152??
I have been trying to fine tune my 12 Foot Mesh Dish for Galaxy 25 / 97.0W. I have found most of the Tp's on 97.0W with a fair to good signal level, for example Tp 12177 S = 74, Q = 65. But no matter what I do I can't get anything more than a Q of 0 to 18 on 11966, and on 12152 I am seeing 0 to 10 very intermittently. I have adjusted Inclination - see pic #1 to as good as I can.
My question is when do you know you need to look at and adjust Declination - see pic # 2 and pic # 3 showing Both adjustments, and would it help me pull in those 2 Tp's?? Note, for my Latitude 49.9 for Winnipeg, Canada I should be at 6.6 degrees Declination, and my Apex Elevation should be 32.8 degrees. When I put my Inclimoter on the small Bar I read 56 degrees, when I put it on the Big Bar or Polar Axis I read 46.5 degrees. So that should mean my Declination is now 56 - 46.5 = 9.5 degrees, which is way off the calculated 6.62 degrees I am supposed to be at for my location.
But if I try to move the Polar Axis or Inclination any higher: ie. from 46 up towards 50 I lose all signal!! Does this mean I now need to adjust very carefully for Declination re pic # 2 to try and get my 2 missing Tp's especially 12152 which should be booming in as 12177 is?? This is very confusing.
Any advice would be very much appreciated.
I have been trying to fine tune my 12 Foot Mesh Dish for Galaxy 25 / 97.0W. I have found most of the Tp's on 97.0W with a fair to good signal level, for example Tp 12177 S = 74, Q = 65. But no matter what I do I can't get anything more than a Q of 0 to 18 on 11966, and on 12152 I am seeing 0 to 10 very intermittently. I have adjusted Inclination - see pic #1 to as good as I can.
My question is when do you know you need to look at and adjust Declination - see pic # 2 and pic # 3 showing Both adjustments, and would it help me pull in those 2 Tp's?? Note, for my Latitude 49.9 for Winnipeg, Canada I should be at 6.6 degrees Declination, and my Apex Elevation should be 32.8 degrees. When I put my Inclimoter on the small Bar I read 56 degrees, when I put it on the Big Bar or Polar Axis I read 46.5 degrees. So that should mean my Declination is now 56 - 46.5 = 9.5 degrees, which is way off the calculated 6.62 degrees I am supposed to be at for my location.
But if I try to move the Polar Axis or Inclination any higher: ie. from 46 up towards 50 I lose all signal!! Does this mean I now need to adjust very carefully for Declination re pic # 2 to try and get my 2 missing Tp's especially 12152 which should be booming in as 12177 is?? This is very confusing.
Any advice would be very much appreciated.