Recent content by LWoodard

Now we have the questions answered about how to set the receiver up to find the satellites. Now could someone give me detailed instructions on getting the dish and motor aimed correctly? 1. Set Latitude and Declination angle on motor (do not move latitude setting from 41 degrees). 2. Does the...

OK guys, I made some progress tonight, but not good enough. Keep in mind that I'm just learning FTA and assume that I know nothing (pretty accurate). I did find Nimiq2 82.0W tonight but I have to have something set wrong some where. I got a single strength of 69/70 and a picture quality of 97/98...

Blueridge66 did a better job explaining the elevation/latitude thing. I was only remembering one number (49 - the elevation) which is a latitude setting of 41 degrees on the other side of of the mount. My SG-2100 book chart says to set the "dish bracket angle" to 23.6 degrees, which is the same...

Elevation in error? Thanks for the quick reply VoomVoom and Iceburg! The way I came up with the elevation of 49 degrees (latitude of 40.989) was the "ELEVATION AND DECLINATION ANGLE TABLE" in the book that came with the SG-2100 motor. The chart in the book gives the following information: 41...

Hello everyone, I'm new to FTA with not much to give but a lot to learn. I use to have a BUD system but replaced it with Direct TV about 8 years ago. Now I'm back out installing a new system. So far I haven't had any luck locating a strong single.This is what I bought: Sonicview HD8000...