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How I set & adjust the "Declination" of my antenna..I am using sadoun 1.8 mts. Static no Motor or actuator. This parameter "declination" is "movable" (like Azimuth & elevation depending the satellite) or Just one Time and never Touched.. I am trying to aim my south at galaxy 19, 97.0W.. after testing 97.0 W and find my true south I wish to aim to 58.0W..
Declination parameter is the same on C band and Ku band?..For example If I got 58.0W on C band and if I want signal on Ku band on 58.0 W (switching my LNB) the declination parameter should be the same??
thanks in advance
How I set & adjust the "Declination" of my antenna..I am using sadoun 1.8 mts. Static no Motor or actuator. This parameter "declination" is "movable" (like Azimuth & elevation depending the satellite) or Just one Time and never Touched.. I am trying to aim my south at galaxy 19, 97.0W.. after testing 97.0 W and find my true south I wish to aim to 58.0W..
Declination parameter is the same on C band and Ku band?..For example If I got 58.0W on C band and if I want signal on Ku band on 58.0 W (switching my LNB) the declination parameter should be the same??
thanks in advance
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I think the Sadoun dish is a polar mount. He might be using it fixed with a bar, but the polar mount settings still apply just to keep things less confusing. Even if it is a fixed dish, it doesn't hurt for him to learn about Declination, and why it exists. He might just want to upgrade to a polar mount real soon!
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Sure, knowledge is good, but he appears to think that declination is necessary for a one satellite, non moving dish. He is deep in calculation, angles and adjustments. Rather than making things less confusing, they are more confusing.
He needs to understand that the satellite he wants is fixed in a certain location in the sky relative to his location, and that if he aims his parabolic dish at it accurately, he will get the signal. The declination adjustment could be set for the value at the north pole or the equator for that matter, but as long as the face of the dish is aimed at the right point in the sky and held there, he will get his signal.
I disagree that doing the declination on a fixed mount is simplifying things.
I think the Sadoun dish is a polar mount. He might be using it fixed with a bar, but the polar mount settings still apply just to keep things less confusing. Even if it is a fixed dish, it doesn't hurt for him to learn about Declination, and why it exists. He might just want to upgrade to a polar mount real soon!
Sure, knowledge is good, but he appears to think that declination is necessary for a one satellite, non moving dish. He is deep in calculation, angles and adjustments. Rather than making things less confusing, they are more confusing.
He needs to understand that the satellite he wants is fixed in a certain location in the sky relative to his location, and that if he aims his parabolic dish at it accurately, he will get the signal. The declination adjustment could be set for the value at the north pole or the equator for that matter, but as long as the face of the dish is aimed at the right point in the sky and held there, he will get his signal.
I disagree that doing the declination on a fixed mount is simplifying things.
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click above attached photo to see how to adjust 1) Declination 2) Latitude/Elevation on that Sadoun Polar Mount 1.8 dish
In case you decide to add an Actuator/motor for more satellites
click above attached photo to see how to adjust 1) Declination 2) Latitude/Elevation on that Sadoun Polar Mount 1.8 dish
In case you decide to add an Actuator/motor for more satellites
If it's on a polar mount, set the angles as shown on the picture above. (angles are set with the dish set to the highest point in its travel on the polar axis)
Use the modified latitude angle.
Adjust/set the declination corresponding to your latitude, and don't touch it again.
Use the actuator to set the dishes elevation for a satellite near the horizon*. Then adjust the Azimuth (Twist mount on pole ) to acquire the satellite. Then use the actuator to move towards the center, Look for the satellite nearest the center of the arc that you can. Adjust the elevation there. Recheck the satellite near the horizon and re tweak the azimuth.
Zenith= adjust elevation. At the Horizon(or as close to as possible)= adjust azimuth. Don't mix the 2, and don't mess with the declination after it's set.
May have to repeat a couple of times, but I think this will get it on the arc.
*Use a straight edge vertical across the face of the dish. Elevation is the perpendicular.
Use the modified latitude angle.
Adjust/set the declination corresponding to your latitude, and don't touch it again.
Use the actuator to set the dishes elevation for a satellite near the horizon*. Then adjust the Azimuth (Twist mount on pole ) to acquire the satellite. Then use the actuator to move towards the center, Look for the satellite nearest the center of the arc that you can. Adjust the elevation there. Recheck the satellite near the horizon and re tweak the azimuth.
Zenith= adjust elevation. At the Horizon(or as close to as possible)= adjust azimuth. Don't mix the 2, and don't mess with the declination after it's set.
May have to repeat a couple of times, but I think this will get it on the arc.
*Use a straight edge vertical across the face of the dish. Elevation is the perpendicular.
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On Tuesday, I recorded the first episodes of the new season's NCIS shows on CBS (Dish provided, not OTA). The new New York series and Origins will both do Auto Skip, but the original, now season 24 does not. What's stranger, when I do a search for NCIS, Origins and New York show the current recording and the next episode it will record, but the original show only shows the current recording and some other channel showing the very first episode of season one. It makes no sense. When I set up the timers, I was able to use search for Origins and New York, but for the original, I had to scroll ahead in the guide until last Tuesday when the show was airing. Then set the timer from there. You can see its timer type is DVR where the other two are Seek. What am I missing?
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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Starting a thread klang !
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
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One episode into season 4 that dropped today...
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.