Polar elevation at 48 lat = 90-48 = 42 degreesSo I added the 48.65 to 6.48 for a total of 55.13 declination to set on the dish face or back across the ring.
Start over at true south. Then when you go to 133, try peaking Q there by rotating the mount on the pole ever so slightly one way or the other. Do not adjust declination or elevation. The elevation will be fine tuned by the actuator on the end of the arc. Mark pole/mount location, Then check center and the other side of the arc. If you have to rotate the mount to get this side of the arc. Check location of the mark on the pole. Adjust mount to the midpoint between these marks. Go to center sat and adjust declination for peak and repeat the ends of the arc. Should Be very close.
Don't try for the extreme Ends first, start at your True South Sat and work your way East and West, say 10 degrees each way. Make notes of which are side is too high / low, and adjust the mount's Azimuth.It seems I can get my high sats, but then not the low westerly ones, or vice versa.
I've been struggling for some time thinking that my aiming on my 6' mesh was not quite right.
I am sitting at my true south (89). I set my polar axis elev to 48 (which is my latitude for my area)
At this point I lose signal, then I pull the bottom of the dish inward using the declination bolt and start to see signal come back. I peak using this declination and see descent signal.
This is where the problem starts, when I measure where my dish is facing now that I've supposedly dialed in declination, I am at about 35. So do the math and it equals about 13 declination. My declination is supposed to be 7, not 13. If I change the declination to an angle of 41 (48 minus 7) all signal is gone.
Is there something grossly wrong with my logic here?