I tried to install sg-2100 motor with the 3abn dish and mercury II receiver. This is the first time to install motor but to my disappointment I could not tune to any satellite. Then I removed the motor and make sure the rest of equipment and site is ok. That is positive. I can easily get 123W, 129W and 95W. These are the 3 birds I tried on the stationary installation on the exact same site.
Here are some info about my motor set up:
1. My coordinates are 121W and 37.7N.
2. Mast is plumb
3. The scale on the dish is quite accurate. I can tell it from my stationary try.
4. I set the latitude on the SG-2100 to my latitude 37.7 and set the dish elevation to
40 - 6 = 34.
I used USALS to move to motor to 95w and then sweep the whole setup from west to east around my true south. I tried this over half an hour and could never get any signal. The I tried 123W which is closer to my true south still no prevail.
If I remove the motor, set the elevation and LNB skew properly, the sweep the azimuth angle I could get 95 or 123 in just a few minutes.
So what should I go from here? I suspect the elevation setting on the motor not accurate. If that is the case, what is the best strategy to set it up? Two dimensional search is quite difficult. What else can I try?
Here are some info about my motor set up:
1. My coordinates are 121W and 37.7N.
2. Mast is plumb
3. The scale on the dish is quite accurate. I can tell it from my stationary try.
4. I set the latitude on the SG-2100 to my latitude 37.7 and set the dish elevation to
40 - 6 = 34.
I used USALS to move to motor to 95w and then sweep the whole setup from west to east around my true south. I tried this over half an hour and could never get any signal. The I tried 123W which is closer to my true south still no prevail.
If I remove the motor, set the elevation and LNB skew properly, the sweep the azimuth angle I could get 95 or 123 in just a few minutes.
So what should I go from here? I suspect the elevation setting on the motor not accurate. If that is the case, what is the best strategy to set it up? Two dimensional search is quite difficult. What else can I try?