christloves said:Setting the dish elevation to 40.6 can only realy be done after a signal of some kind is found
No.
What you should do is the following:
- Make sure the mast is vertical 100%
- Setup your motor elevation equal to your latitude
- Setup your dish elevation to 40 degrees
- Everthing should be aimed to your true south
- Use your receiver's USALS capability o move the dish to a nearby satellite.
- Make sure you are using a live transponder
- Once dish stops, check the signal level and quality
- If no lock (no quality), then stand behind the motor and move the whole assembly slowly East or West a few degrees.
- If still no lock (no quality), adjust the dish elevation up/down a fraction of a degree and do the motor sweep again.