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Motorized FTA Satellite TV System. How to Install a Motor on a Free To Air Satellite TV Dish for KU. Band and How to Align a Larger C band Polar Mount. The alignment process for tracking the satellite arc for small dish KU. C band is very similar. A motor allows you to turn the antenna to different satellites. A small dish KU. motor is operated through the single wire that normally runs from the receiver.
LNB. The wire will now run from the receiver straight to the motor. Then. from the motor to the LNB. C band polar mount normally uses a linier actuator to turn the dish and separate. Before buying a small dish motor, try to decide which satellites you would like. Here are some Free to Air (FTA) channel lists: http: //www. MPEGlist. Ku. Band. US. html. Check How Far Your Small Dish Motor Will Need to Turn.
Installation Guide for DiSEqC Motor. First make sure you have all the satellite installation parts you need to install your new digital satellite motor. INSTALLING YOUR OWN Ku-BAND DISH SYSTEM The past year has seen a voluminous increase if the sales of hardware for the reception of Ku. absorber of microwaves, especially in the higher Ku band frequency range. * How the dish will be grounded. INSTALL THE DISH SUPPORT Satellite dishes are usually mounted on poles that are set in concrete. However.
Go to Dishpointer. Note the azimuth for each and. South is 1. 80 degrees. For example. my farthest west satellite has an azimuth of 2.
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My farthest east satellite is 2. Using the. larger number I need a motor that can turn at least 5. Small. dish motors are sometimes advertised by their total turning angle. I would need. a motor that has a total turning angle of at least 1. Just make sure. your motor can turn the amount that you need. C band with linier actuator by design can only turn so far.
Question : How to install another LNB on Same Ku Band Dish? By : Mr. Abdul Hakim Khan. Answer: Hello, you mean you want to install multiple LNBs on same small ku band dish antenna. WILL MY SATELLITE DISH WORK FOR Ku BAND? If you have a solid dish, you should be fine as far as compatibility. If you have a mesh dish, you will have to run a test to see if Ku-band could be done. The test is very simple. TrackingSat is useful to assist users that need to install your antenna and align it with the satellites in orbit. If you want to exchange links to increase PR, contact us. Satellite Dish Installation Guide. Installing a dish antenna yourself is not difficult. It is particularly important if you are installing a feedhorn that receives Ku-Band signals. In order to find the correct focal distance for tracking. Once you have managed to install your new satellite dish, you will surely want to get the maximum number of channels.
The bigger the dish. Two Basic Angles Needed. There are two angles you will need to set up the motor or the polar. These angles are the same for both small dish KU band and larger dish C. The Motor Latitude. Declination angle.
These are two separate angles requiring two separate adjustments. Small dish: The motor latitude is adjusted using the motor bracket that came. The declination angle is set using the elevation scale on the.
Large dish: For C band dish there are two separate adjusters, one for motor. Using the Dishpointer. Motorized section and select True South / True. North. It will give you the motor latitude and declination angle for your.
Write these down. Rotational Axis and Motor Latitude. In the picture above, the rotational axis of the motor is the upper line. The lower line shows horizontal.
The Motor Latitude from. Dishpointer. com is the. Notice the tube where. This is called the. This crank angle has no effect on tracking the satellite arc. Clarke Belt. It is the motor latitude in combination with. In the. northern hemisphere you raise the north side of the motor.
In the drawing below is a prime focus dish. You use the same Motor Latitude and.
Declination Angle that you obtained from dishpointer. Elevation is the angle above the horizon from your location that the satellite. This angle is the same for offset or prime focus dishes.
Small dishes have elevation scales that show how far above the horizon the dish. How high the dish is pointed is. Elevation. Pointed straight at the horizon would be 0 degrees. Straight up would be 9. If you raise the antenna. Elevation. As the. Due south from you in the middle of the arc, the.
Turning east or west from there the elevation is. Obviously the elevation of your dish must match the elevation of the. Declination Angle. Small Dish: The declination angle is set using the elevation scale on. The elevation scale setting is always: The Crank Angle minus the.
Declination Angle. If the crank angle is 3. Read the numbers on the scale and set. Large Dish. On larger C band type dish use the declination adjuster. The drawings below show some angles involved for motor setup. The Motor. Latitude and Declination Angle are the important angles that you need.
Here are the same angles. In the picture above, the. Line F and Angle G is your latitude on.
Line A is the local horizontal or horizon. Line C is the rotational axis of the polar mount or the motor. The motor. latitude is exactly equal to Angle G. The antenna is attached to and rotates. If the antenna looks out at exactly 9.
E). it would miss the satellite. The Declination Angle is the amount the antenna has to be turned downward to. The closer you are to the equator, the smaller the.
If you were right on the equator, there would be no declination angle and the. Here is one more drawing of the angles for offset dish: Mast Must be. Plumb. The mast that you mount the motor and dish or polar mount on must be. Begin the Installation. Small Dish: Mount the motor on the mast and put a hose clamp on the mast. Attach the antenna to the motor.
Point the antenna and motor. Large dish: Assemble the dish to the polar mount. Put the assembly on the mast and install the linear actuator. North/South Alignment of Rotational Axis. The rotational axis of the motor must be aligned.
North/South. The antenna should be pointing to south azimuth angle of 1. If the motor axis/rotational axis is not aligned. The following method of alignment manually verifies the antenna is at highest.
This is how you should align a C band. For a small dish the USALS function is much easier than this. For small dish skip to: Setting the Motor Latitude- Small Dish. Begin Adjustment. Set the motor latitude adjustment of the polar mount as close to. This sets the dish facing as.
Set the rotational axis roughly to a. North/South alignment.
In this position, when the antenna is. EAST/WEST edges, then the antenna is at its highest elevation. Use a 1/2 inch transparent tube as a water level for maximum accuracy.
As. mentioned earlier the antenna should be at its highest elevation when pointing. We will call this the antenna's "South 1. Position."Turning the. Antenna for True South Setting.
We will now turn the antenna (using the linear actuator) from south 1. If the nearest south satellite has no useable. We want to point to and tune in the nearest south. Your nearest south satellite is the one with the nearest longitude. Go to. Dishpointer. The one with the.
Note the azimuth because. Turning the antenna. South 1. 80 Position) to your nearest south.
Do not simply point your antenna at a. If you actually. have a useable satellite at south azimuth 1. You would just level the antenna across the east/west edges.
Calculate how far and what direction you need to turn the antenna. Any azimuth. UNDER 1. EAST. Any azimuth OVER 1. WEST. For example, if your nearest.
If your nearest south satellite is 1. For an east turn, drop the east edge of the dish from. For a west turn, drop the west edge of the dish from level. Measure the east/west width of your antenna. Use a. Triangle Calculator to.
Calculated Turning Distance. Enter the width of your antenna as. Enter the angle you want to turn the antenna for the.
Enter length in inches if you want the. Be sure to use at least 3 figures after the decimal.
Move ONE HALF of the. Calculated Turning Distance on each side. The dish pivots in the middle. One side of the. dish goes up while the other side goes down. For an EAST turn, drop the. EAST edge of the dish from level. For a WEST turn, drop the WEST edge of the.
If you use a level line and. Measure your dish with a tape. For example, if you measure 1. Enter the angle amount you need to turn, for example 0. The calculated movement would be 1.
You use the linear actuator to. Depending on which direction you. Do. not use these numbers, they are examples only. Use the water level and a ruler.
AFTER SETTING THIS LITTLE ANGLE DO NOT USE THE MOTOR. DO NOT TURN THE ANTENNA. You will turn the antenna for initial tuning of your. Setting the Motor Latitude- Small Dish.
Small Dish: Set the motor latitude using an angle. Do not use either of the scales on the motor bracket. They are. notoriously inaccurate. The reading on the angle finder is simple. Starting from. horizontal, the movement is: The motor latitude angle plus the crank angle. If. you use the angle finder under the motor opposite the. For example, using an angle finder as shown in the drawing below, if the motor.
After adjustment tighten the little screws using a nut driver. Be careful not to. These screws might strip out if you over tighten.
Check the angle. again after you tighten the screws. If not correct, do over. This must be right. Hopefully you will not have to reset this. Setting Declination Angle- Small Dish.
Small Dish: The declination angle is set using the. The angle to set on the dish elevation scale is. CRANK ANGLE MINUS THE DECLINATION ANGLE. For example if the crank angle. This. angle is not as critical because it will be finalized by tuning in the nearest.
You could use the angle finder to set the declination angle but. Setting the Motor Latitude and Declination.
Angle- Large Dish. Large Dish: See picture below. Use an angle finder on the.
Angle finder A is. Angle finder B is setting the declination angle. Use. the declination adjuster to set the declination. The difference in the angle. A and B is the declination angle.
For example if you. A (measuring the motor. B (measuring. the declination angle) should show 4. You only need one. Alternate Method for North/South Alignment of.
Small Dish with USALS Function. Your receiver must have USALS function for the following to work. After. motor latitude and declination angle are set, connect wire from receiver to. Make sure the receiver is off and unplugged before making any.
Using the receiver, cause the motor to go to "0" or reference. Enter your latitude and longitude location.
Now using the USALS. The motor will. turn the antenna. DO NOT USE THE MOTOR AGAIN UNTIL AFTER NEAREST SOUTH SATELLITE.
IS TUNED IN. Initial Pointing to Nearest South Satellite. You will need a starting point to begin looking for the nearest south satellite. You can use a magnetic compass for rough setting. Dishpointer. com gives you the. Also. Dishpointer. Move the little teardrop pointer to where you.
If there is something along the line shown that you. Stand at the dish. Put a marker on the ground about 1. If you can't find any reference. Dishpointer. com, you could set a true south. Go here for explanation how to use the sun to set a true. Setting A True. South Marker.
Tune in the Nearest South Satellite.