but the Primestar dish is offset so it doesnt have the same "look" angles as a Prime Focus dish
You kinda lost me there, Iceberg. Because of the shape of the 1.2 dish, I have to do what Anole is talking about? Is that what you mean?
While newbie Dee Ann was struggling to find her first bird, she posted this picture.
It shows where an offset dish appears to be aimed and where it is actually looking.
Contemplate the picture and think about it for a bit...
Go read Turbosat's thread.!.
The plate on the back of your dish needs to be tilted forward (downward, toward the ground) by around 24 degrees, and then the existing settings on your mount will work like a charm! - :up
IN FACT, I would make that how I'd do the initial setup.
- don't change any settings on the mount
- put the mount onto a plumb pole.
- move the mount to the top of the arc
- put the dish onto the mount (tilted downward)
- tune ONLY the azimuth and the down tilt 'till you find your TS bird!
- if the mount was tuned for your area before, and your new pole is plumb, don't adjust elevation nor declination on the mount AT ALL ! -![]()
If you spin the dish 180° (upside down), then you'd need to tilt it back (up) about 24 degrees from the flush position FTAman has shown in his picture.Just flip the offset dish UPSIDE-DOWN on the mount, with the LNB at the TOP. That'll bring it in line almost perfectly.
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