Place Motor Post Through Top of Dish Post Clamp and Secure
2.
Mount the assembled dish onto the motor post. Place the dish post clamp top bolt through the
elevation bracket then through the top alignment hole in the motor post. Securely tighten the bolt.
3.
Determine the Longitude and Latitude for the installation location. If your system was supplied
with
GEOSAT
Finder
aiming coordinates, your location coordinates are printed near the top of the
sheet or use a GPS unit to locate the install position coordinates. Longitude references the East /
West location and Latitude the North / South.
4.
Install a perfectly plumb, level and stable post. If the post is not exactly level the dish will not
track the satellite arc. Assemble the motor and mount on a post. With the motor in the 0 position
rotate the motor assembly on the mounting post towards magnetically corrected South. Find true
south at
http://www.geosatfinder.com
or by adding or subtracting the magnetic declination for your
area to the compass reading. Example: Sacramento, CA, the magnetic declination is -15.6 subtracted
from 180 degrees equals 164.4. This is not a critical step, but it will be easier to locate the first
satellite if the motor is first roughly aimed.
Motor Mount Latitude Scale = Install Location Latitude
5.
Set the motor mount latitude scale to the latitude of the installation location. Securely tighten
the two latitude adjustment bolts as this setting should net need to be readjusted.
