yyeeehaa put up my motor last night - ABA DSS

**tomcat01** · November 28th, 2008

ok guys i put up my motor last night but it got too cold so now i am going to set it up.. i will let ya know how it goes in case i need a hand ..LOL fun fun fun .. .

pics and all

**rollup** · November 28th, 2008

Brrrrrr good luck tc ..

**Limeyde** · November 28th, 2008

Tomcat01, Great let us know how it turns out, am interested in putting up a Motor myself: Good Luck Limeyde

**peggy13** · November 28th, 2008

Be careful up there, we don't want to hear that you were frozen in place!! lol

Look forward to seeing the pics! Thanks for sharing with us.

**arboristman** · November 28th, 2008

nice!
set up the bird that's closest to your true south,use USALS and the rest should follow.
happy blind scanning buddy!
stick with your sv 8k at first,shes pretty quick.
then dig out an old panny or coolie if ya got one to rob some tps from if you need

oh yeah you probably have walrus's ch list on hand too.

**gibahca** · November 28th, 2008

Nice TC.
You'll have fun with it now.
waiting for your pics.
Must be cold today on your place.LOL

**coorslightly** · November 28th, 2008

its fun having a new toy huh!

**pchurch** · November 28th, 2008

Great Post TC. Good to have some info and pic on new toys.

**tomcat01** · November 28th, 2008

well here is my first problem LOL the dish i have is a generic one with the magic bar well it is too close to the motor so when i try and get the proper elevation it hits the motor ..

but the nice thing is this the satellite store here where i live has a new 36 in made for the hh90 so i called the lady that owns it and get this she is going to drop it off tobight .. for free LOL .. i gues all the buisness i gave them over the years has paid off LOL so i have to start from scratch again when it gets here after 7pm .. cst

**slowboy** · November 28th, 2008

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE hope YOU GET IT UP TONIGHT

**tomcat01** · November 28th, 2008

well it get cold fast now so i think i will wait until tommorrow it is already -12 at 5:30 pm i would rather do it in the day when there is some sun to warm me a bit ..LOL here is a pic..
too close

**creativegenius** · November 28th, 2008

Good score!

Creative Genius

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomcat01

well here is my first problem LOL the dish i have is a generic one with the magic bar well it is too close to the motor so when i try and get the proper elevation it hits the motor ..

but the nice thing is this the satellite store here where i live has a new 36 in made for the hh90 so i called the lady that owns it and get this she is going to drop it off tobight .. for free LOL .. i gues all the buisness i gave them over the years has paid off LOL so i have to start from scratch again when it gets here after 7pm .. cst

**SatelliteJunkie** · November 28th, 2008

Looks like lots of fun. (all but the cold part)

I haven't graduated to motor setup yet...
Maybe you can setup a kerosene heater beside the dish for a while? lol

Sky_Pilot · November 28th, 2008

Easiest way to find True South to aim your motorized dish:

Split the difference between the time of Sunrise and Sunset, that is when the Sun is at the highest point in the sky, True South.

Makes it 100x easier.

Example:

Sunrise is at 7:00 AM
Sunset is at 5:30 PM

10 Hours, 30 Minutes between the Sun rises and when the Sun sets.

Half of that is 5 Hours, 15 Minutes.

Add that to the time the Sun rises, which would be 7:00 AM, + 5 Hours and 15 Minutes = 12:15 PM

Aim your Dish and Motor assembly at the Sun at that time. Tweak your Dish elevation as needed and you're set.

**hunter50** · November 29th, 2008

good luck my friend.. cant wait to see the pics

**tomcat01** · November 29th, 2008

thanks for the sunrise trick but i am doing it the old fasshion way i took a string and a weight and then used my compass to find true south mag .. so all i have to do right now is put the new dish up but of course it is snowing here .. but i am still doing it but slowly LOL its cold

**gibahca** · November 29th, 2008

pic's pic's...hum no more pic's..LOL
take your time TC.
You'll get it.
keep us posted.

**tomcat01** · November 29th, 2008

here are some pics for ya all i took one of my old dish and you can see there was not enough space to elevate the dish .. also i have to center then post again for a zero for my true south .. anyways here take a look

**painterguy14** · November 30th, 2008

Nice pics tc....

**gibahca** · November 30th, 2008

It was a j/k TC.
Anyways good pic's.
looking foward to see all set.

You better hurryup ..i always got snow on my birthdays, all week..

my day is moday.so tomorrow is your day.