Step 2: After assembling
dish, fit LNB to dish ensure the skew is as is shown for your LNB:
Step 3: Set the gauge at
the back of the dish to the approximate elevation. Dishes are offset so that the
LNB does not shadow the signal received:
Location
Elevation
Azimuth
Kaitaia
46.8
319.3
Whangarei
45.8
317.6
Auckland
44.5
316.9
Thames
43.9
315.6
Hamilton
43.4
316
Rotorua
42.7
314.5
Gisbourne
41.4
311.8
Hastings
40.9
313.5
Palmerston North
40.6
315.2
Lower Hutt
40
316.1
Wellington
40
316.3
Picton
40.2
317.4
Nelson
40.4
318.5
Blenheim
39.9
317.5
Westport
40.3
321
Christchurch
38.2
318.7
Timaru
37.5
319.9
Oamaru
36.9
320.7
Dunedin
36.2
320.9
Invercargill
36
323.9
Bluff
35.7
323.8
Stuart Island
35.4
324.1
Step 4: Fine tune your
alignment using your pretuned receiver (e.g. on most receivers go to the manual
scan page and select the 12483MHz 22500MS/s H Pol TP or a Satellite signal meter
(with the satellite receiver turned on and on the correct channel). Locate the
Satellite by panning slowly. Make sure you have the correct satellite by viewing
picture on TV. Once you have the correct satellite peak both the azimuth and
elevation by adjusting each slightly until you get maximum signal strength and
then lock dish in place. Alternatively you can use a Satellite
Meter.
Step 5: Fine tune the skew of your LNB to achieve maximum
signal quality.
