Several months ago our 4' Channel Master motorized dish became misaligned during a storm. Due to lack of time and not wanting to miss the Saturday night British shows on Montana PBS (AMC21) I found that if I decreased the declination from 24 to 20 degrees on the SG2100 motor Montana PBS came in clear with a signal of 80% on the Coolsat 4000. For the next several weeks this dish remained at AMC21, because signal from all other satellites was lost. One evening last week I adjusted the declination to 22 degrees and gained back all the other satellites (Amazonas 2 to Galaxy 23) with most channels having a signal of 75% to 80% and enjoyed watching the programming on these satellites once again. However, the signals on Galaxy 18 and AMC21 were weak around 65% with breakups.
Now the story gets better.
Not wanting to miss the British comedies last night yesterday afternoon while the dish was aimed at AMC21 I went out to the dish with a wrench and loosened the bolts to adjust the declination once again. As I was adjusting it back to 20 degrees the wrench slipped and blood began to pour out of my finger. I tightened the bolts and came in for first aid. To my surprise the signal on Montana PBS was at 87%. I told my wife I was not going to move the dish until after the shows were over last night, because the signal was the best it had ever been. I was also sure that I had lost all the other satellites. When I went back out to the dish to clean up the blood and to bring in the step stool I noticed that the declination was still at 22 degrees. This I found odd, because something must of moved in order to get such a fantastic signal. 
Now the best part of the story. After Red Green last night I scanned through all the available satellites from AMC21 to Amazonas 2 and the signals are the BEST they have been in years with most channels having signal strengths between 85% and 90%.
I feel like welding all adjustments (elevation, declination, etc) in place, so that this lasts forever.
Now the story gets better.
Not wanting to miss the British comedies last night yesterday afternoon while the dish was aimed at AMC21 I went out to the dish with a wrench and loosened the bolts to adjust the declination once again. As I was adjusting it back to 20 degrees the wrench slipped and blood began to pour out of my finger. I tightened the bolts and came in for first aid. To my surprise the signal on Montana PBS was at 87%. I told my wife I was not going to move the dish until after the shows were over last night, because the signal was the best it had ever been. I was also sure that I had lost all the other satellites. When I went back out to the dish to clean up the blood and to bring in the step stool I noticed that the declination was still at 22 degrees. This I found odd, because something must of moved in order to get such a fantastic signal. Now the best part of the story.
After Red Green last night I scanned through all the available satellites from AMC21 to Amazonas 2 and the signals are the BEST they have been in years with most channels having signal strengths between 85% and 90%. I feel like welding all adjustments (elevation, declination, etc) in place, so that this lasts forever.
