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By pressing the "Enter" button, you confirm your choice and
will be directed to the submenu (Figure 8) where you can
change parameters such as frequency, symbol rate,
polarisation, orbit position and the skew angle.
Programming an unlisted satellite is best achieved by
selecting the "USERSAT" option.
As in the main menu, the modifiable parameters appear in a
list. The parameter to be changed can be selected by using
the "Plus” or "Minus” buttons and confirmed by pressing
the "Enter” button.
Subsequently the currently value flashes and can now be
altered by pressing the "Plus” or "Minus” buttons. Press the
"Enter” button to accept the new value.
Otherwise press the "Menu” button. In doing so, the entry is
cancelled and you return to the main menu (Figure 6).
Repeat the steps above in order to change other parameters.
Inputting the skew angle is only required if the SkewMotion
option is used. Entering orbit positions is currently not
supported and serves for future developments, e.g. GPS.
If you wish to look up the last satellite edited, select the
satellite again from the "Satellite" menu (see 5.2.3).
5.2.5 Search mode
In the sub menu “Search mode“ you can change the mode
from “course“ to “fine“. The standard setting is “course“
(Fig. 10). By changing to “Fine“, the elevation increments
for each rotation is reduced. This means, that the system
requires more rotations to cover the whole of the elevation
range. Also the sensitivity is increased, which can mean, that
the systems stops more often to check a received signal. The
setting “course“ should only be changed if you have
difficulty homing in on a satellite at the edge of the satellites
footprint.
If you are back to normal reception, well within the satellite
footprint, the setting should be restored to “Course“, which
will reduce the time to find satellites.
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
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Fig. 8
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