brit Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Help what direction do we need to point a dish to receive english tele? ie which satellite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcrum Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Sky and all the UK channels are at 28.2 degrees East of South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 you'll also need the dish tilted a few degrees up from vertical, andthe LNB (the thing on the end which connects to the cable) twistedabout 5 minutes clockwise when viewed from the front looking at thedish.p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssc Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 This site has a load of info on dish and reciever set up. I have no connection with them.http://www.bigdishsat.com/Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 [quote user="fulcrum"]Sky and all the UK channels are at 28.2 degrees East of South.[/quote] Use the site mentioned above to get the exact information, the 28.2 degrees east of south is only correct for a dish positioned on the North Pole! the further south you are the more easterly the azimuth and the higher the elevation will need to be, not a massive amount but significant.Actually I think the curvature of the earth would prevent a dish on the north pole from receiving from the Astra satellites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcrum Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 JRYou are quite right as I too know all that stuff but the original poster sounded as if they did as well. You could also have explained that they will need an LNB, Dish, Digital Satellite box, Coax. And preferably a vertical post to mount the dish on.. When the original poster asked for a direction I should have said "out into space" ..... somewhere. After all, I did think they would figure it out from my brief reply. [:D] [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 [quote user="J.R."][quote user="fulcrum"]Sky and all the UK channels are at 28.2 degrees East of South.[/quote] Use the site mentioned above to get the exact information, the 28.2 degrees east of south is only correct for a dish positioned on the North Pole! [/quote]Surely, every direction from the north pole is 180 degrees - ie. south Doesn't the 28.2 degrees refer to the centre of the footprint - somewhere over the UK?The OP does not say where he is, but for here, the figures are Az 141 (from magnetic north!), Ele 27 & skew 18 (about 3 minutes on a clockface). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 [quote user="fulcrum"]JRYou are quite right as I too know all that stuff but the original poster sounded as if they did as well. You could also have explained that they will need an LNB, Dish, Digital Satellite box, Coax. And preferably a vertical post to mount the dish on.. When the original poster asked for a direction I should have said "out into space" ..... somewhere. After all, I did think they would figure it out from my brief reply. [:D] [;-)] [/quote]Sorry Fulcrum I didnt mean to criticise your advice, it was just after setting up dishes in england and france I noticed the difference in compass bearings (mine had a line engraved at 28.2 degrees) and knew that the effect would be magnified further south of france.Anyway I have my globe beside me now (sad or what!) and Nick was correct, it is the compass bearing from Greenwich (nominally) the satellite is over Equatorial Guinea which is a compass bearing of about 349 degrees or 11 degrees east of south from the north pole. This increases to 28.2 degrees at Greenwich and continues to increase the further south you are.FWIW From the words used I thought the poster didnt sound like they knew all about the subject so would welcome the accurate info on the site mentioned.I recently set up a digital receiver dish for a friend here in northern france using the azimuth and elevation data from the site, I used the elevation markings on the bracket (after checking the pole was plumb) and for azimuth I stood about 10 metres away behind the compass which was on a wooden stool, I orientated the lubber line to the azimuth and looked through the line to the dish. I realigned the dish until the axis of the LNB arm was in line with the lubber line, guaged by eye.When I switched on the TV Sky came up straight away with good signal strength and quality which I couldnt improve on. Compared to when I first did my own dish using the 28.2 degree figure and then had to play hunt the sattelite whilst another helper shouted the results from the TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 NickYou can go in any direction you want except due North from the North pole, but whether you choose to head off East or West you will always end up at the South Pole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcrum Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 JRNo problems and I'm glad I didn't provoke a bun fight. [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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