will i recieve satelites

[standarren]

hi guys i'm loving trying to set up my dish
i have a 80cm dish
and a technomate 5400
the thing is i'm not sure if the dish is in a suitable place i can pick up the sky sat but when my signal finder is connected it only buzzs at the sky sat when i turn it round slowly it still makes abuzz but not aclear buzz
i've drawn a little picture that you may entertain you at leAST[Untitled.jpg

[bosvelt]

are you using a motor to turn it or are you turning it manually by hand

[standarren]

are you using a motor to turn it or are you turning it manually by hand

hi by hand at the moment i want to make sure its in a good location first

[obie]

Hi Standarren
I installed a motorised dish only last week, but before I did I used dishpointer with my LAT and LON to see what sats I could get. It will depend on what sats you are looking for and your location. Use dishpointer.com and see.

Good luck
obie

[standarren]

thanks obei

what i'm unsure about when i move the dish how do i no that i;m on hotbird sat

[obie]

Dishpointer will show you with a line to that sat.
You could also look to where your S*y dish is pointing and move your new dish to the right about 15 degrees as if you are standing behind the dish also placing a compass on the ground and pointing to south. From behind the dish east is left and west is right, assuming your in UK or Ireland or Northern Hemisphere.

[standarren]

how do you set the elevation and the azimuth

[dick b]

how do you set the elevation and the azimuth

have a read of this mate.there is also a guide in the stickies.

I"V just read in your other thread that its a fixed dish so if once you have found your 1st sat say 28.2 E as you move towards 0.8W(thor) the dish elevation needs increasing slightly for each sat.and decreasing for the sats the other side of thor.thor being the highest sat if you are near the meridian.and if you move it to the left of 28.2E it will want decreasing.with a fixed dish skew will need adjusting too but as you are only checking line of sight this may not be neccessary.IF you just turn the dish left or right after you have found your 1st sat you will not find any more.