Motorised dish-true north

patooh

My location is Blantyre Malawi Latitude -15.783 and longitude 35.00, and if am setting up a motorised dish what satellite can i aim as my true north satellite?

pedro2000uk

What do you want to receive ... C Band/ KU Band Circular or linear (R/L or H/V) or all of them...

If it is KU Band you are aiming for you can use 36e (only 1 degree to the east) and the Multichoice Africa channels ... you will not get a picture without a card and only one clear radio channel.... but it will let you set up the start of your arc and done properly from the start... all the other satellites will come in OK.
(I would avoid 35e because it is off arc- inclined I think).

for linear KU

try 36e ...

12399H ...SR=26480 (apid 465 = audio for the French radio audio) very strong..

compufunk

Go to this site and enter your location.

_http://www.dishpointer.com/

You can work it out from there, Eutelsat @ 35E would be your true north, but I dont know if you can receive any signal from it at your location. You could use some of the sats either side of it like 32.8E, 33E, 36E, 39E etc. Use whichever is closest to your true north where you can receive a signal.


EDIT: I'm too slow for pedro

I take it I posted a live link, If so it was accidental

satelliteman

Yes deactivated it, no worries compufunk

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