Dish Alignment

Ar-Ey

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I am using AD-9500 Alfa Box Digital Decoder and Currently I'm in Arabsat.
83cm dish and Universal KU LNB.
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Riyadh-Saudi Arabia
Courtesy of Satmaster QuickAim:

Satellites (Ku,Band) Above 20 Degrees Elevation

Notes
(1) This geometric listing does not imply usable signals
(2) Side lobe overspill may allow out of footprint reception
(3) Ground noise may be excessive below 10 degrees elevation

Site location Ar Riyad – Saudi Arabia
Site latitude 24.65N
Site longitude 46.73E
Magnetic variation 2.4E
Modified polar elevation 64.81 degrees
Modified apex elevation 61.17 degrees
Modified polar axis 25.19 degrees
Modified apex declination 28.83 degrees
Modified declination offset 3.64 degrees

Key to Abbreviations:
Long: Sub satellite longitude (degrees)
AZm: Magnetic azimuth or compass bearing (degrees)
AZ: True azimuth (degrees)
EL: Elevation (degrees)
Band: Active Bands




Name Long AZm AZ EL Band


Hotbird 4 13.00E 235.6 238.0 42.7 Ku
Arabsat 3A 26.00E 219.9 222.2 53.0 Ku
Telecom 2C 5.00W 249.4 251.8 26.5 C,Ku


…Can someone please explain to me what these are for?
I’d like to point my dish to Hotbird so I tried it last Friday and I spend
The whole day without result and no signal quality at all.
Is there an easy way to position/align the dish?

Thanks in advance.
 

rolfw

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You may find that 88cm is a tad on the small size, a 1.2metre may be more appropriate.
 

Ar-Ey

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rolfw said:
You may find that 88cm is a tad on the small size, a 1.2metre may be more appropriate.

Hi rolfw!
tnx so much for d rply.

i have also 1.6m old dish but it's rusty. does it affect?
Can i use any lnb on any dish?
and should i point the head of the lnb to the center of the dish or where?
and how far should be the distance of the lnb from the focal point of the dish?
does it depends on the diameter of the dish?
i have Atlantic bird (tfc) setup at 5W with 97cm dish
and arabsat at 26E with 83cm dish.
the technician set this up and i'd like to learn also that's
why i spend the whole friday aligning my dish to hotbird 13E.
help me please. :)

btw, i know this is not the right thread for this but...
do u happen to know how i can upgrade my receiver?
or where to find the software for it. because i didnt find
any reply on my post in the software category.
 

Ar-Ey

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83cm dish and Universal KU LNB.
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Riyadh-Saudi Arabia
Also...I have said that i have an old and rusty 1.6m dish.
can i still use it or can i paint it to get more signal?
 
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