at221
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- My Satellite Setup
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AthonX 3700+ CPU
ABIT KN8-SLI MB
PNY Geforce 7800GT GPU
SkyStar 2 PCI card
80cm Satellite Dish
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- Bath, United Kingdom
Hi there, I am trying to put up a non motorised dish on a post which is mounted on the ground. Been to see some of the tutorials here and found that they are for motor dishes. I am wondering if the angles referred to are the same for both systems.
I have been to www.heavens-above.com and got my latitude/longitude/elevation as follows:
Latitude = 51.378
Longitude = -2.381
Elevation = 73 m
And then I went to www.satsig.net and find my dish settings:
Dish azimuth (deg E relative to true north) = 176.95
Dish azimuth (deg E relative to magnetic north) = 181.56
Dish elevation (deg) = 31.14
Polarisation tilt (deg) = -1.9
Polar mount main axis angle (deg) = 52.06
Polar mount dish offset tilt (deg) = 6.75
Surely, I dont need all the information above. The things I know now is to point my dish to the South using a compass.
Do I use 31.14 as dish elevation when using a non-motorised dish? (I have only 1 bracket between the ground pole and the dish to adjust the angle of elevation).
Also, is the dish azimuth here pointing to anywhere specific? Like a specific satellite? I am quite confused with the other values as well. Would you be kind enough to give me a breif explaination. I want to point to the popular astra and test if my SS2 is working or not.
Cheers!
I have been to www.heavens-above.com and got my latitude/longitude/elevation as follows:
Latitude = 51.378
Longitude = -2.381
Elevation = 73 m
And then I went to www.satsig.net and find my dish settings:
Dish azimuth (deg E relative to true north) = 176.95
Dish azimuth (deg E relative to magnetic north) = 181.56
Dish elevation (deg) = 31.14
Polarisation tilt (deg) = -1.9
Polar mount main axis angle (deg) = 52.06
Polar mount dish offset tilt (deg) = 6.75
Surely, I dont need all the information above. The things I know now is to point my dish to the South using a compass.
Do I use 31.14 as dish elevation when using a non-motorised dish? (I have only 1 bracket between the ground pole and the dish to adjust the angle of elevation).
Also, is the dish azimuth here pointing to anywhere specific? Like a specific satellite? I am quite confused with the other values as well. Would you be kind enough to give me a breif explaination. I want to point to the popular astra and test if my SS2 is working or not.
Cheers!