Satellites to the North

[dogsdinnerofit]

Too many times, I find myself in an area that I can't access Astra, Hotbird and Eurosat, where the dish is aimed vaguely to the South. This is because of hills/mountains usually. Are there any satellites I can access where I have to point the dish in a northerly direction ? Thanks

 

[sonnetpete]

Unfortunately, because the communication satellites are all situated around the Equator, if you are in the Northern Hemisphere your dish must point South.

 

[dogsdinnerofit]

Unfortunately, because the communication satellites are all situated around the Equator, if you are in the Northern Hemisphere your dish must point South.

OK, thanks

 

[ozumo]

There are phone apps available that use augmented reality to show where satellites are in the sky and help determine whether or not you have a chance of receiving signals.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Too many times, I find myself in an area that I can't access Astra, Hotbird and Eurosat, where the dish is aimed vaguely to the South. This is because of hills/mountains usually. Are there any satellites I can access where I have to point the dish in a northerly direction ? Thanks

Can you install a decent mounting point at the front of the caravan that you can clamp a long piece of scaffold to ?

 

[Analoguesat]

The satellites are probably higher up above the horizon than you imagine. You would have to either be VERY close to a hill or it be an enormous hill to totally block stuff to the south. Before I moved I got the satellite fairly close to the horizon at 57E despite there being a fair sized hill right in the way.