Dish pointing, how?

[maarten_breet]

If everything is working, where do you point the dish at. Or does it need to move?

[Syed]

This depends on where you are in the world. In the US, you’ll want to point to Galaxy 19, which is at 97-degrees west, I believe.

We intend to stick to the same satellite as long as possible, but there might be instances that we change birds. In those cases, you’ll need to repoint the dish. Hopefully you have a motor on yours?

[maarten_breet]

Thanks for your reply. I live in the Netherlands.Fortunately my job is installing dishes for tv and internet. So re-aligning is no problem

[branko]

Europe will use one of the HotBirds at 13.0 E.

[Ferdous]

I live in egypt, how do i point the dish ?

[Syed]

You can use this site to give you the direction of Hotbird from Egypt.

Direction of 13.0°E - Hot Bird 6, Hot Bird 7A, Hot Bird 8 - Dish pointing...

[mcasdorph]

@Syed

This depends on where you are in the world. In the US, you’ll want to point to Galaxy 19, which is at 97-degrees west, I believe.

Thank you, this answered my question (I didn’t even have to post it…lol), I used to have my FTA dish aimed that Galaxy 19 a few years ago for FTA channels, I moved since then, but it shouldn’t be a problem hitting that bird. I’m glad you guys are using this sat.

[darrell]

Here is a link to a great site for lining up a dish. It works worldwide if needed.
http://www.satlex.de/en/azel_calc.html