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Old 05-03-2006, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by rainman
your zip did not come up in my search do you have you latitude and longitude. this will help us determine your initial setup so you can get your system up and running.
It looks like he's in West Enfield, approx 45d 15m 68d 39m .

If you plug that into http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Installati...Calculator.htm

it seems to come up with about
Azim=243 Elev=15.9 lnbf angle=38.8

Also, up here in Maine, there is a pretty sizeable magnetic deviation. It's about 17 deg where I am, and probably more like 19 or 20 deg over there. So you'll probably have to use a magnetic heading of around 262-263 or so.
G10r will be fairly low in the sky for an offset dish. Since it's elevation is even less than the offset angle, it may seem like it's aiming at the ground. But you should be able to get a good signal. G10 comes in very strong for me, particularly on C-band, but I've never tried it with an offset dish.
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