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Originally Posted by spankman8
Also could someone please answer the part about the dish being about 8 feet off the ground if that will have any effect on the angle of the dish as for my location it says 45 degrees elevation but is that from the ground or does it matter how high up or how low down the dish is?
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Geosynchronous Orbit is WAY up there, over the equator. Think of your
aiming as a triangle, or set of triangles, with one of the legs over 20000 miles. Eight feet aren't going to matter much on the settings, especially given the precision and accuracy of the markings on most dishes, when it comes to aiming at the satellites. Eight feet might make all the difference in the world when it comes to shooting over a roofline or tree.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit