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Originally Posted by steak
excuse my ignorance, but if my azimuth is 180 degrees and the sat that I am looking for is at 79W degrees, wouldn't I have to move my dish 101 degrees to be able to see it?
Right now I have my LNB pointing at 180 degrees .. is this the right way?
How far am I off from 180 degrees to be able to find AMC5?
Thank you much APRECIATED! :P
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No. The "79W" is the orbital location of the satellite.
Where you point your dish to see the satellite changes by where you are in the country. For instance, lets say the sattelite is directly over Kansas (it's not, but for illustrative purposes it is...)
Someone in Kansas, their "true south" is still 180 degrees (that never changes) but to point to the satellite they point straight up.
Someone in California, their "true south" is 180 degrees. But to get to the satellite, they need to point EAST to see it.
Someone in North Carolina needs to point due WEST to see the satellite.
Start to make sense? The satellite is in a fixed position, it never moves.
Therefore, you must use the zip code calculator to convert the orbital position (ie 79W) to YOUR pointing co-ordinates, which for example might turn out to 185 degrees on the compass setting. 185 is very close to "true south", so that would be the best satellite to line up to.
Remember that the satellite "arc" looks like a rainbow in the sky. You want to line up on the highest point of that arc, so that when the motor moves left and right, it follows the arc accurately. If you lined up on one to the left, the sucess of getting the other side to be accurate is diminished substantially.
Hope this helps...