Angle of signal receipt

[Johnmcc]

Hi,

I am doing research on setting up a new system. I believe that I have a reasonable area to locate the dish. However, I am not sure at what angle the signal will arrive at the dish, and believe this important relative to nearby buildings etc.

I will be in the Hull area. Anyone any idea where I can find the correct maths to work this out or is there a rule of thumb that will work?

Grateful for any help.

John

[Robbo]

Hi,
Most of us use a calculator.
Such as this:-
http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm

Just select your sat, and zoom in to your location on the map.

or this one:-

http://www.satlex.de/en/azel_calc.html

There are also downloadable ones if you google.

[lone]

Hi m8
An easy way to find your co-ordinance is start up google earth, type in your post code, when it zooms to your address, down the bottom of the screen you will find your co-ordinance.
regards lone

[Robbo]

Originally Posted by lone

Hi m8
An easy way to find your co-ordinance is start up google earth, type in your post code, when it zooms to your address, down the bottom of the screen you will find your co-ordinance.
regards lone

Yes, and then type them (the co-ordinates) into the calculator on the satlex link.

[Johnmcc]

Hi,

Many thanks for info. Done that and worked many thanks. First time I heard of Google earth site???

Now going to look see what is on what satellite.

many thanks for help

John

[BGonaSTICK]

Google Earth (and it's variants) is the best thing since sliced bread. Any bread in fact

My brain's gone dead. Anyone remember the name of the tool that rapes all the satellite image servers directly?

That's even better. Very clever.