how read satellite position

[NAD]

how to read a satellite position :

example :

Hotbird 8 13E

what Does it mean ?

Does the " 13E " mean, my dish should be positioned in the east ?

Please help

[bigtee]

13 degrees east of 0 Longitude; when above equator (as in UK) looking south; when below equator, looking north.

To know how your dish should point use the tool at www.dishpointer.com; type in your address and the satellite you want; you can drag the cursor to the spot you plan to locate your dish (assuming a UK address).

[NAD]

thanks for your help , otherwise i would have been still in confusion .

I live in the indian ocean, mauritius island. below the Equator.

So the steps should be like this if i have correctly understood :

1. I face myself towards the north,
2. turn dish 13 degrees east on (my right hand side)
3. turn on the box, set the frequencies ,then i should get channels from hotbird.

[dandnsmith]

Alas, no.
Because you're at 57E, you'll need to point the dish to your left (a very crude first approximation would be (57-13) ie 44 degrees - but this doesn't take account of the latitude and so forth). One positioning tool I have suggests azimuth 294.4 elevation 42.2 for this satellite (left 65 degrees?) - I don't trust this (think it wasn't set up to do the southern hemisphere)

[robbo71]

Try this calculator is seems to give a reasonable answer:-

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

Although the angle it gives for a motor is from south, which is wrong, but take it away from 180, gives something in the region of 52 degrees to your left(west) of your North.

[NAD]

Thanks for all, u ar all shining guiding stars for me, i will follow the instructions and let u all know what the results, thanks again