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Calculate Satellite Settings with DishpointerPosted by Jim in Full-Timing Tips, Live, RV Tech, Uncategorized, Work
Regardless, the Dishpointer satellite alignment calculator is still pretty cool. We’ve included the Dishpointer Lite widget here for your use. Just select your satellite from the drop down menu and enter your location – city or zip code – in the box. The map and details will automatically update with the required elevation, azimuth and LNB skew for your satellite dish. Drag the map or marker to pinpoint your location. Pretty cool, eh? If you think so, wait until you check out the full version.
Dishpointer.com includes the complete Satellite Dish Pointer / Alignment Calculator with Google Maps. With the full version you are provided more options and features, including an additional map marker that lets you determine the maximum height of obstacles in ther line of sight to your satellite. So like I said, pretty damn cool. The site also includes a wealth of information about satellite technology, more that anyone should ever need to know really. There is also a technical satellite help section with FAQs and the developer’s blog for satellite enthusiasts. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to create the clever Google Maps mashup behind the Dishpointer tool … just a chartered Engineer working on a PhD in aerodynamics. Thanks Alan!
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PLZ SOME ONE TELL ME,WHY DONT WE USE NORTH AND SOUTH AS REFERENCE FOR THE SATELLITES AND PLZ TELL ME THE FORMULA FOR CALCULATING ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH OF A SATELLITE
Hopefully someone else knows the answer to your question. Our assigned satellite is “91 West”. The Dishpointer tool will calculate the satellite settings, but I do not know the formula. If you find out, let us know. Good luck!
go to this site, perhaps it may answer your question ,
http://www.satellitewiz.com/Satellite-Look-Angle-Calculator.html
Thanks for the link! Great solution, as long as one does not need the information in order to get online in the first place.
Sorry, wish I could be of help with that one. Thanks for asking, and good luck!
its in the reply please check
http://www.satellitewiz.com/Satellite-Look-Angle-Calculator.html
I wonder if any one can tell me how can I get the 61.0W Amazona,here in orlando, current I have 61.5.Thanks.
Robert Hupsel
Koral,
There is a website that combines google maps with satellite footprints that provides the dish alignment too.
Not sure. Might wanna check out the Dishpointer Help FAQs for Satellite Dish Alignment.
what if that line is red .. instead of green.. can i still get the signal??
This is a nifty little plug-in. Sure would have saved me some time.
I hope some day there will be a google earth satellite footprint plug-in.
And thank you for commenting Lee! But thank Alan for his work on the program, we just posted about it here in our blog for the full-time RVing community.
I only wish I could have found this site yesterday, having spent several hours attempting to locate the AMC-1 satellite this afternoon. I believe this will help me do some fine tuning though. Thanks for the availability of your program.
Lee Wagner KRTM Radio
i gotta go lie down, all this data gave me a headache !