Finally, there is an update to the Sky/Freesat alignment calculator which helped you so far installing or setting up your satellite dish. Not only can you now enter your address, postcode, city or geocode for any location on earth but you can also choose the satellite you wish to point to, making this version of the satellite alignment calculator a global tool (you can now use it in e.g. Spain, France, USA to find Hotbird, Astra 1, DirecTV etc.)
But the coolest thing is that it will show you on a close-up satellite image on which wall to fix your satellite dish and where to point it! Just try it out!
For the UK, only the first part of the postcode is considered, the second part disregarded. So don’t be suprised when the marker is a few miles away from your home. But you can click and drag the marker.
| Your Location | Satellite Data | Dish Setup Data |
|---|---|---|
|
Latitude:
Longitude:
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Name:
Distance:
|
Elevation:
Azimuth:
LNB Skew:
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Elevation is measured from the horizon upwards. If it gives a negative value then the satellite is below the horizon, i.e. it’s physically not possible to receive that satellite.
Azimuth is positive clockwise and measured from True North. If (and only when) using a compass, you will need to adjust the azimuth by the magnetic variation for your location.
LNB skew is positve anti-clockwise when facing the dish and is a theoretical value, in practice it may differ (e.g. for Sky UK add 7.5°).
I’ve tested the virtual satellite image alignment on a few real installations and must say that the accuracy is amazing.
Here’s how to use it:
Choose a satellite (default is Sky UK), enter your location and hit go. If it has found your location correctly, zoom in closer and then switch to the satellite map view. Then click and drag the icon where you want to install your dish. The blue line will show you the direction in which you need to point the dish.
You will need a fast internet connection such as T1, ADSL, cable broadband or satellite broadband as the tool downloads about 1MB of satellite images. I’d recommend a minimum download speed of 1Mbps. If you don’t have broadband and are on a dial-up, you can still use the old calculator.
Update 21.08.07: I’ve added the elevation and LNB skew calculation results just underneath the map. These are calculated and displayed in real time as soon as you move the marker or change the satellite. The old calculator should be really obsolete now.
Update 05.09.07: Within two weeks, the calculator has been used about 40,000 times making this one of the fastest growing satellite tools ever. That’s why I decided to place the calculator on a single, separate site called www.dishpointer.com. The calculator will be available on both sites with the same versions (I’m going to keep only Dishpointer.com up-to-date) but I believe the dishpointer.com site will be more suitable for non-UK visitors. There will be also various language versions of this tool on the dishpointer.com site, so if you feel you could help me out with translating a few lines of text into any language, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
If you don’t speak another language but still want to contribute, then please spread the word, buy from the partner-shops or make a small donation (see paypal button on the right – remember, calling a Sky installer to re-align a dish costs £70, and no amount is too small to be donated here).
Update: Latest version with many new features on www.dishpointer.com
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August 16th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
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August 24th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
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August 24th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Align a satellite dish with Google Maps…
As someone who has struggled with a satellite dish self-installation just for fun, I have to ask: WHERE was this killer service when I needed it? Hit up this page over at UKSatelliteHelp, enter your street address and then pick from the lengthy lists o…
August 24th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Is there any way you could add the Echostar6,7, & 8 satellites to your locator. I think it is a very useful tool and would appreciate it.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
@Tony P.: They are already in the list. EchoStar 6 and 8 are at 110W, and EchoStar 7 is at 119W.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:58 am
[...] Satellite Alignment Calculator 2.0 A unique tool which calculates the dish angle based on user location and then draws a line on the Google Maps satellite image. You can actually see your house, mark the dish position and then see where to aim the satellite dish. (tags: Satellite) [...]
August 25th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Is there an offline version of this as it would be useful to set up sat when remote (e.g. camping)
Thanks. Great tool
August 25th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
@Ryan: No, unfortunately not. The satellite images and the maps are coming directly from Google; I reckon the offline-version would be several gigabytes of data.
August 25th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
[...] Google Maps Satellite Alignment Calculator – Link [...]
August 26th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Could this be modified to provide point to point pointing info. For example for homebrew wireless fun?
Anthony
August 27th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Brilliant. Set up a new SL65 kit with no problem at all. Realised the original location I had planned for the dish was directly in the path of next doors roof so was able to locate in new position without wasting time and effort (and too many holes in the wall etc.).
Do you know of a similar calculator for terrestrial transmitters. I live in west Lancashire and want to use freeview to pick up some welsh channels that are not yet on freesat, as the distance is great the alignment will be critical.
Great tool for dish alignment. Thanks again.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
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August 28th, 2007 at 5:51 am
@Anthony: Sure it could be done, maybe in a new application.
@Gary: Thank you for your kind comment. I’m not aware of any calculator for terrestrial transmitters but it sounds like a good idea…just need the location of the transmitters and then it could be easily done.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
I am unable to locate the Dish Network sat #’s 119 & 110
August 28th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
[...] SAC’s accuracy. Can anyone out there confirm SAC’s usefulness? Share in the comments. Satellite Alignment Calculator 2.0 [...]
August 28th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
[...] Satellite Alignment Calculator 2.0 (SAC) es un sistema que utiliza Google Maps para ayudarnos a orientar correctamente nuestra antena parabólica al satélite que queramos. Es muy simple, solo seleccionamos un el satélite y la ubicación de la antena en el mapa. El sistema nos dirá los parámetros necesarios para orientar la antena. [...]
August 28th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
A lot of us here in North America try to get 2 satellites with 1 dish. Is there a way to do 2 birds?
Thanks
August 28th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
I press go and nothing happens. Possible Safari incompatibility?
August 28th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
there Is a terrestrial transmitter location tool, unfortunately its only for the US ..
http://www.antennaweb.org/ it seems to work pretty well just enter zip code then move the map to you location… the reception calculation are spot on for my location … oh yay. 3 channels =(
August 28th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
@Greg Smith: Does Google Maps (http://maps.google.com) work for you? If not, you need to enable Javascript in Safari and then my calculator should work too.
August 28th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
@Lipwah Louie: The two satellites work for me. You mean you can’t get your location to show up? Then try entering your city and country alone and then zoom to your location.
August 28th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
@Gundu Thadiyan: When trying to get two satellites with one dish, you would usually align the dish to the weaker satellite and then adjust the second LNB to receive the stronger satellite. So, the calculator will also work for two satellites, you just need to know which one will be your primary satellite.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
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August 29th, 2007 at 2:42 am
maps.google.com work fine. It’s weird. The Go button has no effect at all.
August 29th, 2007 at 5:17 am
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August 29th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Very nice BUT in Perth, Western Australia selecting 64.2E satalite the line is draw in correct dir NW but labelled wrong as Az 112o not the correct 282o (ie 180 deg out in writing but line shown correctly). Think you have a hemisphere ono bug. Else well done.
Peter.
August 29th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Could you add Radiosat 1, 2, 3 for Sirius Satellite Radio. The Sirius satellite listed is for a Swedish satellite company and the settings are invalid for the US.
August 29th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
@Peter McMullen: Thanks for letting me know of this bug, you’re absolutely right! I’ll fix it as soon as I get round to it.
August 29th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
@Dave: Radiosat 1, 2, 3 are non-geostationary satellites which orbit North and Southamerica in an eliptical shape. That system also works completely different than normal broadcasting satellites as they use terrestrial repeaters. Therefore, they can’t be and shouldn’t be listed here.
August 30th, 2007 at 1:33 am
Thanks for the speedy reply Alan. Look forward to it. Cheers
August 30th, 2007 at 7:22 am
@Peter McMullen: Just fixed it. Everything should display and read ok now. Thanks again.
August 30th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
“Works” but does give a -ve Azimuth angle. Not wrong, but an “if smaller than 0 then +360″ line may be wanted to put it in the range 0 to Az to 360
Well done for fixing it.
Your Location Satellite Data Dish Setup Data
Latitude: -31.865°
Longitude: 115.928° Name: 64.2E Intelsat 906
Distance: 39187km Elevation: 23.8°
Azimuth: -67.4°
LNB skew: -51.6°
p.s. Did you know the using the “less than symbol” in the message kills the message from that point forward.
August 30th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
I would like receive czech channels from Astra 3A (Northern Ireland – Newcastle, BT33 0BE) What is size dish I have to buy? Thank you Robert
August 31st, 2007 at 1:46 am
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September 1st, 2007 at 10:04 pm
[...] Google Maps tool to align your Satellite Dish – The creator of this maps tool explains: “..Basically, anyone who ever installed a satellite dish knows how frustrating it is to point the dish at the satellite somewhere in the sky. I’ve created a unique tool which calculates the dish angle based on user location and then draws a line on the Google Maps satellite image. You can actually see your house, mark the dish position and then see where to aim the satellite dish.” (This tool works for anyone worldwide) [...]
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:58 am
in safari on mac nothing happens!
it works in firefox on mac though… but having to switch s*cks…
must be a bug!
September 2nd, 2007 at 8:31 pm
This is spectacular! I just found out why I couldnt get a signal whilst on holiday! As I suspected too many damn trees! Oh well, just have to choose a different location next year! Brilliant tool and I expect I’ll use it for months to come!
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Just got back from short break. Thanks for your response regarding terrestial transmiter alignment.
The transmitters I was particularly interested in was Moel-Y-Park in the Wirral at OS Grid Ref SJ 123 701 (GPS: 53.2207,-3.31496) and Winter Hill in Lancashire at OS Grid Ref SD 660 144 (GPS: 53.625,-2.51554).
Are you able to help.
September 4th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Thanks to the help of smokeonit and Greg Smith, the calculator now works on the Safari browser, too. There was a small bug which I couldn’t get rid of without their help as I didn’t have Safari (now I do as they pointed out that it’s available on Windows too) or don’t have a mac. Thanks, guys!
September 4th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
@Gary: It’s actually quite easy to do. Can you email me your email address and I’ll put something up for you sometime this week. My email is all the way below.
September 5th, 2007 at 4:12 am
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September 5th, 2007 at 4:31 am
Alan,
What a great tool for RV’ers. Thank you so much for your work, this is truly the type of thing an open internet was ment to be used for.
September 5th, 2007 at 6:28 am
[...] Satellite Dish Alignment / Setup Calculator 2.0 Not only can you enter your address, postcode, city or geocode for any location on earth but you can also choose the satellite you wish to point to. Courtesy UKSatelliteHelp.co.uk (tags: resources.google.mashups resources.satellite) [...]
September 5th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Is the azimuth calculated from true north, or is it adjusted for magnetic north?
September 5th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
The azimuth is calculated from True North. Should you want to use a compass in order to verify the blue line you will need to add or substract the magnetic variation for your location. You don’t need to do that if you are not using a compass, the blue line is correct as it is.
September 9th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Hi, I am trying to find Atlantic bird 3 5w, I have a 57cm dish but can’t find it.
I have been using a Lacuna mk4 sa meter. Do I need a larger dish?.
Great website btw
September 12th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Alan, thanks for your reply again on 4th Sept. re terrestial transmitters. Can’t find your email address ‘all the way below’ as you say, or even anywhere on the page. My email address is in the ‘E-mail’ text box of this form – can you not access this?
Gary
September 15th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Gary, I’ve just sent you an email with a link to a tool showing you the transmitter lines. Hope it helps.
Alan
September 18th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Recently One chanel of Bangladesh named “EKUSHEY TV” changed their tech data. We the UN peacekeepers from Liberia(GBARNGA) earlier cud see it by PAS 10. New Tech Data: Telstar10, Freq:3.787 MHz, Symb Rate: 4600, FEC:2/3.Pol:H, Earlier Data: Sat-PAS 10/c, 4.164,4600,2/3,H. On ground we faced our DIsh on 100 deg East, Pol: V and could recieve the channel. What we should do now to get the channel with new data? Please tell about Dish angle, LNB angle and other requied details.
* Is it possible to get “Eurobird1 satelite” footprint from Liberia by which we can watch two Bangladeshi Channel “Channel I” and “ATN BANGLA” ? If possible what are the suggested reciever we should use?
Thank you.
September 22nd, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Very nice tool. Used it to do site survey work for a possible new office. We do a lot of VSAT testing and we needed to make sure we had LOS to the birds we use.
Thanks
September 25th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Does this show the size of dish needed?
I have a spare 80cm and am trying to work out what Satellites I can pick up e.g 33e, 23.5e, etc?
Thanks
September 26th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
@Bal: You’ll be able to do that on http://www.dishpointer.com. I’ll probably finish off the dishsize feature this coming weekend.
September 30th, 2007 at 7:54 am
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October 31st, 2007 at 5:40 pm
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December 7th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Hello, I’m about to buy the Sky Freesat dish and was wondering if someone would know whether we can get the Spanish and Catalan satellite channels with it.
I’m a real novice at this and advice would be most appreciated.
Thanks.
December 10th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Richard,
Do you have any particular spanish channels on mind? Go to http://www.dishpointer.com, enter your address and then click on the satellites tab underneath the map to see what satellites you can receive and what dish size is required. Then choose the satellite from the drop down box and click on the channels tab. You can see all the available channels there and whether they are encrypted or not.
December 11th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Hi Can you also add the new international satellite that is going to replace 121w, I believe it is 118.75W. I know its only a few degrees off 119W, and they sell LNBs that will work for both sats but it would be nice to know. That would be great. Thanks.
January 10th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Is the function of moving the pin still active? I was able to move it before, but can not move it now
January 13th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Hello there
I am from Ireland.
I want to get satellite channels from following satellite and then want to tune it into INSAT 2E APR1.
Intelsat Satellite at 83 degrees East (APR-1)
Would you please advise me the size of dish which are needed? Is 90cm dish quite enough? Please advise
regards
Ajish
January 14th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
This is the best satellite pointing tool I’ve ever used!
The DirecTV 5 LNB option is amazing.. but would really like to see this setup: 82, 91, 101, 110, and 119 (that’s ExpressVU 1/2, DirecTV in the middle, and Dishnet 1/2).
btw, where did you get your formulas from?
January 14th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
@Ajish
It’s not possible to receive a satellite located at 83 East in Ireland, not even with a 30m dish.
January 16th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Can anyone tell me where to get footy channels from Plesae!!!!
January 28th, 2008 at 2:02 am
may i try to dowlond files
January 29th, 2008 at 11:43 am
is it possable to pick up uk sky,s sat astra in iraq, basrah, if so what size of dish would i need and can i use my sky digi box from my uk home.
many thanks
dave kerr
January 30th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Hi Alan
This is an awesome dish pointing software. I had to do a site survey in downtown Boston,MA and this was a great help. You are one smart person to come up with this. Thanks
Julian Puma
January 30th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
David:
Basrah is certainly outside the official footprints. With a very very big dish (several meters) it *might* be possible but no guarantee on that. Should it work, then you could use your existing digibox. Best is to ask people who are already down there. Would be great if you let us know if you find out.
Alan
January 30th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Julian:
Many thanks for your kind words, much appreciated.
February 7th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Post code for my address seems to be incorrect. It shows a location 3 miles North.
February 7th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Fred:
UK postcode search is done for the first 3 letters only.
March 4th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Great website, and great communication.TY Keep up the good work.
March 4th, 2008 at 7:00 am
The compass direction for DN in Barrie ON are.
119=230
110=220
March 14th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Its a fantastic tool to find the bird, which took hours to find the direction from un familier places.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I have a 90cm offset dish that I wish to receive tv finland on thor 2 3. Do i need to obtain the subscription-smart card to sort the conax encryption before i can align the dish correctly, or should i be able to receive some unencrypted channels first? I am new to this and have been trying to locate the correct satellite without much luck. Could the dish be too small?
March 18th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
@Ray
You should be able to receive the unencrypted channels. You can get an indication of the dish size on http://www.dishpointer.com Just click on the channels tab underneath the map after you’ve selected the Thor satellite.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Forgive me for being ignorant or technically minded, but I’ve just used your Satelitte Dish Alignment tool and it has come back with the figures: -
d=49.9m
h=32.2m
What does this mean ?
What does d and h refers to ?
Regards
John
April 11th, 2008 at 11:19 am
The Satellite Dish Alignment Calculator did not locate the area covered by my post code. EH48 3DU
April 11th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
John:
d is the distance to an obstacle and h the maximum height the obstacle can be without interfering with the signal (measured from the base of the dish). You can click and drag the obstacle marker.
Andrew: Only the first part of the postcode is considered, i.e. EH48 will put you on the same spot.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
great tool alan, how do i set up a h to h mount for maximum coverage ,just bought a fortech passion (for HD) and a motor , i have an 80cm dish i am south facing but have buildings in close proximity on my west , un opposed views east, but live in a conservation area ! , is it poss to run a long length of co-ax (180 ft) and mount dish on the floor at the bottom of the garden , would their be too much loss of signal for such a long run? , this is my first system.
kind regards,
steve.
April 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Hello,
Wondered if you are able to answer a question for me. On my way into work I pass quite a big satellite dish on the front of house which appears to be pointing downwards by quite a few degrees. The others in the same row of houses are all pointing fairly well upwards.
Is there a logical explanation for this?
Regards
Tony Cooper
April 28th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Tony:
Most dishes are offset dishes where the LNB is not diretly at the center of the dish a bit closer to the bottom. That means that the dish itself can’t point directly at the satellite (only when the LNB would be in the middle like with prime focus dishes). The offset angle is usually around 26 degrees. So, say, the elevation for a particular satellite is 26 degrees then the dish would be actually horizontal. If the elevation is 10 degrees then the dish would be pointing downwards by 16 degrees.
Hope this clarifies it a bit. So, I guess your neighbour doesn’t point his dish at the same satellite as all the others.
May 19th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Good day
Can someone help me please??
I need to know how to align one dish to receive a signal from two satellites, all I know that you need to install a second LNB, but I am not sure about the alignment and other procedure, any help will be appreciated
May 29th, 2008 at 8:36 am
I want to install my dish myself and I think I got every information I need.
I only don’t understand what LNB skew value is for? What do I do with it?
Can you please explain?
Thank you
May 29th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Brian, the LNB screw is used to set the angle at which the LNB is facing the dish..
More help via Astra’s Installation Assistance, for your location can be found here :
http://www.ses-astra.com
Use the Longitude and Latitude values from this site.
Hope this helps,
Ray.
June 1st, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Hi, i have just purchased a Goodmans GFSAT200HD receiver and connected it to a sky dish that was here on the property when we moved in.
i can only get 50 of the 80 available stations, and no radio stations and a intermitent ITV1 signal.
I would like to confirm the allignment of my dish and LMB for the Astra 2 sattelite.
Your setup pages indicate looking for a ID 0002 to confirm correct sattelite lock however i am not using a sky receiver and the ID’s are either Network ID or Transport ID and the signal strength is only displayed during the very first setup of the receiver, after the first channel scan i can only get signal strenght and quality for the channel i am watching and Network and transport ID.
can i confirm from this information that i am looking at the corect sattelite??
Thanks Ian
June 14th, 2008 at 2:43 am
Hello, I am thinking of getting a portable dish (40cm I think) like the ones they have in Aldi for 60 pounds, for when I go camping. Would I be able to get decent reception with this system around the north west?
Thanks
Mike
June 14th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Following my question on April 28th and Alan’s informative answer, I have still to see another satellite dish pointing downwards in the way that this one does. This dish is quite a larger than most domestic ones.
All of the other dishes are pointing upwards or just sligtly upwards. Does this mean the the dish is pointing at a different satellite to all the other dishes. If so, which satellite is it likely to be pointing to.
This is central UK location.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Hi there…
Excellent website, by the way.
I shall be based in Bath UK for most of the summer. I will be living in a rented ground floor flat, which, if were mine I would be able to mount a dish for my beloved sky plus as there is a clear line of site by virtue of it being on a crescent and high up on a hill.
The question is – is there a portable dish that I could buy for this?
Also what portable sat dish tool finder would you recommend.
Any help would be most appreciated.
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Hi
I am living in Edinburgh, UK and I want to use Hotbird sattelite but I cant find exact Vertically and Horizontally angels.
Would you please help me?
Reza
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
with the help of uksatellitehelp i have fixed my dish correctly for insat 4b but im not getting the quality of signal, in my star track receiver im getting 0% always. strength of signal is good. what shall i do, please help me
August 19th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Hi there, hoping you can help! Going on hoilday to South Western France (Moillets Plage) soon. Which are the three Satelites which form the footprint for this area? so I can receive Sky and the Freeview channels from the UK.
Many Thanks Andy
August 21st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Hi people !
I live in a small apartment and cannot fix the dish to wall, is there any small indoor dish available in the market?
thnqq
ali
August 24th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
@Andy: Not sure what you mean but in order to get Sky and FreeSAT (not Freeview that’s terrestrial), you would be still pointing at a single satellite: Astra at 28.2 East.
@Ali: There are new type of dishes out, flat panels like selfsat (www.self-sat.com). Maybe you can hang that one outside the window. You could try it behind glass but if it’s double-glazing you can almost forget it.
September 6th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
where can I buy from a satellite dish in Northern Ireland?
September 7th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
To the guy (and anyone else) who lives in north west england and is looking at buying the aldi 40cm system (or equivalent with small dish)…it works perfectly!I live in a village surrounded by farm buildings, mountains and I can honestly say I get perfect reception with the aldi dish.
The dish is sat on the shed roof and picks up all Turksat, Astra (19.2 + 28), Hispasat and Hellasat satellites. Serious bargain and a complete doddle to set up…so to all naysayers who say “turksat needs a 80-90cm dish in the north”….ermmmm no it doesn’t, the aldi dish does the job perfectly, even in rainy weather.
September 7th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Ivan, what channels do you wanna pick up over there in northern ireland?You can always pick up a cheap digibox + sat off ebay. Failing that you could wait until Lidl does one of their bargain sat specials, or buy a cheap portable sat system off maplin, they have some good stuff on their online shop.
September 7th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
@Kieran: Thanks for the info. ShowTV and ATV always used to be a problem on Turksat – can you get these two channels with the 40cm dish?
@Ivan: Many places to buy a dish, Aldi and Lidl have been suggested by Kieran. Would also check ebay and the local sat installer.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Cheers Alan, I’vefound atv, reception is slightly patchy (as in not brilliant) and showTv is a non-starter!I eat some of my words but as a newbie to this I’m amazed what I can pick up.We’ve just had torrential rain and storms and could still recieve TRT 1-4, Hayat, Berat and quite a few other channels.
I would agree with you on the ebay site, you can pick up a dish for less than 20 quid and a bog standard digibox for about the same and set up a system…that will be my next job!
September 21st, 2008 at 1:01 pm
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September 21st, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Hi I need to find a tripod to move my motor gear away from the wall to get rotation with my 90cm dish.
Do you now of a good source?.
Many thanks
Kelv
September 21st, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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September 25th, 2008 at 12:22 am
i have my dish on a apartment building..getting 91.0W Nimiq 1
& 82.0W..TRYING TO GET 119w…how far off am i from that ?
can’t seem to get the Alignment right…Thx
September 25th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Tariq: Take the difference in azimuth. That’s by how much you need to rotate the dish around it’s vertical axis (on you wrist watch, 3 o’clock is 90 °, 1 o’clock 30 ° – so don’t over do it). Also take the difference in elevation – that’s how much you need to move the dish up or down.
September 25th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Thx..for the reply ..Alan
but from what i heard..i can’t get 119w signal ..where i live
which is EDMONTON ,ALBERTA….
does anyone know if thats true ?????????
October 8th, 2008 at 8:30 am
WHAT DOES IT MEAN Hellas Sat 2 at 39° East &how can i addjust my dish
October 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
How i know the elevation&the direction of the satellite?
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:11 am
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November 8th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
i ‘ve been searching badr 4-6 at 26 e for 5 days. but i couldn’t able to fine that.
Can u pleaze tell Is it easy to recieve badr 26e and Eurobird 1 & Astra 2A-2B-2C-2D at 28_2°E – from pakistan?
many thanks
November 9th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Hello any one please help me set up 119 dish satelite with all frequienc would apprecita your kind help
rgds
November 9th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Rahim:
I don’t think you can easily receive Astra 2, certainly not Astra 2D in Pakistan. Badr should be a bit easier but you would need a large dish – best is to find someone local who can receive these satellites and then use the same dish size.
November 9th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Anthony: I don’t have the frequencies for 119W but try satcodx.com
November 12th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
I’d like to be able to watch FTA some BBC, ITV etc. However, I work in South of France and my flat faces West by North ( about 280 degrees.) with no chance of fitting a dish facing South or East. Is there any other sat I can pick up out there? Otherwise have to arrange roof mount which is a PAIN in France!
November 17th, 2008 at 8:49 am
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November 18th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Rob: No, there is no other way. You need a clear line of sight to the satellite, which in your case is south, south-east.
November 24th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I need to realign my satellite dish here in France in order to set up a free to view French system running off the Astra satellite. Do you have a sat finder product that will do the job for me? How easy is it to use, how much does it cost, do you ship to France? I am on email but we do not yet have broadband (or ADSL as it is known in France) in our village.
Thanks for your speedy response
Linda Rayworth
November 26th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Linda: I don’t sell these things but Astra 19.2E is quite strong in France. If you can receive Sky already then you need to move your dish a little bit to west (right if you stand behind the dish and a tiny bit up…do this very slowly and you should be fine. But make sure that you put the receiver and a Astra transponder first (www.satcodx.com). What sort of receiver do you have – a sky digibox is no good when it comes to receiving other satellites.
November 30th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Hi Alan,
Could you tell me if i would be able to get Insat 4A at Edinburgh?
On the calculator, it is pointing towards 83.0 E
December 7th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
can i use old sky dish as satallite phone? getting free calls?
current dish allignment poor as cant get any channels atall now and when did theyd go down in bad weather
can i only get free sky channels as useing sky box or can i get other channels through that box by changeing allignment
December 9th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Lee: No, no satellite phone. Yes, free channels from sky and other satellites but a sky digibox is no good for other satellites as entering new channels is a pain.
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Well thought I’d post a short update on the Aldi 40cm satellite system, which has been up since early Summer. As I said before, it was pretty easy to put upand it seems relatively easy to change transponder frequencies and create new channels.So far on my little dish I’ve picked up quite a lot of Turksat 42E, Astra 19E, Astra 28E, Sirius 5E, and 5w. Not a sniff of 16E, although I’ve heard it’s not an easy one to pick up.Couple of downsides to the Aldi dish, although I am really happy with it…this would probably apply to the Lidl and Maplin suitcase sized sat system too.
If you buy one, ensure it is in a sheltered place away from gales.Also if you keep it wall mounted, tighten the whole system up as much as possible as winds will loosen the mountings easily and lose your signal. Oh, and mine has started to go rusty!Apart from that it is a great little toy, and picks up some good stations.
January 14th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
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January 21st, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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January 22nd, 2009 at 5:47 pm
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March 25th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Hi, I want to receive ecuadorian tv, does anyone know what should I do? There’s a dish (1m) in in the house and i need to re align it. What coordinates should I use? What satellite can I pick ie intelsat 805?
Thanks
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May 16th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Hi Alan,
Many thanks for a brilliant tool.
Some time ago someone asked if you could use it offline for camping and you pointed out that they could not, but if they know where they are going, they could print or save the result and then it’s not too difficult to work out the direction even if they are not in the exact spot.
Thanks again
Best regards
Frank
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:40 pm
hi alan what a great tool you have.but can you tell me what size dish i need for swedish satellite and is it thor or sirius? many thanks neil
May 26th, 2009 at 10:44 am
I am living in Australia, in NSW state, in Sydney, Igot every thing to see FTV but I haven’t signal in my satelite reciver I need help please
May 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
hello there,
would you please be able to help me with this small probleme
i’d like to watch the uk chanels like bbcs, itvs, chanel4 etc..
i live in algeria in oran to be precise.
i’ve heard about astra sat?!!
please get back to me on my email above
thank you for your help.
best regards
mohammed
June 8th, 2009 at 12:14 am
hi could you please help i want to recieve swedish satellite in the uk from sirius but when i try to set it up for some reason i only get one polarity im using an 80 cm dish.and so obviously only recieving half the channels
June 16th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
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June 20th, 2009 at 11:15 am
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June 21st, 2009 at 5:29 pm
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July 26th, 2009 at 8:42 am
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August 1st, 2009 at 4:11 am
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August 8th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Hi, I’m trying to tune in to Astra 28.2E. I see on the calculator that it’s exactly the same as Sky. I connected to a quad LNB on the Sky dish, ran an extra cable to sat box and zero result. Any suggestions, please?
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Hi. I am moving to Dallas Tx soon, I tried the dish pointer to get the coordinates of the BSkyB satellite. Is it really possible to receive a signal in Dallas off the astra 2 satellite?
Coordinates Dallas Tx,
Elevation:-36.0°
Azimuth (true): 249.1°
Azimuth (magn.): 244.7°
LNB skew: -44.2°
If so, what size dish is required to receive the above coordinates?
Thanks…
September 14th, 2009 at 3:58 am
hi i am her in Philippines and i have a dream satellite dish and my receiver is humax ir-free and i have lnbf i buy this Humax and Lnbf in Saudi Arabia my Q:? is it well work dream dish and humax ir-free receiver and lnbf her in my country? pls……………. help me pls……
December 30th, 2009 at 1:56 am
Great! Sitting in Japan with my laptop without the Satmaster Pro… This website beats anything. BIG thank you.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Cool, now I have at least a vague idea how to direct my dish. Thanx
January 31st, 2010 at 11:25 am
Hello Allan,
Thank you for update Sky/Freesat alignment calculator. Very appreciate this!
February 18th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Hello Allan, Its a great website and thanks for that. I have one question, i live in liverpool,uk and wanted to get the satellite NSS 6 which is 95E to get the indian dish tv, when checked my location the dish setup data coming up as
Elevation:-13.2°
Azimuth (true): 263.6°
Azimuth (magn.): 266.7°
LNB skew: -36.3°
So, is there anyway for me to connect to this even with a use of big dish. coz i have seen on top you saying, if its negative elevation its not possible to connect. If not are there any other satellites which will broadcast indian channels, if you know of any, Thank you.
March 23rd, 2010 at 11:11 am
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May 8th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Hello, I work on a yacht. Usually we use 13E where we pick up movie channels, sky sports etc, our boxes were purchased in Italy and we have Italian sky cards. However I have tried 28E and the sky boxes will not pick up any channels, I cannot even get into the different menus and cannot rx even freeview channels. Our normal recievers can pick up channels no problem eg ITV etc so I know I have a good signal. Does anyone know if it is possible to use these sky boxes on 28E, if so how?
Many Thanks,
May 29th, 2010 at 11:36 am
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June 8th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Wasted several hours trying to align a cheap dish from Maplin. Eventually gave up and in desperation trawled the internet for info. Came across this site and spent 5 mins visually aligning the dish as per instructions with elevation set near vertical (as advised by a previous post). To my amazement got 90% signal strength without even putting a meter on! Fine tuned and all sorted within 15 min. OK some luck I dare say but certainly an invaluable tool. Many thanks.
June 24th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
I have great difficulty in finding a station on my manual 85cm Sky Dish, it is mounted on the roof of a 9m Frankia. There is a Sat Finder DSF80 for sale at £178.95. Would this be the best solution for my problem, or is there something better? In 5 years I have only been able to watch 3 hours of television. I do’nt even bother to try any longer.
Yours interested,
Jim Dixon
June 26th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Jim:
What channels are you trying to see?
Are you pointing the dish at the correct satellite for the chanels you want?
A saffinder like the oneyou say is more of ainstallers / frequency users meter – is it really worth it? you can get “beeper” units for much less – about £10.
Have you checked the LNB?
Have you check the cable connections?
July 25th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Hi
I need help and advice
I bought a 110 cm dish with two twin LNB. now I have a great difficulty to assemble it and connect them to my TVs with free sat
Any boy can help or any web site
Bez
August 22nd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
hi i’ve installed my dish in london pointing to hotbird which i get quite well but for some reason dont get signal for the austrian/german/swiss channles I used to get, i get instead mostly Dutch channels, with very clear reception . After blind scan, the same thing
any ideas?
thanks,
jc
August 23rd, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I think you hit 23.5E
August 24th, 2010 at 7:27 am
juan – are you sure you are on Hotbird and not Astra? Or are the channel you want on Astra and not hotbird?
August 29th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
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