7east elevation

[umgum]

trying to put a dish up for my m8 the dish has numbers on the back of it to do with elevation
anyone know what it should have on it

[TheBadger]

:confused: What sort of mount is it? You can adjust elevation for the mount or the dish. Mount elevation generally depends on your latitude. If it's a simple fixed mount the dish elevation will again depend on your latitude and the tuype of dish - prime focus require greater elevation than off-set focus. Assuming it's an off-set with off-set angle 23° your dish elevation should be ~30°. So the reading could be 30° or 7° (30°-23°). This is for Cardiff which is near me and at latitude ~52°N.

[umgum]

i`m in warrington which i think is 53 north
it is an offset dish and is fixed position

[satwyn]

needs to be a bigun for nilesat 3M would be the ideal size

[echelon]

nilesat being 7w m8

too much xmas alcohol ? ;)

[satwyn]

not a drop today no need for the big dish then and I corrected someone else who did exactly the same mistake

[echelon]

lol :)

best wishes m8

maybe you are right and post 1 is wrong ? , for all we know he may have wrote in e instead of w ?

as for the dish details , doesnt matter what is on a fixed dish , just line it up and lock it up

[luis88]

a useful site I came across earlier today satsig.net will calculate elevation etc for you from your postcode and for individual satellites, good luck:)

[Gone_Fishing]

This should help

_http://www.dishpointer.com/


TNT

[umgum]

what is the smallest dish size for 7 east

[drpaulos]

It looks like 70cm for the Europe A beam, and 120cm for the Europe B beam.

DrPaulos

[umgum]

cheers

[umgum]

hi again ok we have got sky on his dish the elevation on the back of his dish is set to 29
how far do we need to go to get 7east

[TheBadger]

:confused: Based on Dishpointer.com 28°E has an elevation of 24° and 7°e 28°. So I would add 4° to your setting and then swing the dish to 7°E and fine tune but a meter is essential for this!

[umgum]

yep worked a treat