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Finding Astra satellite

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  • 28-08-2008 6:27pm
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    loobylou
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    Sorry if I sound dumb but am at my wits end here. I have a motorhome with a square shaped Kathrein dish. I have attached a box I got as part of a Lidl package. I have found the Hotbird satellite but cannot get Astra. The dish has no LNB so its difficult to judge its direction but I have shifted through compass bearings of 140 degrees to due south, plus an assortment of angles of elevation.
    Any suggestions?
    Many thanks,
    Ian


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    biologikal
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    Square it up with the sun roughly between 10:30-11:00, then muck about with the elevation to find it. Should point lower than when you were getting 13E.

    If you can find 13E again, might be better to move it gradually eastward and down to try and hit 19E, then 28E (or any other satellites in between).

    Have you a beeper/sat finder to help with the job?


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    loobylou
    Registered Users Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭loobylou


    Will try that. I've no beeper/sat finder but by the nature of what I'm doing it would probably be a good idea. That is, I'll always have to re-find it depending on where I park. Any recommendations? My original worry was that the dish could only pick up analogue. As you can probably guess I don't know a whole lot about this satellite stuff!!
    Ian


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    biologikal
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    Will you have internet access wherever you park up? If you will, then dishpointer.com could be your best tool. A cheap sat beeper would be a great help too, at least you'd have a good indication of when you have a satellite in line, find out which it is, and then adjust accordingly to find whatever you want. Did you not get one with your Lidl package?


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