Astra 28 Angle Please

eirman

I tried a few online satellite calculators, but I was unable to arrive at an answer due to my ignorance of the technical terms.

I'm trying to work out whether a neighbour's tree is starting to interfere with my Sky reception. What angle is the satellite from the ground? (0 being the horizon and 90 overhead)

I'm near Ardee N53.8668, W6.5447

When I get the angle I'll make up a wooden triangle to reproduce it, and do a line of sight test at the dish. For accuracy I'll attach a spirit level and my high powered green laser to the triangle.

fat-tony

The astra satellites are approximately 22degrees elevation. Sun position at 11.00 will give the approximate bearing to the satellite.

John mac

http://www.dishpointer.com/
enter your location
select the sat 28.2E astra

this will give you the direction and distance of objects that may impact signal.

eirman

Thanks for the info. I set up my device as described and the laser was hitting some leaves. Now for for a bit of neighbourly diplomacy.