Sky Satellite Direction

Hi,

I can see that the Sky TV dish needs to be positioned at 28.8 degrees
east. Forgive my ignorance, but does this mean that I find true east
and then it is 28.8 degrees south of this?

Also, my landlord will not let me have a dish on the wall. Id it
possible, should I have the direction available, mount the dish
indoors pointing out the windows in the correct direction??

Cheers,
hollis_uk

On 25 Sep 2004 01:15:09 -0700, (Hollis) wrote:

Hi,

I can see that the Sky TV dish needs to be positioned at 28.8 degrees
east. Forgive my ignorance, but does this mean that I find true east
and then it is 28.8 degrees south of this?

It's actually 28.2E for Astra & 28.5E for Eurobird. However if using a compass
you have to make allowances for the fact that magnetic North is not the same as
true North. Finding due South by the sun's position at midday GMT can be useful.
The easiest is to take a look down the street at the direction that all the
other minidishes are pointing.

Also, my landlord will not let me have a dish on the wall. Id it
possible, should I have the direction available, mount the dish
indoors pointing out the windows in the correct direction??

It should work but you may find that you need to keep the window open or replace
the glass with perspex. If you have a garden you could place it on the ground.

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

I used a compass from the west of the UK and it's about 35 degrees east of
due south (allowing for the variation between magnetic and real north pole).
As a rough and ready guide it's where the sun is at about 11.30am (BST).

HTH.

"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
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On 25 Sep 2004 01:15:09 -0700, (Hollis) wrote:

Hi,

I can see that the Sky TV dish needs to be positioned at 28.8 degrees
east. Forgive my ignorance, but does this mean that I find true east
and then it is 28.8 degrees south of this?

It's actually 28.2E for Astra & 28.5E for Eurobird. However if using a
compass
you have to make allowances for the fact that magnetic North is not the
same as
true North. Finding due South by the sun's position at midday GMT can be
useful.
The easiest is to take a look down the street at the direction that all
the
other minidishes are pointing.

Also, my landlord will not let me have a dish on the wall. Id it
possible, should I have the direction available, mount the dish
indoors pointing out the windows in the correct direction??

It should work but you may find that you need to keep the window open or
replace
the glass with perspex. If you have a garden you could place it on the
ground.

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:00:54 +0100, "Roy Forster"
wrote:

"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
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On 25 Sep 2004 01:15:09 -0700, (Hollis) wrote:

I can see that the Sky TV dish needs to be positioned at 28.8 degrees
east. Forgive my ignorance, but does this mean that I find true east
and then it is 28.8 degrees south of this?

It's actually 28.2E for Astra & 28.5E for Eurobird. However if using a
compass
you have to make allowances for the fact that magnetic North is not the
same as
true North. Finding due South by the sun's position at midday GMT can be
useful.
The easiest is to take a look down the street at the direction that all
the
other minidishes are pointing.

I used a compass from the west of the UK and it's about 35 degrees east of
due south (allowing for the variation between magnetic and real north pole).
As a rough and ready guide it's where the sun is at about 11.30am (BST).

Magnetic and true north have nothing to do with the OP's question!

When the Astra satellites are mentioned as being at "28.2 degrees
East", what this means is that they are positioned 35,784 km above a
point on the equator 28.2 degrees east of the Prime Meridian...

Charlie

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Hollis wrote:

does this mean that I find true east
and then it is 28.8 degrees south of this?

No, the opposite. The bird is 28° east of the Greenwich meridian.
Where this will be in your sky depends on your longitude and latitude.

See the www.smw.se website for a free PC programme to calculate this.

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