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<blockquote data-quote="Terryl" data-source="post: 911049" data-attributes="member: 369937"><p>I would not rely on the position of your neighbors dish to position yours.</p><p></p><p>I use hXXp://<a href="http://www.dishpointer.com" target="_blank">www.dishpointer.com</a> to find the birds, enter your location then select the satellite, this will come up with a map, zoom into your location and it will give you a line on the map to help you set the azimuth (direction the dish needs to be pointed) and elevation, (how far above the horizon the dish needs to be pointed) it will also include any skew adjustments. (adjusting the dish like a steering wheel) </p><p></p><p>Now, the "S" measurements mean very little, all this tells you is that you have a connection to the LNB, and it's within the design limits of your receiver, although a low "S" can be an indication of problems with the coax, switch, LNB or connections .</p><p></p><p>The "Q" measurements are what you need to look at, the higher the "Q" the better the dishes alignment to the satellite.</p><p></p><p>You can have an "S" as low as 40%, and the "Q" can be as high as 99%, (not possible in all cases and satellites) and this being a digital signal you don't need every bit of "Q" that you can get.</p><p></p><p>Now if you can't get a good enough "Q" to provide an error free picture (no drop outs or pixilation) then you may need a bigger dish, to see waht sized dish you may need at your location use satbeams.com, select the satellite your looking at from the list, then select the little globe, this will give you a map with the satellites footprint, zoom into your location and click on it, this will give you an idea on what sized dish you may need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terryl, post: 911049, member: 369937"] I would not rely on the position of your neighbors dish to position yours. I use hXXp://[url="http://www.dishpointer.com"]www.dishpointer.com[/url] to find the birds, enter your location then select the satellite, this will come up with a map, zoom into your location and it will give you a line on the map to help you set the azimuth (direction the dish needs to be pointed) and elevation, (how far above the horizon the dish needs to be pointed) it will also include any skew adjustments. (adjusting the dish like a steering wheel) Now, the "S" measurements mean very little, all this tells you is that you have a connection to the LNB, and it's within the design limits of your receiver, although a low "S" can be an indication of problems with the coax, switch, LNB or connections . The "Q" measurements are what you need to look at, the higher the "Q" the better the dishes alignment to the satellite. You can have an "S" as low as 40%, and the "Q" can be as high as 99%, (not possible in all cases and satellites) and this being a digital signal you don't need every bit of "Q" that you can get. Now if you can't get a good enough "Q" to provide an error free picture (no drop outs or pixilation) then you may need a bigger dish, to see waht sized dish you may need at your location use satbeams.com, select the satellite your looking at from the list, then select the little globe, this will give you a map with the satellites footprint, zoom into your location and click on it, this will give you an idea on what sized dish you may need. [/QUOTE]
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