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<blockquote data-quote="Lazarus" data-source="post: 849259" data-attributes="member: 323322">Lots of tools available for this sort of thing:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.satlex.de/en/azel_calc-params.html?satlo=28.5&amp;user_satlo=&amp;user_satlo_dir=E&amp;location=53.75%2C-0.33&amp;la=53.5&amp;lo=-0.5&amp;country_code=uk&amp;diam_w=60&amp;diam_h=70" target="_blank">Satlex Calculator</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.satsig.net/ssazelm.htm" target="_blank">Satsig Calculator</a>&nbsp;Plenty of others, too.&nbsp;**Actually <a href="http://www.dishpointer.com/" target="_blank">Dish Pointer</a> would be best in this instance, as it enables you to take obstructions into account.&nbsp;These give you the true Elevation , but you then need to subtract any Dish Offset angle. For &quot;normal&quot; dishes, the Offset is generally around 25 deg, but I've no idea about the SelfSat. Can't be difficult to find out though, either via the Destruction Manual or on the Interweb (A cursory check just now suggests it's Zero).&nbsp;Failing that, no doubt someone will pop up here with the answer!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lazarus, post: 849259, member: 323322"] Lots of tools available for this sort of thing: [URL='http://www.satlex.de/en/azel_calc-params.html?satlo=28.5&user_satlo=&user_satlo_dir=E&location=53.75%2C-0.33&la=53.5&lo=-0.5&country_code=uk&diam_w=60&diam_h=70']Satlex Calculator[/URL] [URL='http://www.satsig.net/ssazelm.htm']Satsig Calculator[/URL] Plenty of others, too. **Actually [URL='http://www.dishpointer.com/']Dish Pointer[/URL] would be best in this instance, as it enables you to take obstructions into account. These give you the true Elevation , but you then need to subtract any Dish Offset angle. For "normal" dishes, the Offset is generally around 25 deg, but I've no idea about the SelfSat. Can't be difficult to find out though, either via the Destruction Manual or on the Interweb (A cursory check just now suggests it's Zero). Failing that, no doubt someone will pop up here with the answer! [/QUOTE]

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