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<blockquote data-quote="moonbase" data-source="post: 1125462" data-attributes="member: 178786">If all else fails you could use &quot;The Equation of Time&quot; to find due South at 0.0 on a sunny day.All you need to do is string the dish vertically and check what time the sun is due south at your precise location.There are several online tools that will do this for you and you can drop the &quot;Pin&quot; right on the area of your garden where the dish is.At the allocated time, the shadow from the string should be cast vertically down the centre of the dish if it is facing 0.0 south.You can rotate the entire assembly on the pole to get the shadow central on the dish. You have plenty time to do this as you can start getting close a few minutes in advance.The sun takes approximately 4 minutes to traverse one degree so if you get the shadow line centred and the mount clamped up within 30 seconds or a minute you are pretty well lined up.Flaws in this procedure are UK weather and being around at the allocated time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moonbase, post: 1125462, member: 178786"] If all else fails you could use "The Equation of Time" to find due South at 0.0 on a sunny day. All you need to do is string the dish vertically and check what time the sun is due south at your precise location. There are several online tools that will do this for you and you can drop the "Pin" right on the area of your garden where the dish is. At the allocated time, the shadow from the string should be cast vertically down the centre of the dish if it is facing 0.0 south. You can rotate the entire assembly on the pole to get the shadow central on the dish. You have plenty time to do this as you can start getting close a few minutes in advance. The sun takes approximately 4 minutes to traverse one degree so if you get the shadow line centred and the mount clamped up within 30 seconds or a minute you are pretty well lined up. Flaws in this procedure are UK weather and being around at the allocated time. [/QUOTE]

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