Can someone help with the issue of finding true south? My Longitude is -1.678 degrees. Would that mean to find true south I would use the nearest satellite (Thor 1 degree west). Set my Diseqc motor to 0 (Zero) and point it at Thor. As I have set the Elevation/Lattitude on the motor would I then only have to set the declination on the dish until I got the strongest signal on Thor. Lastly would the .678 degrees lost make much of a difference in signal strength across the arc?
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Longtitude and true south help!
- Thread starter boisty
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Thanks. I am gonna go for a receiver with USALS after a lot of thought. Seems you just put in your Longitude etc and it works out all satellite positions. Would I then just get the receiver to go to Thor and then set the declination of the dish to optimum signal strength? Definitely looking for the easy way out here as I didn't have much luck doing this in the days of analogue! :mecry: