do i really need a good line of sight to get satellite aligned to hot bird?

hi all,

i have decided to experiment with a 3rd dish, and attach it half way up my shed. it is a technomate 80cm (i think from memory) which i had spare, so i have got the pole on a T&K bracket, and all is plumb straight. my problem is getting the thing lined up properly, i have a sat link meter which has always come in handy when i have done motor setups, but i do not know where i am going wrong lol

as from the picture attached, i want to know if i am just wasting my time, as i am only about 3-5Metres away from house, so not sure how much line of sight is needed??? - the reason i mention this, as i have seen s l y dishes on a roof and it looks like their line of sight is about 1 metre away from the roof.

i have also tried moving my motor dish to 13 and then trying to point it in the same direction, but just guessing at elevation, because i am lower down, but still nothing…

so hopefully somebody could tell me if it is worth keep trying, and line of sight shouldn't be an issue, or just down tools and get a professional in lol

cheers Shakin

Quote from abu baniaz

The elevation angle for 13.0 is 29.7. Using trigonometry, Tan 29.7= Distance to object/Height, 0.57xHeight = Distance to object

I think you are too close.

thanks for your reply.

so are you saying that i need to be at least 29.7 metres away from an object?

Quote from gav99

yeah your not gonna get it there pal to close to the house

well thats been a waste of my time lol

made swiss cheese out of my new shed lol

right, i have made some progress….

i have been able to lock on to 28.2east, as earlier i could get nothing… so 28.2east on dish pointer states elevation at 24.5, so i think i may need to up the elevation a bit when i move the dish around to see if i can get 13east.

does this give any hope of me picking this up, or keep going?

I'm going to attach the dish to a spare motor tomorrow, i will connect the motor to my duo, which has a motor on it already, make it go to 13east and then will attach it to bracket on shed, to see if i get lucky.

will report back tomorrow

thanks again

thanks Meerkat, the 2 dishes you see, the sly dish is at 28.2east and the motor above it is pointing at 13east. annoyingly, i moved to the back of the shed and on its roof, and i could pick 13 up, the problem i have putting it there, is the nosy neighbour would see it :29_002:

i will give a progress report later

put motor on it, and got nothing, i think i might give up, i might be able to put it on a pole at the back of the shed, but this will be high enough over the fence, so the neighbour will see it. how many dishes are you allowed on the house? i could put another *** dish up at the front to pick it up, but this would then be 3 dishes. Mrs will go nuts when she gets back from holiday lol

howdy all - i have relocated the dish to the back of the shed and siting almost on the roof apex. i have managed to lock on to 13 with a technomate dish (can't remember exactly the size of it) but i could not lock 13 with sly dish, which is a shame, even though i managed to get 13 with the sly dish when messing about, i could not get it again when attaching it to the pole which is plumb straight, so i reverted back to the technomate and all is good :-)

hopefully the mrs won't notice on her return lol

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