Dish Pointing
Are you trying to install a satellite dish but don’t know where to point the dish? Go to http://www.uksatellitehelp.co.uk/2007/08/12/satellite-alignment-calculator-v2/ and you will find the information you need. When you go into the home page choose the satellite you are trying to locate. Thaicom 5 is at 78.5 degrees E and Optus D2 is at 152 degrees E so scroll up the list to find them. Next, enter the address at which you are completing the installation, then press go. A satellite picture will appear with a tear drop shaped cursor, which should be located on the address you typed in. If the tear drop needs to be moved you can place your mouse cursor on it, left click and hold then move the cursor to where you want it to be before letting go of the mouse button. You can zoom in closer to actually pinpoint the building you want.
You will need the Elevation (how high the dish points into the sky), the magnetic Azimuth (point on the compass), and the LNB which is how far to rotate the LNB in its holder. In the West of Australia the cable attachment on the LNB should be facing almost straight down while the further east you go the attachment position rotates further clockwise. In the east of Australia it is around 45 degrees from straight down while it gets closer to the horizontal in New Zealand. You can gently fine tune that rotation to get the highest reading in the area where you live. We trust this will help you. The website above can be used in any country of the world and we have used it to help people in Mongolia, PNG and the Solomon Islands.
The parameters below are Optus D2 approximations for each location.
| Location | Elevation° |
Compass Bearing° (Azimuth) |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide, SA | 47 |
23 |
| Alice Springs, NT | 56 |
39 |
| Auckland, NNZ | 41 |
326 |
| Brisbane, Qld | 58 |
357 |
| Broken Hill, NSW | 50 |
20 |
| Christchurch, SNZ | 36 |
332 |
| Darwin, NT | 60 |
62 |
| Devonport, Tas | 42 |
0 |
| Geraldton, WA | 36 |
58 |
| Hobart, Tas | 41 |
7 |
| Invercargill, SNZ | 35 |
343 |
| Kalgoorlie, WA | 40 |
49 |
| Karratha, WA | 43 |
62 |
| Melbourne, Vic | 46 |
11 |
| Mt Isa, Qld | 62 |
34 |
| Napier, NNZ | 37 |
323 |
| Perth, WA | 36 |
53 |
| Sydney, NSW | 51 |
1 |
| Townsville, Qld | 66 |
17 |
| Wellington, NNZ | 37 |
328 |
