How accurate is dishpointer.com?

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abooch

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Sep 10, 2007

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• Oct 27, 2008

• #1

how accurate is this site? I'm getting an install done sunday and need to have the dish installed on the deck.. dishpointer seems to show tat i have a good line of sight as there are no trees in my backyard blocking the view of the dish with the next house have a max height of 100 feet..here is the picture..

 

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jdspencer

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Oct 22, 2004

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Binghamton, NY

• Oct 27, 2008

• #2

It might be close as the house roof is at an elevation of 35 deg. But, that's probably at ground level. Since your dish will be a bit higher, I'd say you're okay. Get a protractor and do a sighting at the 35.4 deg elevation at the dish location. You might consider putting the dish on a pole off the deck or on the roof.

 

Zynergi

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Aug 20, 2007

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NC

• Oct 28, 2008

• #3

The 35.4 is the AZ/EL Mounts Setting not the Sat . He is using the 5LNB settings hich is just going to show center point. He still needs to go 19-25 degrees to the right for 119 and about 8-10 degrees lower. I would be willing to be (assuming tree height) that 119 and maybe 110 may be blocked.. but he may not need those sats, in which case a Slimline 3 LNB would work.

What I would do OP, is have dishpointer look at each sat, vs the combo, and see where the trajectory angles are.

 

HDRoberts

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May 13, 2008

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Cleveland, OH

• Oct 28, 2008

• #4

Keep in mind the line is just the imaginary center line where a multiple LNB setup points. Check each individual satellite location for LOS.

 

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abooch

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• Oct 28, 2008

• #5

yea i did that checked all five separately and it looks pretty good hopesully it all works out

 

goober22

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Sep 10, 2004

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Panama City / FT Walton Bch, FL.

• Oct 28, 2008

• #6

I'm in NW Florida and used Dishpointer to set my dish up before my receivers came. Once here, they matched for all #s that dishpointer gave me. So, it seems accurate.