Stargazer said:The satellite signal is more likely coming in to the left of the pine tree as indicated below. I marked it as the signal more likely coming in to the left of the dots in the space where the X is at.
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e0rbay said:uhh... the signal isn't NOT coming from that x. if it's not coming from the area i circled, it would be from above it and slightly left.
gpflepsen said:If you are referencing my picture, you need to look closer.
ken said:No way, as mentioned above don't forget it's an off-set dish. The signal is coming from several degrees above where it looks. If a pro installed the dish they should have had an optical scope that shows the true location of the satellite. If they installed the dish knowing that the tree was in the way they should be shot. If you accepted that set-up knowing about the tree then you deserve what you are about to get. We never would have installed that dish if that was as you say. It's a charge back waiting to happen.
That laser pointer will give you a azumith direction only, not the elevation of the satellite. The angle of the arm is not that of the satellite beam. (It helps to think of the satellite beam as a cylinder as big around as your dish, coming off the dish at the angle specified by your pointing screen) If the opening in the tree isn't at least as big as your dish, you're blocking signal.e0rbay said:i just took a lazer pointer and set it on the lnb arm... it IS pointing where i circled.
gpflepsen said:I think the serious factor is set a bit too high, my picture was (obviously?) in jest.
Now to be serious... you say you laid a laser pointer on the LNB arm and it points towards the hole in the trees. The dish looks at a point well above this elevation, as pointed out in an earlier post. Imagine looking at the dish from the side, draw an line from the lnb to the center of the reflector then off into space at an equal but opposite angle. That is where the dish is looking. The rough illistration attached should make it more clear.