Position of birds in the sky? - ABA DSS

dnl9999 · February 25th, 2008

I fancy myself a fairly savvy guy, but...

If one is in the Northeast and is looking at the sky from behind their dish, are the sats aligned 82, 91, 110, 119 from the ground up so that 82 is the closest to the ground and 119 is the highestin the sky, or is it 119, 110, 91, 82 from the ground up?!?

I dunno why this has me confused but it does! Thks.

**lonster** · February 25th, 2008

standing behind the dish looking south the sats are 82 lowest on left up to 119

**monoxid** · February 25th, 2008

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Originally Posted by dnl9999

I fancy myself a fairly savvy guy, but...

If one is in the Northeast and is looking at the sky from behind their dish, are the sats aligned 82, 91, 110, 119 from the ground up so that 82 is the closest to the ground and 119 is the highestin the sky, or is it 119, 110, 91, 82 from the ground up?!?

I dunno why this has me confused but it does! Thks.

Here you Buddy, hope this helps you.

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**Apocalypse_67** · February 25th, 2008

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Originally Posted by dnl9999

I fancy myself a fairly savvy guy, but...

If one is in the Northeast and is looking at the sky from behind their dish, are the sats aligned 82, 91, 110, 119 from the ground up so that 82 is the closest to the ground and 119 is the highestin the sky, or is it 119, 110, 91, 82 from the ground up?!?

I dunno why this has me confused but it does! Thks.

Actually, it depends on your location.
From where Im at (South Florida) the sats go from high to low elevation in this order: 82, 91, 110, 119, 121, 148.

dnl9999 · February 25th, 2008

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Originally Posted by lonster

standing behind the dish looking south the sats are 82 lowest on left up to 119

I'm in the Northeast... If we go by the arc chart posted by monoxid then 119 is actually lower than 110 in the sky! And this is why I was so confused... Looking at my dish from behind, when skewed at +30... 119 (left LNB) is lower than 110 (right LNB)... cool!

**Apocalypse_67** · February 25th, 2008

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Originally Posted by dnl9999

I'm in the Northeast... If we go by the arc chart posted by monoxid then 119 is actually lower than 110 in the sky! And this is why I was so confused... Looking at my dish from behind, when skewed at +30... 119 (left LNB) is lower than 110 (right LNB)... cool!

If you skew to the right, your left LNB (119) will be higher, but that doesnt mean that 119 is higher than 110. Skewing the dish allowes the concave of the dish to deflect the signal from the sat at a better angle (focal point)