Offset dishes may appear to be pointed low towards the horizon, when in fact they are aiming at a much high elevation as shown in the above diagram.
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Getting Started
If you've never aligned a dish before, it can be very frustrating, especially if you don't have a signal meter of some sort. You may well end up thinking the receiver is faulty. Digital channels are either 'on' or 'off' and do not fade in or out gradually like analogue signals, further adding to the difficulty. Waving a dish about in the deluded hope that you will somehow find the correct location without either setting the elevation angle or knowing the azimuth angle is a complete and utter waste of time. However, if you follow the steps outlined below you will succeed ... eventually!
1. Attach the F-connectors - Make sure that the cable and F-connectors are properly fitted. The inner core of the coax cable and the outer braid must never come in contact with each other.
2. Set the elevation angle - For the majority of novice satellite users, the satellite they wish to align to is the Astra2/Eurobird cluster at 28 degrees east. This is where Sky, BBC, ITV and C4 are transmitted from. For Ireland, the dish elevation for Astra2 is approximately 22 degrees.
Most offset dishes have an elevation scale on the mounting bracket which allows you to adjust the dish to the correct elevation.
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For satellites other than Astra2, a list of approximate elevation angles is provided.