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Hi meacock.

                 Seems like you had found Astra1 at 19.2 Deg East, so well done you, you were very close to finding Astra2 at 28.2 Deg East, from the satellite you were around a 1000 miles out maybe more.

But from down on the ground you were only a matter of inches out, maybe 4 at worst.

So give it another go, you will need to lower the elevation of the Dish, but only by around 3 Deg, from when you found Astra1.

Just think of it as learning to ride a bike, once you have done it, it comes as second nature.

Quote: Originally posted by meacock on 24/6/2012

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hi everyone

can anybody give us any advice or tips on how to set up a portable satellite system? we've tried and tried, it found a german sat ok'ish but cannot get it to locate the Astra 2 at all

I really feel like launching it into orbit haha!

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