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Where to aim dtv sat?

Retireded - 8-4-2013 at 03:01 PM

Anyone know where to aim directv sat in Punta Banda area. Moved to Cantu and cannlt find signal. Using 18' round dish, usually easy.

DENNIS - 8-4-2013 at 03:35 PM

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Originally posted by Retireded
Anyone know where to aim directv sat in Punta Banda area. Moved to Cantu and cannlt find signal. Using 18' round dish, usually easy.



Welcome to the neighborhood, Ed.
Bobby Garza is our local expert techie. I recommend him highly. He's good, prompt and reasonable. Speaks US English too.

Bobby Garza
044 646 1085474
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Retireded - 8-4-2013 at 03:39 PM

Thanks, I'll keep his # in case I fail. I'm usually more of a diy kinda guy.

DENNIS - 8-4-2013 at 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by Retireded
Thanks, I'll keep his # in case I fail. I'm usually more of a diy kinda guy.



OK....so just aim the dish over the Astro Dome in Texas and you should have it. :lol:

bajaguy - 8-4-2013 at 03:49 PM

Need your Lat and Long down to the 8 digit grid coordinates......oops, that's for calling in an artillery fire mission........

OK, but you still need your Lat/Long............go onto Google Earth and put the cursor on your place (or general area), copy the coords and go here:

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/customer/dishPointer.jsp

Start here....it's for zip code 92154 in San Diego:

Find Elevation/Azimuth:

Elevation: 48.4

Azimuth: 138.5




[Edited on 8-4-2013 by bajaguy]

DENNIS - 8-4-2013 at 03:54 PM

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Originally posted by bajaguy
Need your Lat and Long down to the 8 digit grid coordinates......oops, that's for calling in an artillery fire mission........




INCOMING........YIPES.

willardguy - 8-4-2013 at 04:20 PM

this ones easy too. pick your satellite, find your house on their google earth map, point away!:)

http://www.dishpointer.com/

bajaguy - 8-4-2013 at 04:29 PM

Looks like all of Punta Banda is:

Elevation: 43.8°
Azimuth (true): 137.6°
Azimuth (magn.): 125.9°

Udo - 8-4-2013 at 04:35 PM

The problem is that all the dish-pointer apps use the internet and unless you have a data plan for Mexico, it may be a big bill that you will receive from your phone company.

Udo - 8-4-2013 at 04:40 PM

I forgot to mention:

I'll be doing the same thing in BA in a couple of weeks. Mount the post truly level on both angles, then aim directly south.
Start moving your dish from the bottom up a little at a time until you see some kind of signal on your DTV signal meters on the TV (your wife will help here). Then fine tune it from there.

Ensenada should be easy, and the further south you go the higher up the dish has to be.
BTW...the Alaskan citizens have to point their dish at the horizon, and need to re-point every winter and summer because of the earth's tilt.

willardguy - 8-4-2013 at 04:47 PM

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Originally posted by Udo
I forgot to mention:

I'll be doing the same thing in BA in a couple of weeks. Mount the post truly level on both angles, then aim directly south.
Start moving your dish from the bottom up a little at a time until you see some kind of signal on your DTV signal meters on the TV (your wife will help here). Then fine tune it from there.

Ensenada should be easy, and the further south you go the higher up the dish has to be.
BTW...the Alaskan citizens have to point their dish at the horizon, and need to re-point every winter and summer because of the earth's tilt.
or do what most people do, use the audible signal meters and just listen for the ping!:rolleyes:

bajaguy - 8-4-2013 at 04:51 PM

.........."Start moving your dish from the bottom up a little at a time until you see some kind of signal on your DTV signal meters on the TV (your wife will help here). Then fine tune it from there"...................

Another good use for a pair of those small hand held walkie-talkies

J.P. - 8-4-2013 at 05:21 PM

I carry a dish with me in the motor home always line it up using the audible signal finder on the t v box to get the general direction look around and see which way the dishes you can see are pointing. never failed to find a signal yet.

gnarlon - 8-4-2013 at 10:02 PM

I have always used a compass. That will give you the general direction and then you can tweak it with the audible.

BajaRun - 8-5-2013 at 11:47 AM

Good Luck with the 18" dish..Point the dish towards the south. In Ensenada you should not have a problem finding a signal. I did a 5 week road trip and easily found signal in Ensenada and BOLA without ever making any changes to my dish. Past BOLA I was never able to get a signal again, Pt. Chivato, San Ignacio, Bahia Asuncion, Mulege were all a no go with my 18" round DTV dish.

willardguy - 8-5-2013 at 01:03 PM

an easy fix to squeeze out extra signal strength is to ditch the opaque LNB cover in favor of a clear plastic one ;)

Retireded - 8-5-2013 at 07:08 PM

I finally found it last night at approx. 141 azimuth and 54 degrees elevation i would have been much easier had I plugged the audio cables into the proper jacks. Just by luck, my wife happened to be looking at the tv when signal appeared and she screamed at me to stop and back up. 5 minutes later I had it locked in at 95% signal. I read that South of BOLA it takes a 30" dish or larger to get a signal and in the more southernly parts of Mexico it is harder but can be acquired with an even larger dish. Thanks for all the responses.