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To calculate the azimuth and elevation for your dish and the polarisation skew for your feed, fill in the form below, then click Locate satellite. The required dish settings are then displayed in the box at the bottom of the page.

Note: The dish settings are intended for guidance only when aligning your dish. Some fine-tuning may be required to obtain the best signal. Make sure that there are no obstructions or sources of interference which may degrade signal quality.

Your station details

Latitude:

degrees

of equator

Longitude:

degrees

of Greenwich meridian

Magnetic variation (optional):

degrees

of your station

Satellite to locate

Satellite:

Longitude:

degrees

of Greenwich meridian

Calculated dish settings

Azimuth:

degrees from

North

Elevation:

degrees from horizontal

Feed polarisation:

Feed skew:

degrees

		Correct azimuth for magnetic variation

		Correct elevation for atmospheric refraction