Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
wrote:

Maybe I should buy a Lyngsat rig and take pot luck?
Does Lyngsat have a toll free phone number? Can I get Cymru Byd radio
station from Cardiff,Wales via Lyngsat?
www.lyngsat.com


Lyngsat does not sell anything, they are a directory site. If you want an
FTA rig, you have to find an FTA satellite dealer in the area and get them
to install it.

If you are handy with tools, good at climbing on roofs, and have some math
and computer skills you can do it yourself. It's difficult because there is
a hard and an easy way to align the dish, and the easy way requires some
equipment that costs more than you would be willing to spend on the whole
enterprise.

Look at Lyngsat for the package you want to try and receive and then use
the site I posted in a previous link to see if you can receive the
signals you want. In the end once you determine that you can get what you
want from where you are with a dish you are willing to buy and can get
the permits you need (if any), you need to look and see if it will work.

Then you have to look up in the direction of the satellite (azimuth)
and at the angle it will be at (elevation) to make sure you have a clear
view of the sky. If there is a building or trees, etc in the way, you
will have to move the dish.

Geoff.

I can find satellites pretty easily with a compass and an inclinometer.
I have my old Boy Scout compass, and the inclinometer came with an
Echostar (Houston Tracker) IRD self-install kit. I use Lyngsat and a
Standard receiver to fine aim, once I've gotten in the ballpark with the
crude tools. You can usually go to the satellite operator's page and
that'll tell you where to look on the compass for your area.