Invest in a cheap compass and a protractor and you can easily determine if there is a view. You need to do this for each satellite position. There are several web sites which provide this information. Here's one: http://www.emantechnology.com/lookangle.asp.
Question about moving and reception
I've been thinking about moving to a rural area and looked at one place yesterday (a rental). It's more heavily treed than where I live now but there are gaps. But I don't know if I could get a line of sight. I also still have about a year and a half commitment to D*. What happens if I can't get reception? I did see a few other dishes in the area. I asked at the general store how satellite service was and the woman told me she'd seen some inventive places used for dish placement. Somehow I think Ironwood wasn't involved. At least one of those guys told me it was against D* policy to string lines between buildings because "A squirrel or something could chew on the wires." when I tried to get hooked up at my current place. (There's my cottage and a duplex and triplex sharing the same yard, had my landlord's permission).
Anyway, is there anyway to check ahead of time? It's not the only deciding factor but if I do move there I'd rather not pay for service I can't get.
And an unrelated question- I want to give someone a DVR for Christmas. I was hoping they would have the option of canceling service without penalties if they decided they didn't want it within a certain amount of time. But a CSR told me they would be stuck with the 2 year commitment no matter what once it was activated. Is this true? Or would reaching a different CSR make a difference?
Anyway, is there anyway to check ahead of time? It's not the only deciding factor but if I do move there I'd rather not pay for service I can't get.
And an unrelated question- I want to give someone a DVR for Christmas. I was hoping they would have the option of canceling service without penalties if they decided they didn't want it within a certain amount of time. But a CSR told me they would be stuck with the 2 year commitment no matter what once it was activated. Is this true? Or would reaching a different CSR make a difference?
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If you hold the base of a protractor level, you can find the elevation angle on the scale. You should check out the angles for the satellites at 101, 110 and 119 degrees (also 72.5 degrees for those whose locals come from that location). It's fairly easy to do this within 5 degrees or so, which will tell you if you have a chance of seeing the satellites. If you can't see all satellites from a single location, multiple dishes may be used.atti said:Thanks for the link- except I don't know how to use a protacter for this. Or at which satellite the compass should be directed.
I don't have HD if that helps.
Sorry. I'm not mathematically inclined. :/
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