Satellite Locator  

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What do you do ?

1. Your location is free of wet trees, high plants, high buildings, or anything that can disturb the receiption of GPS signals.
2. Start the app
3. Select the desired satellite on screen "1 Satellite"
4. Determine your GPS location (Dish) on screen "2 Location". If possible verify the GPS location in Google Earth.
5. Set the dish elevation to the value displayed on screen "3 Locator"
6. The satellite pole should be perpendicular to the earth
7. Select a "target" and determine the GPS locaction of the "target" on "2 Location"
8. "2 Location": When the "Target location" latitude and longitude fields turn green, and the distance and accuracy field turn green select checkbox "Edit or Lock target". Yoy may ignore the green color and continue with a yellow or red background colors but that may result in a false GPS location. If possible verify the GPS location in Google Earth.
9. Go to the satellite dish and wait until the Dish latitude and longitude fields turn green, then select screen "3 Locator"
10. Aim the center arrow marked "Target" to the Target and then...
11. Keep the phone aimed at the target while you bring it to the horizontal plane and above the dish
12. Turn the satellite arm to the arrow named "Dish"
13. The Dish is now more or less aimed at the satellite. It may need some correction for which you could use the signal strength page of your satellite receiver.

Download current version: SatelliteLocator.apk
How to install Android apps from sources other than Google Play

Links:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_dish : What is a satellite dish ?
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director : What is a Director ?
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrees_of_freedom : What is roll, pitch, yaw ?
• http://www.zekitez.com/wf/dish_maps.html , to get the latitude/longitude of the dish location
• http://earth.google.com , to get the latitude/longitude of the dish location