How to point a dish with compass?

[d1abolic]

Alright, this might sound like a stupid question, but how do i point my Dish 500 with a compass? I've never used a compass before The geographic azimuth for 119 is 230 and 220 for 110. I believe i need to adjust it for magnetic deviations? I live in Toronto, so according to this i need to add 11 to that? So i need to point at 236 - the average between 231 and 221? Man i don't even know what a compass looks like It has numbers from 0-360, right? So how exactly do i point the dish in the exact direction of 236, seems a bit tricky while standing on a ladder.

 

[eplebnista]

If you are adjusting the azimuth/elevation(i.e. up or down), there should be some angle gradations imprinted on the dish's mounting arm.

hth,
eplebnista

 

[d1abolic]

There are digits for skew/elevation, but nothing for azimuth. They say i gotta use a compass.

 

[JOSEPHLB]

Here you go!

Pocket Compass

Something cheap, and similar to that will do you fine.

Use that for "shooting your aziumuth"