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How to point a dish with compass?

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d1abolic

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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.
 
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
 
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