This is the best (in my opinion) visual explanation of what the Azimuth and Elevation relate to. They define location of an object in the sky to the origin (center of the illustration). Azimuth angle reference is the North (value is 0), for this one any working compass will do in locating Agila 2 ( its 146 E right!). Already checked it and its right! my satellite dish is facing that way. As for elevation from the dish scale, my satellite dish elevation actual setting is 55 but from calculation it's 56.83, hhmmm! not exact but close, but I think it will do, anyways my TV reception is good for me.
I've found another helpful site in getting the calculation for azimuth and elevation angle it is dishpointer.com, all you need to enter you location, and the satellite you want to pinpoint for free to air (FTA) and the values for dish set up will be given. It is an excellent reference for us.
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