I wonder why the Dish has to be so big for Haiti?. I am in Toronto and I get Hispasat at 30W with an 80 cm Dish and the power levels are almost the same than Galaxy 19 in Haiti, 46 dBW. I Think a 90 cm dish is enough and that is only 3 feet as per the SAT operator Intelsat. Dishpointer is using SAtcoDX maps for dish size prediction but both are wrongly using Galaxy 25 @ 93.1W coverage maps for Galaxy 19 at 97W.
As per dishpointer.com assuming you are in Haiti's capital, your aiming numbers are. Elevation 54.4 . Magnetic Azimuth: 245 degrees and you will have to Skew or rotate the LNB 51 degrees clockwise if looking from behind the dish. To Skew the LNB just rotate it in its plastic holder, most holders have 5 degrees markings but if not then I think 30 degrees is 5 minutes on the watch.
Check our The List for the strongest active TP and select that one on your Viewsat dish pointing menu and listen for the beep when the signal is found. Be patient , very patient, fist time it could take days to lock the fist signal , then it becomes piece of cake. the dish usually have an Elevation scale and then use a compass to pint the dish towards the proper Magnetic Azimuth. Try to make sure your pole is plumb although on a fixed dish setup adjustments can be made rather easily.
I rather buy the remote locally from a local satellite store if it is available if not try this store here in Brampton , ON, Canada at
Viewsat Ultra Remote Control - World Wide Satellites
they sell the Ultra remote for 15 USD but more likely shipping from Canada would be too much. At the top of the page there are sponsors who are satellite dealers and might sell remote as well , check their websites, the should be able to ship it cheaper since they are USA based. Other known to me and locally SAT dealers with websites are
www.DrSat.ca,
www.AngelElectronics.ca and Ricks Satellite in USA.
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Off Topic: How are the Cuban Doctors STILL treating you guys? I heard cholera death rates among patients attended by Cuban Doctors were almost non existant now (thanks more likely due to the active sceening campaing to detect potential risks and educational campaing among locals carried by Cuban health personnal). I was told almost from the very beggining cholera death rate among patients attended by Cuban doctors (well in their advantage we should consider that Cuba already had several medical teams spread throughout Haiti even before the Earthqueake, easily over 300 doctors) were always the lowest when compared to patients treated by even the US Army. Is that right?
As usual I could be wrong though.
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