Agila 2 TV dish set up and alignment

Hi, Eric can you please assist me set up my satellite dish. I'm located at Latitude 10.7 north and Longitude 122.567 west in the Philippines. On my vacation last Dec. 2005, I set up my 1.8m dish with universal Ku band LNB and tried to point ot AGILA 2 satellite but I don`t have idea of dish elevation, site latitude and longitude and dish azimuth, just lately searching on internet and found your site. My receiver is FTA Mediacom MFT91901, but unfortunitely there is no AGILA 2 on it. Can I enter the key of Dream TV to avail the program. How can I enter to the system to enter the KEY & DEC, Aside from AGILA 2 what other satellite available so I can fix additional LNB on same dish which has 3 mounting of LNB and use Diseqc on it. Is this possible on my location.  Can you advise a good FTA receiver that I can use on my area. Thank you very much in advance and appreciate you immediate responce. Good day.

Thanks, Eric I had forwarded the information you had given to my brother back home. Please explain further on polarization. Regarding size of dish how can we determin what diameter is suitable in my area. Aside from Agila 2 what other satellite We can try in the Philippines. You are a great help to me, thank and you very much Good day.

hello every one could eny bosy help us how to align our dish in cavite i have a receiver of startsat and dish but we dont know how to do it. i could pay for some one to install my dish and to confogure it thank you..... pls send me a email.

For a site in Western USA, the Agila 2 satellite is below the south western horizon.
See: http://www.satsig.net/maps/satellite-tv-dish-pointing-usa.htm
I've just checked - the calculator/map does work across the date line at +/- 180 deg longitude !
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Best regards, Eric.

It does not matter what kind of equipment you have, you cannot receive signals from Aliga 2 satellite as it is below the horizon, in a south westerly direction from your location in California.

If you were to go to Hawaii, the satellite would be above the horizon. The Agila 2 satellite does have a beam pointed at Hawaii - see Agila 2 satellite

Try this Satellite dish pointing in Philippines.  Agila 2 satellite is at 146 deg E longitude.

If you are interested in watching a specific TV program from the Agila2 satellite investigate if anyone is relaying the TV program to a satellite with coverage of the USA, alternatively they may be people receiving the Agila2 program in the Philippines area using a PC card who have their PC connected to the internet to serve the signal out via the internet.   There is an advert at the bottom left of this page for such a service.  I don't know if it includes the TV program you want. There are many such "TV over internet operators".  All you need is a satellite dish, a SAT-TV DVB-S card, free download software and enough money to pay for an internet connection with a substantial upload allowance.
Best regards, Eric

This would be a good place to start: Satellite dish pointing in Philippines

Regards, Eric.

As per previous advice, this page is a good point to start: Satellite TV dish pointing angles for the Philippines.

Agila 2 satellite is at 146 deg E longitude.

If you have set up the dish and are not receiving anything take some photos of it and send to me at eric@satsig.net   Take one picture exactly from the side so I can guess the elevation angle.  Take some close ups of the feed/LNB assembly to I can guess the polarisation.  Do you know which way is east, south, west ?   Please give your lat and long, then it may be possible to draw a line from your house on the map showing which way to point.

Regards, Eric.

This page may help with azimuth and elevation.  If your dish has an elevation angle scale set it accurately.  If it is an axisymmetric dish (exactly circular with feed on the axis) and no scale, then read how to make an inclinometer and set the elevation angle that way.   If it is an offset dish and there is no scale then put a thin strip of wood under the lower edge of the dish and across the top rim of the feed window.   Then, approximately, set the elevation angle of the wood using your inclinometer. If you can't find it go up or down a bit and try again.

Having set the elevation angle of the beam accurately, tune the receiver to a known TV carrier.  Set the LNB polarisation angle by turning the LNB, while facing towards the satellite.  Negative is anticlockwise.   Then swing the dish boldly sideways in azimuth around the required azimuth angle.  Use a magnetic compass or estimate the direction using the sun.  The sun rises in the east (approximately).

When you find the satellite use the signal quality scale on your TV to peak up.

Simple, inexpensive, broadband power meters are available at any satellite TV shop.  These go in the LNB cable and give an indication at the antenna as you pass any and all satellites.  They help with finding satellites and peaking up but it is quite possible to peak upon the wrong satellite.  Your TV receiver can be tuned to specfic carriers and thus identify the satellite.

Read here abut carriers on Agila 2 http://www.lyngsat.com/agila2.html

Regards, Eric.

See  http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/agila2_ku.html . Coverage looks marginal without an oversized dish

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Without a footprint map that INCLUDES Brunei, one can only speculate. The diagram on that link I provided is what's called a footprint by the way. Notice a long narrow column just to the right of that diagram. It lists the diameter of dish relative to the strength (expressed in dBW) of the received signal.

Note that the extreme northeast edge of Brunei is within the 48dBW zone. The chart suggests a 20 to 30" inch dish to be adequate there. But the signal strength diminishes rapidly as you progress southwest through Brunei. Using simple extrapolation, the signal level I'll speculate the signal level to be all the way down to 35 in southwest Brunei. That puts you in 9 to 10 foot dish size.

But that still doesn't answer your question. Yes, a six footer may work SOMEWHERE in Brunei. But it may be either too much or too little in YOUR specific location.

The short answer is to check with others in your immediate area - see what works best for them.

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Note the difference in the footprint coverage: http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/mea3_malaysia.html

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