On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:30:58 GMT, Windmill wrote:

But I don't know the elevation above our horizontal of synchronous
satellites at our latitude. About 30 degrees, I'm guessing.

Close enough but remember if you are talking about a Sky "mini dish"
they are offset dishes. This means that the face of the dish is more
vertical than one would expect.

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Cheers
Dave.