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SOFTWARE REPORT
Useful app
for satellite antenna
alignment
Its the same problem we
are faced with again and
again. Theres a satellite
antenna to be set up and
aligned, but is the satellite
we are aiming at receivable
at all at our location? Actually, thats two questions
packaged into one. Number
one: Is the location within
the satellites footprint and is
the antennas diameter sufficient for reliable reception,
especially at the fringes of
the footprint? Number two:
Is there a direct line of sight
between the antenna and
the satellite, or does a tree
or building stand in the way?
Those are key questions that
beg answering before you
should even think about installing a satellite antenna,
because whats the point
of going to great lengths if
you dont know (a) whether
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Satbeams App
Find available satellites
with total ease
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indicates all relevant information. Looking for some icing on the cake? Well, there
you go: Apart from a range
of technical details, the app
also immediately calculates
the right azimuth and elevation parameters for all satellites.
We found it very useful
that more than one footprint
can be shown at the same
time, and the range of customisation options for the
virtual globe is almost unlimited. This way you may opt to
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tent can be shared with friends via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with a
single touch on the screen.
Still, the only aspect that really matters for a satellite alignment app is the
accuracy of the provided data, and it is
in this field that you simply cant fault
Satbeams. The app relies on the same
database that is made available to users of the standard website, and we all
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know that this is probably one of the
most comprehensive and most up-todate satellite databases around.
With all that praise for Satbeam and
its mobile app we did, however, notice
that the popular daily frequency lists
that are available from www.satbeams.
com have not made it to the app. What
a pity, since the most current transponder data right on the smartphone
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