[MTJR]

It occurred to me that whilst there is quite a lot of information on the net about the physical side of setting up a dish (hanging it on the wall), there's very little about the technical side (tuning).

What I noticed when doing my own recently is that getting the dish pointing at the right satellite can be extremely difficult even with a Satellite Finder. What a Sat Finder won't tell you is what satellite you're actually pointing at and the apparent variances in the strength of signal don't help either.

Would I be correct in this analogy?

Let's assume that a shower head is the signal coming from the satellite and a bucket is the satellite dish. Dependant on the placement of the bucket (dish) you may or may not catch all of the shower water (sat signal). As you move the bucket (dish) you catch more of the water (sat signal).

If we assume this to be correct then dependant on what channels you are NOT receiving should give an indication as to which direction your dish needs to be moved.

Have I got this somewhere about right?

John