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Old 31-May-2015, 11:19 PM   #14
Jake V
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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905dude,

If you don't have a real compass, try this:

1. Go to: http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=14508
2. Enter your address and click "Map This".
3. At the top right of the map click on "Satellite".
4. When the screen updates zoom in using the zoom function at the left of the map.
5. As you zoom in, place the cursor over your house roof where your antenna is.
6. Just below the map, on the right side, click on "Show lines pointing to each transmitter".
7. Consider your house to be the center of a clock. The Toronto signals are at about 3 o'clock (to the east). The Buffalo signals are at about 5 o'clock (to the southeast). If you zoom in close you can identify the lines pointing to Buffalo and figure out the general direction your antenna needs to be aimed at.

If this doesn't work, I recommend getting a compass ($5 at Walmart). Or find a friend who has one and borrow it. From your previous post your DB-8e is aimed at Toronto (102 degrees - just south of east) when it should be aimed at Buffalo (147 degrees - southeast).

Jake
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