How do you know which way to point the microwave antenna?

[Dan]

Believe me, there are folks that get paid a lot of money to figure this stuff out... I'm basically doing it on the back of a napkin (in Excel) and will have to learn a bit once the radio gets here. Here's a handy spreadsheet that I put together to help me with the azimuth and change (+/-) in elevation for the satellite dish...

No, I'm not smart enough to build those formulas myself - thanks to Excel and ChatGPT I muddied my way through it...