Based on your location, and using

  1. Direct TV Satellite Fleet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV#Satellite_fleet
  2. This page for calculating satellite position: http://www.csgnetwork.com/antennasatelazposcalc.html

Coordinates for Mom and Dad's place: 38.18 N 75.54

Satellite Orbital slot Launch date Satellite type Azimuth Elevation
DirecTV-1 109.8° W 17 December 1993 Hughes Electronics HS-601 227.7 33.2
DirecTV-2 100.8° W 3 August 1994 Hughes Electronics HS-601 217.3 38.5
DirecTV-1R 72.5° W 10 October 1999 Hughes Electronics HS-601HP 175.0 45.6
DirecTV-4S 101.2° W 27 November 2001 Hughes Electronics HS-601HP 217.8 38.3
DirecTV-5 109.8° W 7 May 2002 Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 227.7 33.2
DirecTV-6 109.5° W 9 March 1997 Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 227.4 33.4
DirecTV-7S 119.0° W 4 May 2004 Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 236.8 27.0
DirecTV-8 100.8° W 22 May 2005 Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 217.3 38.5
DirecTV-9S 101.1° W 13 October 2006 Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 217.7 38.3
SPACEWAY-1 102.8° W 26 April 2005 Boeing BSS-702 219.8 37.4
SPACEWAY-2 99.2° W 16 November 2005 Boeing BSS-702 215.3 39.3
DirecTV-10 102.8° W July 7, 2007 Boeing BSS-702 219.8 37.4
DirecTV-11 99.2° W March 19, 2008 Boeing BSS-702 215.3 39.3
DirecTV-12 Unknown Unknown Boeing BSS-702 xxxxx xxxx
DirecTV-13* 110° W November 16, 2012 Boeing BSS-702 227.9 33.1
Galaxy 3C 95° W 15 June 2002 Boeing BSS-702 209.7 41.3
Hughes Net Data87° W No Idea No Idea 198.1 44.1 
loc=[109.8,100.8,72.5,101.2,109.8,109.5,119.0,100.8,101.1,102.8,99.2,102.8,99.2,110.0,95.0]
az=[227.7,217.3,175.0,217.8,227.7,227.4,236.8,217.3,217.7,219.8,215.3,219.8,215.3,227.9,209.7]
el=[33.2,38.5,45.6,38.3,33.2,33.4,27.0,38.5,38.3,37.4,39.3,37.4,39.3,33.1,41.3]
s=sort(az)
plot,az(s),el(s),psym=-4,xrange=[200,250]
!p.title='Direct TV Fleet As Seen From The Woods'
; plot the satellites as diamonds (psym=4)
plot,az(s),el(s),psym=-4,xrange=[200,250],xtitle='Azimuth (True Degrees)',ytitle='Elevation (Degrees)'
; print the westing locations on the plot
for i=0,n_elements(az)-1L do begin xyouts,az(i),el(i)-2-i*2,STRCOMPRESS(STRING(loc(i),FORMAT='(f6.1)'),/REMOVE_ALL)
; draw a vertical line from the string/location to the satellite
for i=0,n_elements(az)-1L do begin plots,[az(i),az(i)],[el(i),el(i)-2-i*2],psym=0

Here is what this looks like in the sky: