Digital Satellite Meter discussion
A couple of the other active threads on sat dishes mention the longing for DirecTV to restore the beeps used in aiming and the use of digital meters. I am an ace in aiming a SLM3 HD dish but since my ...
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Never used a signal meter when aligning our 18" Directv SD dish and thought that it would be imperative to have one when trying to align our Slimline 5 dish as some have stated it would be quite difficult to catch all the satellites. I purchased a digital signal meter online and attempted to use it only to find that it was pinging on the wrong satellites most of the time and never used it again. What I found out is that as long as the dish is adjusted to the appropriate settings as designated by the Directv HD receiver and the mast is level, it is just as easy as aligning the 18" round dish. I just use a compass and lock on to 101 and all the other satellites come in just fine giving us all the same channels we receive at home in about 5 minutes tops.
