We use an HD sat receiver from home and a Directv Slimline 5 dish we purchased online that we mounted to a homemade stand. I adjust dish settings as stated by Directv receiver, perform receiver set-up routine starting with dish type, plumb/level dish and use compass to point, most times signals are in the 90% range right from the get go. Peak signal to 95% or better on sat 101 and all the rest of the satellites come right in delivering all the same channels that we have at home. Do it a few times at home to get the hang of it. Unless there are trees to negotiate a signal through, entire routine takes maybe 10 minutes tops.