DirecTV on the road.
For the past several years I have been using the old round dish and old receiver. The receiver just went out. I was wondering what my options are now as far as dish and receiver. Thank you.
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- You might find the tripods with individually adjustable legs much easier to use.
- I also carry some little 2"x 2" blocks in 1/4" in case the ground is really un-level. Unlike Bill, I have found that it is pretty important to get the mast as vertical as possible.
2oldman wrote:
Bigbird65 wrote:
Yes, that would be necessary. I've found the elevation of the Slimline dish to be critical, and since that tripod's legs are not individually adjustable, those feet should work.
I bought these adjustable feet at a hardware store..........
Great idea!!!Bigbird65 wrote:
Yes, that would be necessary. I've found the elevation of the Slimline dish to be critical, and since that tripod's legs are not individually adjustable, those feet should work.
I bought these adjustable feet at a hardware store..........2oldman wrote:
voyaginator wrote:
How do you get the mast plumb?
I bought these adjustable feet at a hardware store..........
........and use these furniture glides.........
........and use this type of magnetic level on the mast.
The little level that fits inside the 2" mast is not very good.2oldman wrote:
voyaginator wrote:
How do you get the mast plumb?
To be not as technical, just wanted to comment on the dish tripod https://goo.gl/zYgsju got one recently ..
By using a level. It's really not that critical so close will do just fine.voyaginator wrote:
How do you get the mast plumb?
To be not as technical, just wanted to comment on the dish tripod https://goo.gl/zYgsju got one recently ..- Remember dishpointer is free via the web (www.dishpointer.com). I use it in my browser as part of my pre-trip planning. I get the correct values for each stop in advance and have them in hand when we get there. That makes setup even quicker.
I do use the dish pointer pro app ($20) on my phone if there is any doubt about something blocking the view of a satellite. Bill.Satellite wrote:
I am still a big fan of Dish Pointer (pro$$) but with or without that app there are a number of options that will give you the right skew (offset) and the compass heading and elevation. You might think you are a complete idiot when you can't get it done right the 1st time but by the 5th time you will be done in under 15 minutes and telling your DW how amazing you are!
Too late for that! She has already seen me struggle with Dish Network one so any improvement with DirecTV will be attributed to DirecTV!!! ??- I am still a big fan of Dish Pointer (pro$$) but with or without that app there are a number of options that will give you the right skew (offset) and the compass heading and elevation. You might think you are a complete idiot when you can't get it done right the 1st time but by the 5th time you will be done in under 15 minutes and telling your DW how amazing you are!
