Dish Carry out antenna

Big Katuna wrote:
Yes, there is a test channel (100?) that you should get without service. A rolling advertisement.

You could also go into settings and look at the signal strength meters.

channel 101.

Don't need service to see if your equipment is working. Turn on receiver and select menu to get into set up mode. We use Dish VIP receivers and they have an audible tone for dish pointing. Never have used a meter, with either Dish or Directv we set sat dish to pointing parameters as indicated by receiver. Level tripod/stand and use compass to set azimuth. Tweak until audible tone is as high pitched as possible, download programming and start enjoying all the same channels we have at home.

Yes, there is a test channel (100?) that you should get without service. A rolling advertisement.

You could also go into settings and look at the signal strength meters.

I use a meter like the one in this video (about $15):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dasil73C_K0

Steve