Help with television Satelite Dish setup
At home we switched from Direct TV to Dish Network. While the service guys were here switching us we shared a lot of personal things. Anyway, maybe he manipulated the conversation a bit, but we ended ...
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djgarcia wrote:
Go to Camping World and buy an electronic hand held satellite finder. After you find the Zenith, elevation, azimuth settings and set up your satellite, Hook the electronic finder up between your satellite and receiver. Just scan the dish satellite to the south, move the satellite until you see the needle reach it highest readings and then move the satellite to the right until you see the needle reach it's highest reading. Now move the satellite slightly in the direction between these 2 points. Done.
And hope like heck you are settling in on the correct bird! Those cheap meters are just that, CHEAP. Have about three of them and none works worth a crud unless you are using the most basic setup possible. Mainly because they do not lock onto the exact satellite you want. But will chirp on any sat it sees.
Using an Align-A-Site your mast does not have to be perfectly plum. A good thing in the woods. Using a decent meter that will only sound off on the correct satellite is a better thing. At least then you have a fighting chance to get a quality sat signal.
