satellite aiming question
I'm ready to get a portable satellite dish and I'll stick with DirecTV since I'm already a customer. While looking at the choices, it seems to come down to the SD dish or an HD dish. I understand a...
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Swampman597 wrote:It is at first, but you get better at it. You need only shoot one bird, and the 2 others take care of themselves.
is it significantly harder to line up the HD dish or just something that becomes minor?
I had a very difficult time at first, mainly because of trying to use a hand-held signal meter. DTV removed the beeps from the HD receivers, which is not a particularly good plan for those of us who set up often. I now use the 'Swift Hitch' camera to broadcast the DTV Signal Meter to me standing out at the dish. Works like a charm.
Another important part of HD is a strong, level tripod. Got mine at TV4RV. It takes some practice to set that up properly.
There are many solutions, I just gave you mine.
