SDM wrote:
Is your tripod bought as a unit with the dish? I see a lot of different tripods out there. Is one better than the other?
This is the heavy duty tripod that I used.
I'm sure that some tripods are better than others. The tripod can be anchored with long nails and/or a suspended weight for those windy days. I also added these furniture adjustable glides to make it easy to level the mast.
Here is the DirecTV dish system that I bought. You would still need to buy a 3'(for the LNB) and a 50' piece of RG-6 coax and any additional RG-6 coax for inside the trailer.
Here is our setup for DirecTV. Setup and alignment is pretty simple. I use the signal strength meter in the HR44 receiver. I can glance in the side window of the trailer and also listen to the beep.
Here is the app I use for setting the Tilt(LNB skew), Elevation, and Azimuth. It uses the GPS on the phone.
Here is a composite of the signal strengths that I receive.
There is also another very good app called Satellite AR which lets you visualize where the DirecTV satellites are for your location.
Tip: You set the Tilt and Elevation after you have leveled the mast. Before you bolt the reflector on use a compass or the compass on the SatFinder app to approximate the correct azimuth by visually aligning the LNB with the mast assembly. It will save you time.
Here is the app I use for setting the Tilt(LNB skew), Elevation, and Azimuth. It uses the GPS on the phone.
Here is a composite of the signal strengths that I receive.
There is also another very good app called Satellite AR which lets you visualize where the DirecTV satellites are for your location.
Tip: You set the Tilt and Elevation after you have leveled the mast. Before you bolt the reflector on use a compass or the compass on the SatFinder app to approximate the correct azimuth by visually aligning the LNB with the mast assembly. It will save you time.
