Meters

[Greenhornet]

HI all I'm looking a signal meters to aline the satellite, are there any decent ones under 100. Thanks in advance

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[techrep]

HI all I'm looking a signal meters to aline the satellite, are there any decent ones under 100. Thanks in advance

:D

For a "one time shot" you don't need a meter. You can use the signal meter on your receiver to tune in the sats just fine.

Even if I use a handheld meter to set sat 101, I still make the final adjustments to sats 103c and 99c via the onboard receiver signal strength meter.

[Greenhornet]

For a "one time shot" you don't need a meter. You can use the signal meter on your receiver to tune in the sats just fine.

Even if I use a handheld meter to set sat 101, I still make the final adjustments to sats 103c and 99c via the onboard receiver signal strength meter.

Yes I know what you mean but when your doing it alone with no help then its a little difficult and I want to do it with the 99c sat thanks for the replies

[2dogz]

HI all I'm looking a signal meters to aline the satellite, are there any decent ones under 100. Thanks in advance

:D

First, I agree with Techrep that you most likely don't need a meter if you're only going to do a self install. If you're carefull to set the mast plumb and preset the dish settings on the ground, you can't miss getting the course settings on first try using a buddy and a cell phone. With or without a meter, to really dial in the Ka satellites means tweaking the fine tuning knobs a quarter turn this a way, a quarter turn that a way, until you get all the sats into the 90s. Best done using the receiver signal meters.

If you setting up at RV parks, or tailgating a meter might be right handy. So to answer your question, one popular meter to look at is the Acutrac 22 Pro MK II on solidsignal.com for $101. It's even used in the D* install videos that are on the site also.

[2dogz]

[QUOTE=Greenhornet;1756816]Yes I know what you mean but when your doing it alone with no help then its a little difficult and I want to do it with the 99c sat thanks for the replies[/QUOTE

The price goes up for a meter that reads Ka signals. Acutrac III is around $200.

[krock918316]

Buying a buddy a beer is a lot cheaper than a meter! :)

[lostman72]

You can always use Ebay or ask a friend. There are some $10.00 ones but they are real basic. I would rather use the one built in before the $10.00 one.

[2dogz]

Buying a buddy a beer is a lot cheaper than a meter! :)

Teenaged sons work well. Wives get mixed reviews.:)

[eakes]

I have a $40 meter made by Monster that I have been using since 1996 to align satellite dishes. I have aligned two Slinline 5LNB antennas and it works well. If you are careful in setup, you can actually peak on 101 and not touch 103 or 99. I set up both antennas before 103 or 99 were activated, I peaked 101 and have not touched alignment since. I get 94 or 95 on 99c and 89 to 96 on 103.

[bobnielsen]

Teenaged sons work well. Wives get mixed reviews.:)

I tried, but she absolutely refused to climb on the roof. :D

Does anyone know why the audio feedback has never been enabled on the HR2x models? That made alignment of my original dish a piece of cake and it appears on the setup menu but never has worked.

[davring]

I tried, but she absolutely refused to climb on the roof. :D

Does anyone know why the audio feedback has never been enabled on the HR2x models? That made alignment of my original dish a piece of cake and it appears on the setup menu but never has worked.

That is a very missed feature, no idea why it was eliminated. Wonder if they were trying to dicourage self installs?

[2dogz]

Does anyone know why the audio feedback has never been enabled on the HR2x models? That made alignment of my original dish a piece of cake and it appears on the setup menu but never has worked.

It was too useful for DIYers.

[carl6]

I tried, but she absolutely refused to climb on the roof. :D


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[tweaked]

It was too useful for DIYers.

Amen. Made aiming my HR10-250 a breeze. Once the software's corrected in the HR21*'s, seems an audible signal would be a definite aid (at least for coase alignment) for the DIYers.