[Greenhornet]

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

 

[techrep]

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

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

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]

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.

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.

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.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[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.