When I peaked my dish the first time I used an analog meter. I doesn't really care about the transponder.
With the meter I have the ability to power it from the receiver and select a satellite and transponder but when
I changed over to the new LNBF and satellites I just connected the meter and peaked it that way. The
meter will power the LNBF for a short time. On the LNBF Port 1 is for 72 deg and port 2 is for 61.5 deg.
I played around with a new meter I had bought but it was too hard to see in the direct sunlight.
This meter I had set up default satellites and transponders. In default setting I set it up for 2
transponders on each satellite. On 72 I picked 1 vertically polarized and 1 horizontally polarized
transponder. On 61.5 I picked 2 transponder that were for my area, Philadelphia, and again 1
vertically and horizontally polarized. I''l have to look at the meter when I get home from work
tonight for the default settings I used for 61.5 and 72 satellites.
I used the new meter on my second dish on my tower. It really helped when I discovered my
problem and let me peak it with both signal strength and signal quality, S/n+n ratio.
My old analog signal meter is a Channel Master CM 1008 IFD Dual Signal Meter.
My new signal meter is a First strike FS1 Pro. The only thing I don't like about this one
is that it won't identify the satellite I am looking at. I also have a SATLOOKLITE meter
but I find it too clunky to use. I does identify the satellites but the internal data base is older
and is hard to update.
With the meter I have the ability to power it from the receiver and select a satellite and transponder but when
I changed over to the new LNBF and satellites I just connected the meter and peaked it that way. The
meter will power the LNBF for a short time. On the LNBF Port 1 is for 72 deg and port 2 is for 61.5 deg.
I played around with a new meter I had bought but it was too hard to see in the direct sunlight.
This meter I had set up default satellites and transponders. In default setting I set it up for 2
transponders on each satellite. On 72 I picked 1 vertically polarized and 1 horizontally polarized
transponder. On 61.5 I picked 2 transponder that were for my area, Philadelphia, and again 1
vertically and horizontally polarized. I''l have to look at the meter when I get home from work
tonight for the default settings I used for 61.5 and 72 satellites.
I used the new meter on my second dish on my tower. It really helped when I discovered my
problem and let me peak it with both signal strength and signal quality, S/n+n ratio.
My old analog signal meter is a Channel Master CM 1008 IFD Dual Signal Meter.
My new signal meter is a First strike FS1 Pro. The only thing I don't like about this one
is that it won't identify the satellite I am looking at. I also have a SATLOOKLITE meter
but I find it too clunky to use. I does identify the satellites but the internal data base is older
and is hard to update.