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OK Raine, Have you used your FS1 to set up any of the FTA sats ? I keep my dish parked on sat 92 W, to watch the two back hauls from ABC. And yes, all the SD transponders for the older 18 inch dishes was circular polarized. But the new Ka sats are higher frequencys and and are listed as either Odd or Even. Guys, keep reading... I know someone here has the answer that will let me use my F S FS1 to align my HD Slimline3S dish on the three sats, 99W 101W and 103W.
Cheers Doug

Yes, I've used it on FTA sats many times, real simple for those. You probably already know how to do it, but I'll run through the procedure of it.

Turn the meter on and then push the Option/Local button, you should see a arrow next to the L: slot at the left side of the screen, there you enter what sat you're working with, 95W, 121W, etc.

Push option/local again and the arrow moves down to the F: slot, there you enter the transponder you want.

Push option/local, SR: here you enter the symbol rate.

Push option/local, arrow moves to LO: here you enter the LNB Lo.

Push option/local, arrow moves to LNB: here you can select your LNB voltage, either 13V for vertical, 18V for horizontal, or blank for no power supplied from the meter. The arrows buttons next to the option/local button cycle through these options.

Push option/local again and the arrow moves down to 22KHz: Here you can select 22 KHz on or off. Use the arrow buttons to select.

Push option/local again and the arrow moves all the way down to the lower left hand corner box with the list number for the satellite in the meter. Once here, you can push the save/c button and it'll save what you inputted to that sat slot/number in the meter, or if you push any of the number buttons, the meter will come on so you can see your signal and quality readings and actively use it. Hitting any number button again exits back out into data entry mode and you can again use the option/local button to move through the different fields if you want/need to change anything.

When I first got my FS1, I had to enter my Lat and Long settings for my location into it, if you move the arrow [using the option/local button] to the sat/slot number box at the bottom left hand corner of the screen, then push and hold the zero button for three seconds, the arrow will jump over to LONG: and you can set your lat/long settings for your area. Your azimuth, elevation and skew in the top three boxes at the top of the screen won't read right until you do this.

I don't know if the FS1 will work with Ka or not, all I've ever used mine for is C band and Ku.

With FTA, looping the meter in line [in series with the LNB and receiver] through the two F connectors on the meter, allows the meter to be powered by the receiver. [Coax from the receiver to one F connector on the meter, coax form the LNB to the other F connector] Handy if your battery dies, maybe useful in your situation with the Direct stuff, to let the receiver power everything? Don't know for sure.

I found a few things on First Strike's website that might be helpful, maybe.

using a high frequency splitter to power multi-head LNBFs

Aligning DirecTv dishes

Those were from here: http://www.firststrikemeters.com/fs-support/fs1-frequently-asked-questions/

Ok Guys I have done some more research. I built a short RG6 jumper and opened the shield in the middle and cut the copper center conductor and brought it up and away from the shield. I then soldered a dipped silver mica 5000 pf cap onto the two leads. This will allow me to connect my FS1 meter onto the SWM 2 way splitter that Raine posted in his post above. Now the meter is not shorted out by the output of the 2 way splitter.
When I tested it at the location of the SL3S dish,with the DTV PS on the pass thru side, I did get a 2% quality reading on one satellite.
This leads me to think that I do not have the correct data loaded in the meter.
The ones posted on the FS1 meter site did not work on my meter. I did read of the FTA ABC sat at 91 W and loaded them into my FS1 meter and got 100% quality reading on the meter, so I am confident that the meter works when the correct data is loaded.

NOW: Can anyone send me the link or post the Down Link frequency, Symbol Rate, and the Local Osc frequency for the DTV satellite at 101 W.

Anxiously waiting, Doug

It looks like Lyngsat might have it:

http://www.lyngsat.com/SES-1-and-DirecTV-4S-8.html

Well guys, time to close this link !! I did another site survey after seeing that a neighbors tree was imposing on my view of the three HD DTV satellites. I moved to the car port on the opposite corner from my FTA dish. I attached the mount to the square metal post with straps and 4 inch 1/4 bolts. Plumbed the vertical and then put two sheet metal screws to stabilize any sideways movement.
Then I powered up the LNB with the power inserter with a power pass thru splitter and my DC blocking cable and FS-1 meter attached to the receiver output side of the splitter. I tested with the four TPs listed on the FS-1 site for know active TPs.
Of the four listed for 101 W, the 2nd hit nearly full scale on the Quality Bar. I continued to peak in elevation and azimuth settings with the FS-1 meter. I locked the dish down and connected to the IRD receiver. I ran thru the 101 W signal strength reading. PRESTO ! All the readings were in the 90 to 100 % values. Now the critical bird at 99 W. All were in the 80s to high 90s !.. All the other signals on the 103 W bird were great.
I have posted some pics to show the hook up and the DC blocking cable and readings on the FS-1 meter. My cell phone lacks some clarity, but I was getting nearly 100 % Quality signals.
Thanks again to all that commented. To Raine: I will try some other down link frequencys and other TPs and look for readings. I am using S/R or 20000 and LO of 11250. If you have any other values, please pass then to me.
Thanks again to all ! Regards, Doug .
PS: I may have a glitch with the pics. I will try to delete the duplicates.