Sat finder/meter

[Riker]

Having trouble locking in my dads sat and plan on buying a digital sat finder/meter cause every now and then mine, his and friends etc go out of whack and since I'm the resident electronic guru I want to buy one and heck its cool to have toys.
Anybody use a Birdog or an SF3000E. The later is cheaper brand new but any suggestions would be great.
thanks.

 

[Jared Twomey]

what kind of satellites are you wanting to line up? Dish and Directv? or FTA?

And yeah, a ton of installers use Birdog meters, never seen a sf3000e, but it looks interesting and it is much cheaper than a birddog. But honestly, if you are just needing it every once in a while, and just pointed dish or direct, i would just go to your local radio shack and pick up a $20 meter. For occasional/hobby use, they are fine.

 

[thecristman]

Birdog has been a great meter and I strongly recommend it. The time saved by using one is incredible. I have dropped mine numerous times and it still works fine.