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Make sure the receiver is hooked up and this meter is in line with it and the dish. Put the knob in about the middle and turn the dish until it peaks, if it goes off scale then back off on the knob so you can peak it best.
where do you see that in his post?
Lots of us have one and they work pretty good with aiming a dish. I use to use one until I found the meter on the reciever is easier
Here is a link to the instructions if you are still looking for it.
http://sadoun.com/Sat/Images/Products/SATFIND95-Man.JPG
http://sadoun.com/Sat/Images/Products/SATFIND95-Man.JPG
a few guys in here say its good to point the dish? why? it worked pretty good for me today i found 2 sats and aimed it G5 and F3
Just a reminder if you're trying to align a C band antenna. You need to make sure the meter is not in front of the dish when you're trying to peak the antenna. There is some sort of RF emissions from the meter that will fool the LNB and you may not get perfect alignment. You just need to have a piece of coax long enough to be clear of the dish. Have fun.
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i had my little 20in tv out there with the receiver and sat finder it was pretty easy i could see the channels coming in . it made it alot easlier
i had my little 20in tv out there with the receiver and sat finder it was pretty easy i could see the channels coming in . it made it alot easlier
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Yeah... i think so. it said dish network. cband. etc. all types maybe the other guys could tell you more im new to all this my self
Yeah... i think so. it said dish network. cband. etc. all types
maybe the other guys could tell you more im new to all this my selfI guess the difference is finding the satellite and fine tuning the lnb as that meter does not show signal quality which is critical for C Band or linear Ku Band alignment - more so than signal strength.
Yes, absolutely !
I've even used two at the same time to align and skew Twin LNBs for Dish.
Have used one with a hand-held LNB to search for a second bird on a dish that has its primary LNB already aligned.
However, those DBS satellites are strong, and they are far apart.
So, for FTA uses they are not the final answer.
edit: the Dish 119º bird is the primary. 110º is the secondary.
No it doesn't, but it does a damn good job better than guessing for a non-pro. What amateur wants to spend $400-$1000 on a meter to use it once in a while.
I Have expensive meters and such, however I install these things on a daily basis this is how I make a living...........Come on HDTVFantic lets get real....
i could see the signal on the receiver outside i had it and a small tv looking at it as the meter spoted a sat. it helped. im going to be putting a C/Ku Feedhorn on my other sat soon. so this meter wont find Ku.?
I use mine every time I go sat hunting .
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Yeah I like it. it's easy to use. for someone starting out that dont know where their looking lol
It just reads signal on the 950-2100mhz IF frequency all the LNBs put out.
So C band or Ku (or Ka), as long as the LNB down-converts to the IF freq, the meter reads it
Of course, it's going to be fooled by any sort of noise, or near-by birds, and that may be the complaint against them.
They're not any more sensitive to one frequency than to another.
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