Hello All, newbie here on this topic, call me MIkee.
I would like help with aiming my DISH 1000.2 antenna on a tripod for my RV. I need help with sighting the dish to AZ heading. I can't seem to use the proper references on the physical dish to accurately point it. I have great marine binoculars, and Android pointer and GPS apps, but since SKEW is dialed-in, the dish is like pointing a basketball. Any tip would be appreciated.
Second, I have only my Hopper 3 to use as a signal meter. I tried a Cheapo signal meter in the RG6 line at the dish, but I am sure it doesn't work with Hopper 3 DPH equipment. The new 16 tuner technology is really making this hard for me. I think I have proved that the Hopper 3's DiSeqC control turns the transponders ON and OFF completely while I am peaking my dish AZ. Then I lose my heading and have no signals at all ! To start over, I have to select a channel to watch, which turns on ONE transponder; then I can try to point the dish. But without passing a Check Switch, I can't tune even one channel. So it's like The Chicken and the Egg: No channels on, no aiming; no aiming, no passing check switch; no passing C.S., no transponders on; no T's on, no channels. Loop, loop..
I'll bet a nice meter like the Super Buddy, can apply voltage, and turn on transponders, so all aiming is accomplished at the dish, without relying on the Hopper 3. I don't have a nice meter. Again, thanks for tips or advice on how to aim a dish with only a Hopper3 as a guide.
MIkee