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  1. Thanks for 3 new responses, guys! I have nothing to report about sat finding since I found I have a bad cable and must rewire to the roof. Will report sat trials soon. Jim: I think you mean "Not so!" or "Not so." since I think you mean that the Cheapo Meter doesn't work with DPH equipment. Am I right? WeBeFulltimers: I will try the audio to tune. I have a baby cam, and I think I can hear thru it. Good tip! Thanks. Mark: The new FS1 PRO is $350.00. Yikes! I still gonna try compasses and audio and video (I can see compass bar in baby cam pic.) when I can get up there to fix cables. I sure appreciate you folks. MIkee
  2. Thanks for the rapid response, Mark. Your post and your links to your website have really given me some hope and some new ideas. Tomorrow AM if there is no rain, I will try a new plan to aim my 1000.2 dish with compass and my Hopper 3 as signal meter. I will post results ASAP. If you know of an affordable (<$100.00) signal meter, I'd like to hear your comments on it. I appreciate your help. MIkee
  3. 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
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