Tuning a DirecTV 3 LNB dish with a Channel Master Meter ?

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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:04:37 GMT, "RA" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>I have been recently having problems with DirecTV reception on a few
>channels so I decided to buy a Meter to fine tune the dish and see if that
>is the problem. The meter is a Channel master 1008IFD dual LNB meter. The
>problem is I have no Idea how to properly use the meter. I am not an
>installer but have a good grasp of electric equipment but I'm clueless with
>this meter. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I'm thinking you spend money needlessly. If your skew/tilt is set
correctly for your area (it's 68 degrees here)... you basically line
up your azimuth and elevation to their max values using the 101
satellite on transponders 1 and 2. If properly aligned... the 110 and
119 will also be locked in.

Greg