On Mar 5, 3:47 pm, "vortex2"
wrote:
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message

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How difficult are these to align, and how critical is a signal
meter? I have a problem installation, and it might be easier to
do it myself. It will be a flat roof job (i.e. concrete slabs
weighing it down) if I do.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Easy to align, so long as your receiver has some kind of integral signal
strength meter.

1. Go tohttp://www.ses-astra.com/consumer/azimuth/index.php?locale=en_GB
and input your lat/long

2. Using a compass and common sense work out approximately the heading
you need.

3. On a Sky box dish adjust elevation/azimuth to maximise "signal
strength".

4. Rotate LNB to maximise "signal quality". Job jobbed.

(Of course the above assumes you can set up and see a TV connected to your
receiver). It's even easier with a signal strength meter. Occasionally you
see these in Lidl/Aldo for a fiver.

David

I do/did mine by guesswork (and the signka meter on the digibox) from
looking at neighbours' dishes. The Sky astra signal is very strong to
it's quite easy to get somewhere near it then fine tune it.