Broadback wrote:
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Yes you can do it yourself, remember though there are two adjustments,
vertical and horizontal. Also be sure you are setting it up on the
correct satellite! If you can see the TV and set the Sky box to the
signal strength option you can fine tune it with this, but you have to
get a reasonable signal first. What I did was set up mine outside fixed
on a workmate where I could see the TV. When I got it at its optimum I
used a compass to find the direction it was pointing then made a simple
device from card a piece of string and a weight to get the tilt angle.
When I fixed it on the wall I used these to position the dish, then fine
tuned it with my wife's help.

Better still, buy a cheap signal strength meter off ebay (or pay a bit
more from screwfix) to take up with you - you don't need the TV or
anyone to shout up. When I did a test rig (dish clamped onto a workmate
on the garage roof), it took literally 60 seconds to line it up. Took a
little longer on the house wall, because the attachments were more
fiddly to get at.


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Mike Scott (unet at scottsonline.org.uk)
Harlow Essex England