[Shop-talk] re aligning dish network dish

[Jim Franklin]

On Jan 27, 2009, at 10:09 PM, john niolon wrote:

> having a new roof put on house... sat dish is on roof... roofers  
> will remove
> dish and install roof... I wanted to get dish network people to re  
> aim dish.
>
> called and they wanted 100 buck service call and earliest they can  
> come is
> 2/6/9... unacceptable
>
> how hard is it to aim a sat dish ???  I have the az/ele/sk numbers but
> whatzat  mean ???
>


el = elevation off the horizon- my Sony had a degree scale and needle  
on the dish and mounting arm
az = azimuth - compass direction in degrees from north. North is zero,  
they increase to the east
sk - no idea

It's a pain in the butt to get it close. I'd want more than $100.

I have a coax in-line LED "signal seeker" that flashes more quickly  
the stronger the signal gets. Used to fine-tune after you get close.  
Indispensable in my opinion. I also have a manual for how to align the  
dish. Yours for postage if you'd like.

jim