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dianneandsteve


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I haven't found this tripod talked about anywhere on the forum so thought I would share. Check out www.tv4rv.com I purchased one last September and what a difference...it makes setting up your dish a snap. It's a surveyor type of tripod and mast that comes with a compass and level as well accessories for securing it in high winds. We get our co-ordinance from www.dishpointer.com "before moving"  to our next destination just in case we don't have Internet available. (We had no Verizon in Lake Havasu) With this system you wouldn't require a signal meter either. I align the mark on the mast between the True North and Magnetic North co-ordinance given and make a very small adjustment and Voila...done.

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Steve, I purchased a DTV Dish on Amazon, it was pretty cheap and came with a compass and two Different mounting masts. I then purchased and inexpensive Toner Meter for locating the signal, it beeps. For mounting the dish on the ground I purchased a small 1.5 gallon plastic bucket, stuck a small piece of PVC in the bucket, poured cement around the PVC, my DTV mast slides right in the PVC, the weight of the concrete keeps the dish from tipping over and when I take it apart it's easy to store.....

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One more thing I loaded an Application on my IPad, it's a compass and dish direction locator.

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We have been using a Wineguard Tripod and a Accutek III Meter with our Dish for almost a year now.

We setup the tripod using the bubble level on top, get a general idea of the satellite's heading, aim the dish a little to the west of the heading, connect the Accutek III Meter and start panning the dish to the east. Get a good strong signal on all 3 LNBs, lock the dish down.

I am even getting good at finding tripod locations at sites with a lot of trees.

Setup time start to finish is less than 5 minutes.

 

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-- Edited by Rob_Fla on Sunday 23rd of December 2012 05:51:58 AM

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