Reaiming My Satellite Dish On My Roof Without A Meter

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Reaiming my satellite dish on my roof without a meter.

Determining azimuth and elevation. Look near the end of the satellite dish s lnb arm the lnb is the eye on the end of the dish. A satellite dish can be aligned without using a meter by finding the peak angles from the receiver menu and adjusting the dish as necessary. This is the left and right or east and west azimuth adjustment.

To aim your dish you ll need to know your azimuth and elevation coordinates. Azimuth east west adjustment. Elevation concerns the up and down positioning of your dish. Best locations include the roof or one end of the wall where nothing will obstruct it.

Satellite dish installers almost automatically go for the roof to guarantee the satellite isn t obstructed. In order to remove the cables without causing damage you ll need a small to medium sized phillips head screwdriver and a 7 16 open ended wrench. Fill in your trench and compresd dirt evenly to look natural. You ll see one or two small phillips head screws.

Azimuth relates to the left to right positioning of your dish. Mount the under eave mount using 4 6 lag bolts depending on the mount add the dish to the mount tune the dish. Or you can do it the hard way as you ve said. The elevation angle which is up and down and the skew adjustment this is angle that the lnb itself is fixed into the lnb holder.

The pole gives the dish more height without it needing to be on the roof. Loosen them then pull off the lnb. One of the best ways to set up a dish is by anchoring a metal pole in the ground with concrete then mounting the dish on top of it. Find out how to.