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Originally Posted by MLP
I actually have that setup at home in storage. I used it when I had a fifth wheel. It takes up a lot more storage space and without good satellite meter, I used a Bull Dog, you are going to have fun setting up. It is very fast with the meter. Yes there are people that can set them up closely enough to use the signal meter inside the receiver to pin point the max signal strength, but it takes time and is a pain. I could set up and nail the satellite in less than five minuets with the meter. A good meter is not cheep. I made my dish mount out of PVC pipe that broke down and was stored in a smallish plastic box. The antenna was four inches off the ground and was only tipped over twice with 55 mph gusts.
May class A came with both the antennas and is far easier to set up. I do not have as much storage space in the Class A as I had in the fifth wheel.
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Yep, BirdDogs are over $800 retail or about $500 if you can find a used one. Most meters or sat finders can not power DirecTV's modern SWM LNBs, as they require 30 volts DC as opposed to the old 18 or 24 volt SWM LNBs. A good meter needs to receive and calculate the error rate of received Ka and RB frequencies if you going to get good alignment for 4K frequencies.
We prefer to setup under the trees when available, so a roof mounted dish wouldn't work for us.
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