After a month and a half scuffle with directv and my local directv installer I am finally coming to the conclusion that if I want directv HD I am going to have to do al the work myself. I am looking on eBay to by a dish but am having trouble finding a slimline without the seller over charging for shipping, however I was able to find a very reasonably priced AT9. I put a bid on it and am aware that this style of dish is harder to maneuver and align due to its bigger size and heavier weight. I am looking for any tips on installing this older model dish. I am trying to avoid any more extra costs besides the necessary installation materials, so I'm hoping to do without purchasing an expensive signal meter. Any advice would be great.
AT9 self intallation tips
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First of all, it's not that much different to set up and just because the newer dish is called a "Slimline" doesn't mean it's that much smaller.
Physically it's slightly smaller overall, it's a different shape, the Slimline is longer and shorter, the AT-9 is morelike the size of a pizza box.
The AT-9 is said to be 32 lbs and the S/L is 25 lbs, hardly enough to say to not get one over the other, they are both heavy.
A lot also depends on where you plan to put it, on the roof, ground or pole mount.
I have done a Pole mount and a roof mount with the AT-9 's, I haven't had the pleasure of setting up a S/L yet, some installers say they are easier.
I do not own a meter and have had no trouble getting good solid signals in the 90's.
As long as you have a good clear line of sight. the first place I was going to put one was not a real good place and I did have trouble getting the 119 in, once I relocated it, everything came in right away, no problem.
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Thats good. I plan on doing a pole mount as I don't want to end up having issues with line of sight which the ""professional installer"" said I would have. I may still consider a house mount as I do believe that there is a clear line of sight on the other sid of my house (which the installer didn't consider that a house does indeed have more than one place to put the dish) but I will decide that later after evaluating everything. I hope that HDtv is worth it after all of the trouble I went through with directv (too long to type), I wish I could change providers but all that available here is charter communications for cable, which is defiantly one of the worst. And dish network, but my neighbor had trouble with rain fade with them. (I wish I could get fios) But besides this incident I really have liked directv for the past 8 yrs. and hope that beyond this everything will be nice and smooth. I guess for the install i will lug the receiver out to the dish for a meter as well as the laptop out to watch the installation videos. Thanks for your input,
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