Tips from satelliteguys and Sadoun
1. Satelliteguys' reviews of LNBFs and receivers helped me to make a good choice in both.
2. Sadoun's angle calculator helped me to find the satellites
3. The satelliteguys and Sadoun forums are both extremely good sources of information, hints, kinks and tips for getting an FTA system running. These systems are touchy enough to frustrate and turn away many without good support, and these forums help many people successfully install FTA systems.
I will use the dish to try to acquire SatMex 5 Chinese channels for my wife and in-laws, and to improve the system margin for rain fade (which is important in the winter near Seattle, WA.) Currently the system will tolerate light rain well, but struggles with the weak channels in moderate rain.