How hard to repeak a slimline dish?

[Mr Tony]

Well I might as well ask now.....

my parents decided to get their roof reshingled and since D* put the 3LNB slimline on the roof the roofing guys have to move it. I just have a feeling I'll get a call from my mom that the dish doesn't work.

I've aimed pretty much every dish out there from Dish to KU Band to C-Band. Havent worked with the D* slimline (this only has the one "cluster" LNB for 99/101/103) before...

So I assume its like aiming any other dish? Since they wont mess with skew just fire up a TP on 101 and repeak?

stupid question 2.....can I use any receiver to aim it? I have an old Hughes that I got a while back and I'd rather use that then ripping apart a D12 out of somewhere (I bring the T & receiver with me on the roof)

 

[Bob Nielsen]

The "dither" method is best, since it will get you to the center of the peak on 101 (solidsignal has some videos and it is also available in the dish installation manual available from that site). This method was used before D10 and D11 were launched and if done correctly, could get it close enough that 99 and 103 were at acceptable levels. Now that we have conus Ka beams, a slight tweak on 99c/103c will possibly bring the levels up a bit more.

Just about any receiver will work for 101, as long as it isn't a SWM LNB.

 

[pro96]

Wow does that mean that Tony's mom don't have her own 6ft Dish and has a smaller slimline instead??
Well Hello !!!!!!!! Mothers day is almost here LOL

 

[Mr Tony]

nope...they had cable for almost 20 years...just got D a month or so ago

 

[dfergie]

Might be able to mark the mount and mast, then take some measurements before you take it down (if it's going to be re-mounted in same spot) and get close... use the old receiver to peak on what it gets, then go to the new receiver...

 

[Mr Tony]

eh they already took down the dish. I didnt know they were there until my mom called me tonight to tell me

 

[pro96]

Am sure if they only removed it, they didn't mess with the elevation settings.. that's assuming that fact.
Should be a piece of cake, that's how I did it when I relocated recently with my Slimline.