Success! I found my first satellite :)

[joshrr]

IMO cband has *most* of the good stuff. You will not be disappointed with cband and a 9ft dish.

 

[northgeorgia]

Wow! Good for you...
Was it hard to get your first satellite?

It was....until I had a plumb mount. After that, it really wasn't so difficult -- I was surprised. For my first satellite, I just used my receiver, set it to a strong transponder (listed on this site by Iceberg, and also on The List), adjusted the elevation according to the back of the dish, and swung it in the direction my compass indicated. When that didn't work, I bumped the azimuth over a bit more according to what I remembered from dishpointer.com. That did the trick! Someone moved my dish later in the week (found a 6 foot king snake there!)....so, when I tried again, it was a little more difficult. That's when I brought out my really cheap satellite finder meter. I had an even stronger signal than before, so it's been really neat discovering how to use the tools and techniques

 

[Tron]

A compass near the dish is often inaccurate. Dishpointer info and a portable LCD TV with your FTA receiver out at the dish site is the quickest way to find the birds ...

 

[navigates]

A compass near the dish is often inaccurate. Dishpointer info and a portable LCD TV with your FTA receiver out at the dish site is the quickest way to find the birds ...

Or A superbuddy