Re: Dish tripods, and How to aim the dish myself

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>In rec.video.satellite.dbs Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 1) I'm moving to an apartment where the dish will have to be on my
>> balcony.  I've heard Radio Shack has tripods to mount dishes on, but the
>> few I've check and their web site don't seem to cay any.  Does anyone know
>> of a place where I can get tripods to mount a satellite dish onto?
>
>Any RV store. A Google search for "directv tripod RV" returns 1340 hits.
>Or a bucket of cement witha 1-1/4" water pipe in it.
>
>When I first got my DirecTV, I paid $699 for the receiver, and professional
>installation was $150, with a three week waiting list.
>I bought one, took it home, and it was a dark and stormy night, so I
>thought I'd wait till the next day to put it up.
>I couldn't stand the wait, so I clamped the mounting bracket to a chunk of
>firewood, and zeroed in with the antenna sitting on my patio.
>
>Because it was a little stormy, I took my log inside for the night.  The
>next morning, I put my log back roughly where I thought it had been the
>night before, and I had good signal.
>
>
>> 2) Can anyone give me a lead on how to aim the dish myself?  Rather than
>> pay someone to come out and do it for me, I'd like to know where to look
>> to figure out how to aim the dish myself.  I have a south/southwest facing
>> balcony, which is the right directions, but I'm not sure how/where to get
>> the specifics.
>
>< http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/DishPointerServlet >
>
>DirecTV only charges $25 for their "movers special" which includes
>installation and a new dish.  They want you to leave your old dish behind.
>< http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/learn/MoveProgramming.dsp >

Thanks to everyone for the responses.  I have Dish Network, and they want
to charge me $75.  I figure it's something I can probably do myself, so I
appreciate the help.