GL: Direct TV

[Capt. Charles Richter]

I use Dish Network with a portable dish on the dock and a sat signal
strength meter.  The meter is available online and allows you to point
the dish quickly and easily costs about $50.  


Captain Charles Richter

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Kinsella [mailto:tfkinsella@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:15 AM
To: great-loop@lists.samurai.com
Subject: GL: Direct TV

We recently ordered a Direct TV service for our 25 foot Bayliner 2560
boat. We have not even departed for our trip yet and have found locating
the satellite signal when we move the dish to be extremely challenging.
My questions to those who have the system is: How do you have the dish
set up on your boat?Is it a permanent pole mount or can we do something
smaller and portable?Are you able to receive service in a calm anchorage
or just when placing on the marina dock?Are there any tricks to locating
the satellites easier?Any other advice is appreciated, we are beginning
to think it just won't work for the boat.Thanks, Tom

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