There is no need for a sat meter, you can do it either with a baby phone or with someone standing next to the TV and teling you what happens.
I have never had a meter and still always managed to set up the dish.
It is very simple, I will repeat what has been said before because it works!:
1) Set your vertical elevation motor angle first (the info is on instructions)
2) Set the vertical elevation dish angle as well. If your dish does not have angle numbers it is not a disaster, just takes a bit longer (read on).
3) Set Motor to 0, and turn motor by slackening clamps to where Thor is supposed to be. Use a compass to get as close to south as you can if you haven"t got a reference nearby dish.
4) SLOWLY try to find the signal. If you are not sure about the elevation you will have to check out a working dish for pointers in order to have a starting point. Use a marker pen to mark where the motor is on the pole. Then SLOWLY move the dish first up (until the angle is surely too high) and then down, wait a few seconds every time so that the receiver can respond. If you cannot find the sat, move the complete motor 1 mm to the side on the pole. Do the up and down thing again, and repeat moving the motor on the pole by 1 mm until you got it. You will find the sat within a few minutes, I have done it lots of time without meters and equipment, just my boy and a mobile phone. The important thing is you got to be patient, and know roughly where south is.