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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Satellite Meters and Installation Equipment
which satmeter is best
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<blockquote data-quote="vma" data-source="post: 777065" data-attributes="member: 256592"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>You probably didn't get any good responses, because your question fails on a basic matter: for the price range you mention, you can't buy any professional satellite meter!</p><p></p><p>You can buy satellite receivers with built-in screens, which are build in an hand-held format and you can get amateur meters like the Satlook Lite.</p><p></p><p>Neither will give you accurate readings, measure accurate MER, BER, or feature real time display of the constellation and spectrum. They only show some RELATIVE signal strength and quality, much like any satellite receiver. If they do provide significant readings, they will do that in some cheating kind of way - what is shown is some approximation.</p><p></p><p>All this doesn't mean these devices are useless, though! You just need to know what you want to do with them.</p><p></p><p>If you want to align the occasional dish, then the cheap meters with TV screen are nice, as you will end up getting the dish aligned and can actually confirm the tunes satellite by watching the picture.</p><p></p><p>If you want to do sat-hunting and DXing, neither is a good choice. The Satlook Light isn't bad, but the spectrum is definitely not real-time. You would be better off with a second hand Satlook Mark III or, better, Satlook Digital NIT.</p><p></p><p>For any kind of semi professional satellite setup, get at least the Satlook Light or take a look at the price range of 500-1000 Euro/Pound (Rover will provide good meters).</p><p></p><p>Beware of wanting to use these small meters as plain satellite receivers: you often cannot edit the channel list or zap through it in a quick manner!</p><p></p><p>Good meters cost 1000 Euro/Pounds upwards. Really professional ones cost 4000 upwards. You get my drift, I hope, when you say you want to buy a meter for 180...</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>vma</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vma, post: 777065, member: 256592"] Hi, You probably didn't get any good responses, because your question fails on a basic matter: for the price range you mention, you can't buy any professional satellite meter! You can buy satellite receivers with built-in screens, which are build in an hand-held format and you can get amateur meters like the Satlook Lite. Neither will give you accurate readings, measure accurate MER, BER, or feature real time display of the constellation and spectrum. They only show some RELATIVE signal strength and quality, much like any satellite receiver. If they do provide significant readings, they will do that in some cheating kind of way - what is shown is some approximation. All this doesn't mean these devices are useless, though! You just need to know what you want to do with them. If you want to align the occasional dish, then the cheap meters with TV screen are nice, as you will end up getting the dish aligned and can actually confirm the tunes satellite by watching the picture. If you want to do sat-hunting and DXing, neither is a good choice. The Satlook Light isn't bad, but the spectrum is definitely not real-time. You would be better off with a second hand Satlook Mark III or, better, Satlook Digital NIT. For any kind of semi professional satellite setup, get at least the Satlook Light or take a look at the price range of 500-1000 Euro/Pound (Rover will provide good meters). Beware of wanting to use these small meters as plain satellite receivers: you often cannot edit the channel list or zap through it in a quick manner! Good meters cost 1000 Euro/Pounds upwards. Really professional ones cost 4000 upwards. You get my drift, I hope, when you say you want to buy a meter for 180... Cheers, vma [/QUOTE]
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