Re: Mobile Internet Broadband

Barry wrote:

I'm on Direcway at home. I believe it's the most expensive option, but the
highest coverage and speed(?).

One concern is the duplicate cost
I'm not a full timer and don't want to pay fulltime for both services. At
most I'll be tripping once every month or so.

So buy a tripod and take it with you. Ours has been set up all over the western part of the country. It's not difficult. 15-20 minutes.

I usually set up the Directv first. That uses a satellite at 101 degrees and goes fast. My internet satellite is at 117 so I can quickly see where it has to be pointed by looking at the Directv dish.

I have an aluminum plate on my tripod with wing nuts for the mounting of the satellite base. Punch in the zip code just like Directv and you get the correct angles and skew. Preset those and mount the dish and LNB arm. Make sure the mount is plumb. I usually just level the plate and that is good enough. You can buy a special meter or even use the same signal meter you use for Directv. The special meter (OPI) is more accurate and is readable at the dish. With the TV meter, you look for the highest signal and verify it on the PC screen. Do a slow azimuth scan and if the elevation, leveling and skew are anywhere close to correct, you'll be on your satellite in no time.
LZ
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