Sat Dish, quick/accurate Elevation adjustment for signal lock in.

I have a 90cm Offset Sat dish and previously used a level with a 360deg adjustable glass bubble to get the elevation angle of the sat dish. With more use the adjustable part became sloppy and more inaccurate. Depending where you are in Oz if you are 1 or 2 degs off, you don't get a signal.

Have purchased a digital Inclinometer and mounted a bracket at the back of the dish, locked in the sat and adjusted the dish to the best signal and bent the bracket so that digital meter reads 45.XX deg for our location in Adelaide. The digital Inclinometer sticks to the bracket via 3 small strong magnets.

Since the Optus free to Air elevation readings in most publications are for Non Offset dishes eg 45.XX deg for my suburb. I can now virtually go anywhere in Australia and read published elevation figures, adjust my dish/ Inclinometer to the published figure and point the dish in the right direction etc and I should have signal lock.( ie the bent bracket takes care of the offset)

The Inclinometer is about 50mm x 50mm x 30mm deep with a small bubble level on top.

I purchased my unit from John at Satplus Queensland for $65 incl GST. His Tel no is 0754957674.This unit is also mentioned on their Web site in Tools and Accessories.

If I haven't lined up the dish recently in the past it has taken sometime to get signal lock, especially if I am doing the line up at night, this meter should speed it up.

Peter