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With the PDQ Signal you will start
with a signal. That’s right! Once the Stand and your
Dish 1000.2 has been calibrated to each other the
stand is so accurate that within minutes, if not at the
start, you will have a signal strength of Green or
Yellow. No more of “IT’S STILL
RED”!!
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| By
having accurate gauges for the Elevation, Azimuth, and
Skew settings you don't have to remember what adjustment
is needed for the Dish’s Elevation Gauge. I have seen
them up to 8 degrees in error.
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| Not
having an Azimuth gauge at all and when you do have
one it's so small that pointing the dish is still
a guess.
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| With
PDQ Signal the base is a compass with a 14 inch diameter
Azimuth setting. With all the parts, including the Dish
itself, keyed to the Magnetic North of the stand the
dish starts in the right direction.
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| Using
a meter and still not on the right satellite? Because of
the PDQ Signal stand, most of the time, you do
not need a signal meter. The only time is when you
are without your Partner and cannot hear the
TV.
However, the PDQ Signal stand is so accurate that with
the setting from the local zip codes your
meter shows the correct satellite from the
start.
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| Are you not finding all of
your satellite 110, 119, 129? The front level must be
correct if you want to be assured that the satellites are
going to line up. The second level, the one on the side,
will help you with the elevation. However, it’s ok if it
gets out of the bubble while fine tuning the
elevation. The front one MUST stay level to be assured that all
the satellites are found. |
| Are
you getting all setup just to determine that maybe that
tree or building really is in the way? With the PDQ
stand comes a periscope that we loving call the LOST
unit; Line Of Sight Tool. Because the LOST unit is
keyed the same as the stand and dish, you can place
the LOST unit on the stand in place of the dish.
Now you can look through the eye piece and see if that
tree or building is in the way. If so you can then
move to an area without the
obstacles.
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| When
setting the elevation for the strongest signal strength
there is no more trying to hold the dish and work those
two nuts that are needed to adjust the elevation. NO
MORE WISHING FOR THREE HANDS!!
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| The
PDQ Signal has threaded legs that will adjust the
elevation slowly, 10 turns to the inch. Your Partner can
watch the strength get stronger and let you know when
it's at it's peak. NO MORE "I loosened the nut too much
& now we get to start all over
again."
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| How
about those times when you could not nail down the
tripod and the weights did not keep if from falling over
and the dish and/or the LNB got broken or bent
up?
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| The Dish 1000.2's reflector can
warp from a fall. When warped
the correct settings no longer work. It becomes a guess
as to what can be used for the Skew, Azimuth, or
Elevation values. There may or may not be some
combination that will find the different
signals.
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| The PDQ Signal is low to the ground, and if you
lower the profile of the stand in windy conditions, you
will not need to nail down the stand. In those cases
where the winds do get strong (Steady Winds over 35 MPH)
we are developing a “Strong Wind
Kit”. |
