seadog, cancel that appointment for someone to align your dish. i too am fairly new to fta. i kind of felt the way you did at first. i slowed down and had to exhibit tons of patience. get your lat and long set but dont tighten up the nuts yet. give yourself plenty of time to play with it, if this is your first set up dont expect to have it up and running in a few hours. and if you think you are going slow with your movements, go even slower. some of these dishes are notorious for being off by a fraction, and its up to you to correct them. but it takes time. BUT, when i did start to get things going in the right direction it was awesome. bit by bit the thing started to come together and eventually i was successful and it felt good. and i think lyngsat sucks, i used FTAList.com for a ref in finding what i was pointing at. the lists just are formatted easier to read. ALSO, there are a bunch of very knowledgeable folks on here that can answer you questions in a timely matter usually. they helped my alot. just be patient and i think youll be happy setting it up yourself, it was half the fun for me.
