Don't Waste Your Money??

[dining67]

Again: Don't Waste Your Money, unless you are in need of an expensive paper weight... maybe I shouldn't be so harsh... sorry... maybe it is more buyer beware, Sadoun wants to sells this stuff: right?! So, you can bet it is portrayed as a lot easier to set up than what it turns out to be in reality... go ahead buy a system, just be prepared for the confusion and the lack of detail and precision in instrutions and equipment. Example: my USALS supplied elevation from USALS in Italy is a different calculation than off the Sadoun calculator! No explaination. Lots of the details like fractions of degrees are what are going to mess you up and have a hard time pulling signal. Another example: sadoun's site shows lots of seeming helpful pix in for set up. Again, look at the detail, it is not there and the equipment you receive may only be similar and the pix may be of no use at all. Hey, I bought this system and I am responsible for that, I finally got my system set up. But with no help from any of the installation mish-mash on sadoun's site: I did it myself. Just a heads up that what looks to good to be true may very well be. Do your own research and be prepared for a trying experience. This post will not last long before it is sensored by sadoun's people.

[vj9999]

Do you go buy a car even if you don't know how to drive? Installing a motorized dish is much easier than learning how to drive.

It might not be straight forward, but how else did you expect to track to precision something size of the satellite (which are not big at all) more than 22000 miles up in the air.

I think main mistake people make is to assume that it is going to be as easy as putting a dish and pointing it up in the sky. You set your self to a lot of frustration this way.

If you understand in advance that you are working with precision equipment, with not too much room for error, you will approach with a lot more patience.

I would be lying if I said it took me 10 minutes to set it up by myself first time. IT took me 2 days to get it tracking all the satellites, but it was a learning process. Now I can take the whole thing down and set it back up within minutes.

By the way, even though I am a moderator, I am in no way associated with Sadoun.

I am glad I wasted my money to buy from him and I'll gladly waste it again when I want to upgrade/replace any of my equipment

I will agree that manuals that come with the equipment can leave a lot to be desired and can often confuse more than help.

[bobkat]

Originally Posted by dining67

I did it myself.

Well done. That's the best way to learn... :mozilla_laughing:

kat (not one of 'Sadoun's people', either... :mozilla_cool: )

[kenglish]

Hey...this stuff is a hobby. It takes some amount of extra effort to learn how to do it. Sometimes extra research. Time spent fooling around with it, making mistakes, and correcting them.

Leave the "easy" stuff to people who pay by the month for the toy satellite systems (D*/E*). We FTA people have all the fun and know it.

BTW, you are now an "expert". Welcome. :mozilla_smile:

[alfi]

kenglish,

Well said

Alfi

[rainman]

i believe if it was easy it would take all the fun out of the hobbie. and the since of accomplishment of receiving your first and last fta channels.rainman =D>