what to buy sathawk4000 or birdog 3.0?

[Dishtechman]

I some help on making a decision on what to buy. I install dishnet work in southern california and I am using the birdog 2.5 I want to upgrade what would be the better buy. I read that the sathawk does not have a pass through signal to receiver and the birdog does. I also read that the sathawk can test lnb's. I see that they both can support dp+. birdog 479.00 and sathawk 449.00. or superbuddy 679.00

[rainman]

I've been thinking of buying a new meter myself and the more I read the more I lean towards the Birddog of course I am not looking to install dish net sats so it just seems to be the best option for me.

[Dishtechman]

thanks for your reply rainman, why would you go with birdog? I have a bridog 2.5 right now and I am happy with it but its time to upgrade to the 3.0 or the sathawk 4000.

[Sadoun]

The Birdog will only work with DP+ LNBFs if you have the receiver also connected to the LNBF to supply power. The SatHawk 4000 does it by itself.

[rainman]

thanks for your reply rainman, why would you go with birdog? I have a bridog 2.5 right now and I am happy with it but its time to upgrade to the 3.0 or the sathawk 4000.

what I have read seems to be less software problems with the Birddog and since I wouldn't use it for Dish sats just the linear sats it would seem to be more reliable.

[Dishtechman]

The Birdog will only work with DP+ LNBFs if you have the receiver also connected to the LNBF to supply power. The SatHawk 4000 does it by itself.

I thought this only applied to the birdog 2.5 sad you have to do this with the 3.0 also. thanks for your reply

[pictureon]

The Birdog will only work with DP+ LNBFs if you have the receiver also connected to the LNBF to supply power. The SatHawk 4000 does it by itself.

I Used Birdog to install the new dish 1000.2 which uses DP+ technology and the meter worked without any receiver connected. It's much easier to use and fewer software problems than the other meter.

[Dishtechman]

thanks pictureon for your reply. did you use birdog 2.5 or bridog 3.0? I really want to know if testing the lnb with sathawk is really useful for dp+ I know that birdog 3.0 and 2.5 don't have that feture.

[pictureon]

thanks pictureon for your reply. did you use birdog 2.5 or bridog 3.0? I really want to know if testing the lnb with sathawk is really useful for dp+ I know that birdog 3.0 and 2.5 don't have that feture.

I used 3.0
About testing the lnb. Sadoun responded to this question saying that the lnb check would work only if you're pointing to the correct satellite. In that case I think this feature is useless because if you're pointing to the right satellite, you would know that you have good lnb if you get signal.

[iamfoesho]

I have owned both a Birdog 2.5 and Sathawk 3K. Out of the two, buy the Birdog! You will be happier.