Satlink WS-6908 Digital Satellite Finder

[sproson]

thinking of getting Satlink WS-6908 Digital Satellite Finder as when we have high winds my dish keeps moving and its costing me a arm and a leg for the sat man to put my dish right is this sat finder any good and is it easy to do ?

[seanmckeown]

just from my own experience, but may not be everybodys choice....I prefer to locate satellite manually, having somebody watch the sat meter on the satellite box itself and adjust the dish to get the highest signal

[hypersonic]

Satlink 6908

I've got the 6906 which is basically a satellite receiver and TV combined.
It has enough power to move the dish using diseqc 1.2 and gives an excellent picture of the channel you have selected. I think the 6908 is a bit more sophisticated than then 6906, however bearing in mind its portability, it makes setting up your dish on the spot a one man operation.

[kegnkiwi]

i've also got the 6906 and think its a good piece of kit, very easy to use for basics.

[blueflash234]

i agree not bad bit of kit good for occasional use

[Sailingzenagain]

Satlink ws-6908

Hi
I need some help as I'm a complete novice. I'm a caravaner and have bought a Satlink WS-6908 to help me get a Free sat signal using my portable dish. Whilst the instructions tell we about the functions, it does not explain the steps I have to follow to get a signal and I don't know how to go about it once I have got it connected to the dish. Any help would be appreciated.
Sailingzenagain

[dick b]

if the menu is the same as the 6906 this is the easiest way.
connect the meter to a dish at home that points to 28.2 east( a sky dish will do) go to menu>add channels>ok and scroll to astra2 28.2 on the satellite line then drop to the 2nd line(TP) and scroll til 11.954 H 27500 appears in the tp frequency,symbol rate,polarity.lines.then drop to the search line"free">ok.this will scan BBC news,alba,parl channels in.
then when you get to your camp site connect the dish up to the meter and after switching the meter on press the sat button make sure 28.2E is on top line press ok and highlight bbc news press ok then info on the handset and the signal meter will show its just a matter of adjusting the dish til you get max signal and the picture shows then>exit, job done.

[Sailingzenagain]

Many thanks for the advise dick b, I'll give it a go.
Sailingzenagain

[dick b]

Many thanks for the advise dick b, I'll give it a go.
Sailingzenagain

just to add 10.773H 22000 is another good TP to try if you cant find them in the data base(you should) you can add them in the add channel menu just scroll to "add tp"you have to press ok after adding each parameter before you can scroll to the next.

[alec]

thinking of getting Satlink WS-6908 Digital Satellite Finder as when we have high winds my dish keeps moving and its costing me a arm and a leg for the sat man to put my dish right is this sat finder any good and is it easy to do ?

I bought one, and thought it was rubbish. The response was terrible. I put a cheap sat finder in series with it, and it showed how bad it was. I tried it on a twin LNB with the already aligned motorised dish, and compared it the box. It even showed 40 precent when I moved the dish off, and the box showed no signal. I sent it back to china, which cost ?15, but I got my money back. I have now a FS1 meter and the response is brilliant. Setup a motorised dish within 15 mins.

[Manic01]

I have the WS6906, find it excellent.
I have installed many systems with the greatest of ease thanks to this metre.

[kisjoska]

Satlink WS 6906

I bought a WS 6906 Sat Meter its very good, precise , very sensible, and quik. I did a software update on it . I can recommend it.
Can somebody send to me the cd-image ? I didn`t got it ..(

[Manic01]

What sw did you use, and can you post it please.

[xstatic]

ws-6906

I just received my 6906 and found it to be conveneint but not the most sensitive. I do like the fact you don't need a tv or receiver to suse it. It is portable. One think which is a drawback. You don't know which satellite you are on. Even though you set up the dish you are trying to aim, you may be on the wrong one and not now it. There is no display saying what dish you are pointing at. You have to go back to the tv in the house, and read the install screen of your home sat receiver. They usually tell you what you are on. But once you know, you can read from a chart how many degrees of you are in azimuth and elevation, make the adjustments and boom you should be able to find your bird. Hope in the updates, which I hear are hard to find, that they will tell you on screen which dish you have.

[Manic01]

I load a fta channel for each satellite.
Then I know what sat I am on when setting up simples!