This model will soon be discontinued... be sure to check out the new
Birdog Ultra !
The BIRDOG Satellite Signal Meter is the choice of professionals and the "cat's meow" when it comes to locating and peaking onto a satellite.
Unlike the beepers and other meters on the market, you won't hear the lock until you hit the right "bird!" You simply set your basic coordinates on the dish, select the satellite you wish to point to on the BIRDOG and slowly move across the sky. When you pass across the sky, you will be able to watch the signal levels move up and down as you cross the various satellites, but once you hit the satellite that you have selected, the BIRDOG will let you know by chirping and showing you the signal quality so you can peak the dish accordingly.
Works with almost any satellite television or satellite Internet system and service! Automatically controls some integrated switches and multi-switches!
The BIRDOG is fully programmable and new satellites and configurations can be added from the www.birdog.tv site as needed by simply connecting the BIRDOG to your compuer via the included USB cable.
This package includes the BIRDOG Meter, case, a USB cable, a 12vdc car charger, and a 110v charging cord as well as instructions!
We bought our first Birdog in 2006, and I wish we would have bought one in 2003! We went from spending 20 minutes finding a satellite and peaking a dish, to about 3 minutes. No more "wrong satellites" for us! I bet our Birdog paid for itself in about 6 months if you count the time we saved on-site! And just ask one of the traveling RV'ers with the "portable" HughesNet and DISH or DirecTV systems how well they like the Birdog! Now they can spend their time doing something entertaining rather than fighting a satellite dish for hours!
We use it for our HughesNet, HughesNet Commercial, iDirect, LinkStar, DISH Network, DirecTV, SkyAngel and other installations and service calls! We've even used it on some WildBlue installs to get close! It's simply amazing, and the support behind it is incredible. You can find over 50 satellite configurations for C-Band, Ka and Ku band at http://www.birdog.tv ! This new USB version has many features over the original serial port version. The best one we like is that it now remembers what satellite you pointed to last when you turn it on, so you don't have to go through them all to get to the one you want. It also holds many more satellite configurations than the old one! We love it, and you will too!
