[HamWAN PSDR] HamWan UpRiver?

[Mark Hartman]

I have all my equipment but tried in the past to get a signal and there
seems to be none here where I live.  I tried pointing toward Lookout-Snodem
but was not able to see any signal.
I tried pointing down toward Triangle but no luck there.  I live near Rasar
State park.  I can get bounce TV signals off the mountain from Bellingham
at 180 degrees...  Just wondering if there might be a method I haven't
tried or a signal detector I could use other than looking at the screen to
measure signals and figure out if I need boosters or something else with
higher gain?  Maybe my dish isn't strong enough? I have a Mikrotik LHG
5ghz 24.5 dbi dish programmed for our local HamWan.  <-I went through all
the steps to set up a few times and checked my work...  It's not the issue
of my  misunderstanding settings.  It is the International version not the
US.  At least I'm not misunderstanding how to set up the Mikrotik.
Pointing it where the signal is precisely is where I'm going wrong. There
may not be enough signal to be found by the dish.   I've re-aligned dish
network and directv dishes before and I know it's a very precise pointing
process.  My question to everyone, Is there a stronger version with high
gain or a device to check signal strength here?  I am limited to how high I
can put a pole in the air because I rent.  But I have HF antennas and 2
poles about 30 feet in the air.  I have looked at the map and it shows the
signal is not here or weak.  Just wondering what I could do?  N7MWH Mark
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