Losing Signal on HD channels from 129 - Page 2

medman426 · #11 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 08:27 PM

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Thanks again for all the replies.
I tweaked the dish a smidgin to the East, and "voila" I get 129 again. Only about a 27 signal strength on the strongest tp, but at least I now get it again.
My wife is now happy to get HGTV in HD again.
Now if we can only get the NBA league pass contract signed, so I can get the games in HD, I'll be happy!!!

Supershooters · #12 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 09:59 PM

The biggest dish I've found is a 30" from solidsignal.com I've had a few customers buy one for the 129 problems. I wish there was a bigger one.

BTW, 129 and 61.5 are not the same. FOX Sports Northwest HD is only on 129.

kwindrem · #13 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Supershooters

The biggest dish I've found is a 30" from solidsignal.com I've had a few customers buy one for the 129 problems. I wish there was a bigger one.

BTW, 129 and 61.5 are not the same. FOX Sports Northwest HD is only on 129.

Seems like a big dish would increase signal level, BUT would have a narrower beam exacerbating the fade due to wobble. Yes?

I've got a single dish for 110, 119 and 129 and live at 121W 39N with a decent view of the sky. Signal on 129 is low but usable. I seem to be getting more dropouts lately. Has the 129 stability worsened recently?

Supershooters · #14 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 11:52 PM

[quote=kwindrem;1579020]Seems like a big dish would increase signal level, BUT would have a narrower beam exacerbating the fade due to wobble. Yes?

Signal is a lot higher and it works just fine. When the satellite drops in signal the loss is not as drastic on a bigger dish, unless there's rain along with it of course. The rule of thumb is correct when they say buy the biggest dish you can afford.

bradleys · #15 (**permalink**) 11-05-2008, 03:39 PM

I had an early Dish 1000 here in Seattle.

I was never able to get a decent signal on 129.

Within a week or so, I bought a 30 inch dish.

It works great.

I haven't had a dropout since I installed the 30 inch dish.

jetpilotciii · #16 (**permalink**) 01-20-2009, 01:05 PM

I'm a new DishNetwork customer and had trouble holding the satellite 129 HD channels...it would periodically lose signal for no reason. I bought a signal meter from Radio Shack and aligned the dish myself...still no luck! After aligning the dish several times, I pushed on the edge of the dish to see if the signal strength would change...it got stronger! ...long story short...I ended up gently bending the edges of the dish while observing the signal meter and tweaking for the maximum signal strength. I haven't had any more trouble with the system. I suspect that the installer "rough handled" the dish, since I saw him pull it out of the back of his junk filled truck. Also, there were scratches on the dish itself. I was surprised at how critical the dish curvature is for the system to operate normally...no margin for warpage!