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    Bell - 91W Nimiq 6 in NYC

    Well, I thought I'd post an update in case it saves someone else some debugging time in the future. I did tweak my aim, gaining a couple of percent on 91, but still no sign of 82. Turns out water got inside the coax connector at the SW21 (yup, 82 side was so bad the center conductor snapped off...
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    METER FOR ALIGNING OTA ANTENNA

    Thanks Trip! I just picked up the HDHomeRun dual tuner for $99, installed the free app on my Android phone, and I'm tickled with the available info. Signal strength, SNR, and symbol quality, plus the virtual channel number(s) and station name. For channels that are too weak to receive, you can...
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    Bell - 91W Nimiq 6 in NYC

    Thanks for the confirmation. I swapped the LNBs, and the problem stays with 82. 91 isn't great, only 19 TPs have signal, ranging from 48 to 60. I'm glad to know that the problem isn't with a footprint change, or my LNBs. I'm guessing some high-ish winds recently may have nudged the dish a...
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    Bell - 91W Nimiq 6 in NYC

    Hi Carnivore, I've been away from the forum for a while, but up until a week ago, I've had trouble-free reception in NYC for over a year with a Winegard 30" dish and a modified Y-adapter to receive both 91 and 82. Today, I have 0 signal on all 82 TPs, and 50's on most 91 TPs. I checked the dish...
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    91W NIMIQ 6 completely active now....footprint changed

    Yes, definitely! I just re-pointed my dish today after Sandy knocked me out of alignment, and was pleased to see that 91 is up 15-20 points on EACH TP from July levels. I have a 76cm dish in Brooklyn with a modified Y-bracket for two LNBs. 91 ranges from 68-86%, 82 is lower from 62-74%. Let me...
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    91W NIMIQ 6 completely active now....footprint changed

    I'm adding my numbers from NYC as of yesterday inline... I'm 30 miles NE of you, so I would expect similar numbers, or higher numbers for you since the 84E is a bigger dish than the 76cm round dish I'm using, but your numbers are consistently lower. Maybe it's worth checking your alignment, or...
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    91W NIMIQ 6 completely active now....footprint changed

    I'm in NYC, and getting 48 to 73 on 91, and 63 to 73 on 82. Using a Winegard 76cm dish with two legacy single LNBs on modified arm.
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    Bell TV in NYC - LNB spacing and aiming

    Here are a couple of pics to show what it looks like.
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    Bell TV in NYC - LNB spacing and aiming

    Update (5 months later!) So I finally got around to modifying the Y-adapter to increase the LNB spacing to 105 mm (calculated from a number of sources, based on the angular separation of 91W and 82W -- 10.1 degrees, and some ray-tracing). The wider spacing is required as a result of the longer...
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    91W NIMIQ 6 completely active now....footprint changed

    Here's a data point from the NYC area. Just tweaked dish pointing to make sure I was maxed out. 30" (76 cm) Winegard dish pointed at 91W only (single LNB), 6131 receiver. TP3 59 TP5 0 TP9 0 TP11 55 TP17 0 TP18 0 TP27 49 TP28 49 All others are between 88 and 100. Clearly I am right on the...
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    Nimiq 82

    Thanks, Gord. I'm going to have some time and a willing friend to help soon. I'll use TP30 to hunt for 82, and let you know how it goes. Dave
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    Nimiq 82

    Hi Chris, I'm in Brooklyn and have been trying to get a signal from 82 with no success so far. I have a 76cm Winegard dish and a DPP dual LNB. I found 91 with no problem, and get signal strength between 82% (TP6) and 100% (several TPs). I spent a couple of hours today on the roof with a...
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    Bell TV in NYC - LNB spacing and aiming

    Thanks Catamount! I'm glad to hear that this setup worked for you. I bought a Y-adaptor as well, but noticed that the part that connects to the arm is meant for a rectangular arm, and I have the D-shape. I'm going to try one sat at a time first with a centered LNB (the DPP has two "spigots" that...
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    Bell TV in NYC - LNB spacing and aiming

    Hmm, that's not what I gathered from reading posts about the tightened up N4 footprint. Can you elaborate?
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    Bell TV in NYC - LNB spacing and aiming

    Hi guys, I'm new to the forum (but not FTA), and wanted to start by thanking all the contributors whose posts I read to get me going in the right direction! I now know that a 20" Dish Network setup will not get 82W reliably (at all?) down here (in NYC), but a 30" dish should work, so I ordered...
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