61.5 for a western arc LNB?

FATGOAT

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Dec 19, 2017
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I'm at a client's home where we installed a video distribution system using Control 4. We're having some clarity issues on the Hopper 3 and Joey 2.0. The home owner had a different company do the satellite install. I have a super buddy meter that I hooked up to the dish feed line to check the signal strength. There was locked signal for the 110 and 119 satellites and nothing with 129. One thing I also noticed was there was a locked signal on the 61.5? That confuses me. I was under the impression for a western arc lnb the required satellites were 110, 119 and 129 with the 129 handling most of the HD signals. Am I unaware of something?
 
I'm at a client's home where we installed a video distribution system using Control 4. We're having some clarity issues on the Hopper 3 and Joey 2.0. The home owner had a different company do the satellite install. I have a super buddy meter that I hooked up to the dish feed line to check the signal strength. There was locked signal for the 110 and 119 satellites and nothing with 129. One thing I also noticed was there was a locked signal on the 61.5? That confuses me. I was under the impression for a western arc lnb the required satellites were 110, 119 and 129 with the 129 handling most of the HD signals. Am I unaware of something?
You must have a dish aligned way off. 61.5 would be about 90 degrees off from 129 so you should be able to see the misaligned dish easily.
 
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Sometimes the 119 incorrectly reads as the 61.5 and vice versa. I assume you're ID'ing the Sat with your Meter, then scanning to get Id if it fails?

I also had that problem until I realized my Sat Buddy was several versions behind on software upgrades