What dish network satellites are shut down.

[HoppertheKangaroo18]

Been there and done that... and it didn't work well.

Oh ok

 

[Pepper]

The two SuperDish (but not with the original LNB cluster) in my back yard work pretty well for a few Ku FTA satellites.

 

[HoppertheKangaroo18]

I got an old dish500 that I wanted to see if I'll pick up dishscapes with it and try some old tech out. It's pointed at satellite 110 and 119w but I can locate the sats individually but not at the same time. The lnb is a normal DP TWIN NOT A DPP. The reciever is a vip612.

 

[telstar_1]

DP Twin or DPP Twin are equally compatible with 612. Make sure it's not an early Twin; those are not DP (though that can actually be used, with dual-run coax). Need to use a high-freq. splitter at the 612 (to connect both sat tuner inputs) if a single coax run to the dish. Most likely cause for only being able to peak one sat position at a go is mis-setting of skew. That's the circular bolted interface on the 500 mount. There's probably an instructional somewhere that tells where to set for your latitude, or someone here can probably give a quick explainer. I just haven't done it in quite awhile. A bent dish pan can also cause this kind of issue.

 

[HoppertheKangaroo18]

Just a quick question: what switch do I need to use with a ViP612 and hopper with sling for satellite 119 and 61.5? Let me know. Thanks.

 

[zcrayfish]

DPP44 and a solo node should do what you want.

 

[Jim5506]

Those two satellite orbits are in disparate parts of the sky.

You'll not receive them on the same dish at the same time.

 

[HoppertheKangaroo18]

Those two satellite orbits are in disparate parts of the sky.

You'll not receive them on the same dish at the same time.

I know that. I'm not stupid.

 

[Jim5506]

I know that. I'm not stupid.

Your question sounds like assuming reception of both simultaneously. I did not infer stupidity toward you, just imprecision.

 

[HipKat]

You need two dishes

A) 2 - 500 dishes with DP singles pointing at each Satellite, connected to the switch
B) A 1000.2 dish with a DPP EA pointed and a 500 wing dish pointed at the 119, connected to the switch
C) 1000.2 WA dish with DPP LNBF and a 500 Wing dish pointed at the 61.6, connected to the input port on the WA LNBF

 

[Bobby]

I know that. I'm not stupid.

Kangaroo, I realize you are 14 years old. You come here asking for help without giving a lot of information. Folks here try to help you with the information you have given them. Don't take some of that basic information personally.

 

[ElectronicSearch]

He's a kid, experimenting. Didn't we all do that at one time?

Literally. Everything else in this thread is rude.

 

[HoppertheKangaroo18]

Kangaroo, I realize you are 14 years old. You come here asking for help without giving a lot of information. Folks here try to help you with the information you have given them. Don't take some of that basic information personally.

I'll try not to take it too personally next time

 

[zcrayfish]

Oh ok

Which part of NC are you from? I've got some Dish and PrimeStar equipment laying around that might interest you.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Which part of NC are you from? I've got some Dish and PrimeStar equipment laying around that might interest you.

We had PrimeStar before we had DISH. I haven't seen any of their dishes since the late 90s. When we got DISH they took that PrimeStar dish off and threw it away and used the pole and even the old cable.

 

[zcrayfish]

We had PrimeStar before we had DISH. I haven't seen any of their dishes since the late 90s. When we got DISH they took that PrimeStar dish off and threw it away and used the pole and even the old cable.

There are still loads of them around here in ENC in Mediacom Cable (former TCI Communications) territory; apparently they sold PrimeStar services to areas that were going to take them a long time to build out their cable plant on... Guess the plan worked.

 

[HoppertheKangaroo18]

I want to know what satellites are shut down before I aim my dish.

 

[NYDutch]

I want to know what satellites are shut down before I aim my dish.

77, 118, 129 are the ones that come to mind quickly.

 

[Radioguy41]

This is now at least 13 threads you have started since March about aiming your dish which begs the question, what's going on? If you are, in fact, going to be a legitimate Dish customer why not just let Dish install the dish? And why start a new thread every time you have a question about essentially the same issue which is, aiming the dish/finding satellites? With all the different answers you have already received in all the other threads and all the different things you claim to have performed, all about essentially the same issue, it's impossible to keep track of knowing what advice has already received been offered and what actions have already been taken. It's like starting from scratch each time trying to reinvent the wheel while spinning your own wheels at the same time. I'm done with this one.

 

[Bruce]

This is now at least 13 threads you have started since March about aiming your dish which begs the question, what's going on? If you are, in fact, going to be a legitimate Dish customer why not just let Dish install the dish? And why start a new thread every time you have a question about essentially the same issue which is, aiming the dish/finding satellites? With all the different answers you have already received in all the other threads and all the different things you claim to have performed, all about essentially the same issue, it's impossible to keep track of knowing what advice has already received been offered and what actions have already been taken. It's like starting from scratch each time trying to reinvent the wheel while spinning your own wheels at the same time. I'm done with this one.

Based on all of his posts, seems like he is trying to figure out how to hack the system so to receive free programming, then post about it on his YouTube channel.

If he want a hobby involving satellite TV, something with better rewards then trying to get into a closed system like Dish, try FTA instead.