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    Oler 500 twin question ......

    . Well, thank you guys. I got her working again. One thing I guess I wasn't clear on was that the problem was occurring on both receivers the same way. In other words, the channels lost downstairs were the same channels lost upstairs. And I also had different signal strengths on each. Another...
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    Oler 500 twin question ......

    . Thanks for your replies. I'm going to try the swaps you pointed out. I thought the different readings on the same Sat/Trans didn't seem right. I have a funny feeling maybe it's the LNB because this started yesterday when the temps hit high 80's with a lot of sun (something we haven't seen...
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    Oler 500 twin question ......

    . I've got an older (maybe 12 years) 500 twin Dish that I've had in the same spot for the entire time. I have 2 receivers in the house. The only time I ever lost signal was in a bad storm. Now I've lost a large number of stations, while other ones are fine. The weather is very clear, so it...
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    Dish assigning installs and service calls to retailer 85 miles away..

    . I'm retired (30+ years service) from a large telco. This sounds like the same crap the telephone company pulled 20 something years ago. Dumped most of their live dispatchers and replaced with hand-held access terminals. After that everything just kept going downhill. Continuously getting...
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    Buffalo, NY locals - Spotbeam 4

    . Which direction are you from Buffalo ? I live in the Southern-tier (Ellicottville, an hour south of Bflo) and they work fine here. .