Recent content by Carnivore

It's working OK for me in the NYC metro. 82 looks normal, 91 is a *bit* low but that might be due to a tree on the fringe of my line of sight. Try swapping the LNBs. FWIW I get the highest signal on TP 22 for 82W, and TP 4 for 91W.

I figured it out. I accidentally had both dishes locked on the same satellite. Fixed that and now I'm getting 60~75% signal levels from 91W with the 30-inch dish depending on the transponder. That's about the same as I'm getting from 82W with the same size dish. So for posterity, it looks...

I'm using the same LNB that was mounted on the stock Bell Dish. I just swapped it onto the Winegard arm which accommodates the same D-mount type LNB. So the LNB, switch and wiring are all the same, I just changed the dish.

Ugh, well I thought it would be an easy fix. I installed a 30-inch Winegard DS-2077 today and cannot seem to re-acquire the signal on 91.1W. Is skew adjustment critical when aiming at this satellite? This Winegard dish doesn't provide skew adjustment but I'm not trying to acquire 2 satellites...

I was able to nudge the stock dish enough to read the satellite. I guess the signal level meters on my receivers don't start registering anything until they see something in the mid-40's. The highest signal I can get is about 50% though, so I guess I'll need to move to the next size dish up. At...

Hmm, well my 91W signal is currently zero with my "stock" 20-inch dish which is still in my system from the old days. Maybe the LNB failed or it's out of alignment. Did the aiming at 91W change a little when they switched over to the new footprint? Guess I'll play with it this weekend and try...

Can anyone tell me what the recommended dish size is to receive 91W Nimiq 6 in the NYC metro area now? For 82W I'm using an 85cm (33 inch) round dish, which is about the smallest that will work here. It pulls in a signal strength of around 65 on the weakest transponder. I never bought a...

Well whaddya know, that actually worked. If only all my problems were so simple. Thanks!

I seem to have lost some or all of my HD channels. Signal strength is 0 an all transponders on 99(c), 99(s) and 103(c). Bad LNB? Or maybe more than one bad one? My DirecTV contract is up pretty soon, in February, and I have no hardware insurance coverage. Am I better off trying to fix...

OK I found it. I had to raise the elevation and go a little farther east. Now I'm pulling in anywhere from 72% on my best transponder (15) all the way down to 52% on my worst (9). Again, that's with a 33-inch (80cm) dish in the NYC metro, so I doubt anything smaller would work very well for...

I'm using a 9241 HD PVR so should be able to see the 8PSK. I used a level to set the mast but I'll play a little more with the elevation this evening in case that's it, thanks.

Actually I tried pulling it both directions just to be sure, and also tried tweaking the elevation a bit. Should they both be at the same elevation? I can't understand why I'm not able to get a lock on 82 at all with this 33" dish when I'm getting a 45% lock on the same transponders with...

Yes it is, I keep locking into "Wrong satellite - 91". I can't seem to catch 82W, even on transponders 6 and 15 which are getting 45% signal on the old 20-inch dish, so I should at least be able to do better than that with this new 33-inch dish. 91 blasts in at 95% as the wrong...

I just picked up a Fortec 33-in dish and dual LNB today so it sounds like I made the right choice. I plan to put it up tomorrow, so I hope it works for me as well as it does for you. Thanks for the update, buckspaul.

Bell 9241. Also tested on a Bell 5900, but I understand non-HD receivers like that one may not show signal strength on the 8PSK transponders, true?