Recent content by chasfm11

Oh, Joe. Where were you when I needed you? Thank you for clearing up the mystery for me. No wonder that I couldn't find the 101 in Wyoming. I was sure that I lined up the dish compass exactly with the magnetic compass but that put me 14 degree off in Yellowstone (True North...

I recently traveled to Wyoming and had similar problems. I never have problems in Texas. Based on this link http://www.dbsforums.com/images/map.gif I believe a correction is needed to the information provided by the receiver. It appears to be giving you the azimuth in True North versus...

texasbrit said Ya know, I thought of that one, too. I know that its hard to believe but I do have a separate compass and, after 15-20 minutes of trying to figure things out, I decided to "get back to basics". I put the tripod on the opposite side of the road from the RV (I have a 75 foot...

OK. I'm feeling a lot better now. When I came home from my trip, I was really feeling stupid. I just couldn't for the life of me figure out why I had so many problems in Wyoming and I was expecting, frankly, to immediately get a reply to my request that started with "hey dummy." With only...

My selecting 119 is very possible but... 1. It was in the range given to me for that location by the zip code 2. I couldn't find another "target" within 20 degrees azimuth in either direction. What I was hoping for is some guidance about what to do if I'm in the same position again.

Hello. I'm a new user to this forum (please be gentle :) ) I use my DirecTV receiver in my RV. I have an old Magnavox single LNB dish (with an indicator LED on it) along with my Sony SAT-55 receiver. This dish is mounted on a Winegard tripod with compass points around the base. Because...