Recent content by gretzky99

I finally got everything working with the existing setup. The trees were a bitch. Hopefully this fall I can lop some of the tops off to get a better shot at the satellites. I ended up using the Dish1000 pointed at 110/119. Then I pointed the Superdish using the center LNB at 61.5 and fed...

Well, today I was finally able to see the 129 satellite. I could only get 60-70 peak readings. But from this location the 119 satellite is blocked by a huge tree. Its not easy to find holes in the trees here. I moved the dish 3 times until I finally found a spot. I didnt play with the...

Thanks SmityWity. 35.77x78.63 are the latitude and longitude here in Raleigh. I picked up the SD today (it's a 105 actually) but unfortunately the mast, mounting plate, and switch were not in the box. The dish is very heavy indeed! Tomorrow I need to hunt for a mount. I'll use your...

Hi, I installed a dish1000/Vip622 last year and due to line-of-sight issues I cannot get 129 (or 61.5) signal above 50 reliably. I have peak'd my setup on 119, so 110 and 119 hit 82-86. Thats the best I can get due to trees. Now I am in process of installing a second dish to point to 129...