Recent content by Michael McCrady

Frontier has bought a lot of POTS assets. Not just att. Most of the POTS companies were wanting to move away from it completely as the networks were in dire need of upgrading and fiber backing. So they’re one of the few companies combining the networks together. personally I don’t think att...

Hum... where to start? Dish has always wanted to buy directv. Couldn’t because of fcc. Att bought directv because both companies were loosing money and thought maybe they both could lose money together. One of the biggest things that make directv unprofitable is the NFL Sunday ticket. That...

First things first. Are you getting the locals through the satellite? Or off air antenna? Off air nobody guarantees quality of service for that. Dish or anybody else’s view is buy a bigger antenna. If it’s going through the satellite as in more than 1, they are pointed into space and 1...

Do you have a dog that attacked the line outside? It’s gotta be something that all 4 are connected to. Either the switch, lines from the switch to the lnb. Check and see if power is going from the switch to the satellite with a bolt meter. Another thing is you can bypass the switch and run a...

I wouldn’t use a diplexer. Maybe a splitter. 5mhz - 3ghz. But if you can run the controller without a splitter to port 1 and the Wally to port 2 without splits in the cable you’ll be in much better shape. I believe dish is 18v always and splitting it might interfere with its digital satellite...

Personally I don’t see why not. Birdog has done a horrible job staying up to date. I recently had to upgrade to the xr-3w. For the usb version and the old console version there’s only 24 ku band files left you can choose from. If you know your tool real well you can make it work. I’ve found...

do you have another receiver you can try? The controller could be identifying the wrong satellite. If you got a satellite meter you could take a reading. I would find out if the controller works off a list in the controller or detects the voltage from the receiver. I would lean to a bad lnb...

I don’t know if it all worked out for you or not, but what kind of cable and fittings are you using and any splitters? I want to say Muzak is coming in around the 2ghz side. So if you got anything in your line cutting off 2ghz or less that could be an issue too. Personally I like using things...