Recent content by mystjet

How pretentious of you to assume EVERYONE gets a new customer discount. I received no deal signing up with Dish. I signed up for my retired mother in another state, but am billed directly. I did not want her to ever see a bill. That account got the then current new customer discount...

Good luck trying to get the locals removed. I too had the package without locals. As soon as I added my RV receiver back onto my account, they changed my package to "with locals". Net effect, I spent a lot of money on a new antenna system at home that would have paid for itself over time...

You are quite correct. I have done such an audit mainly for amusement until I found out how much phantom power was being consumed. By the way, a single 311 receiver eats 38 watts of power regardless of power state. Just needs to be plugged in. I have 3 311 boxes. 38*3*24*30/1000=82.08 Kw...

I'm not sure if it's random shutdown, or just normal, but the receiver that I keep in the camper usually has to be reset at the beginning of each season. It's all automated on the 800 number. 5 minutes & it's back up. At the time I added that receiver and a second bedroom recevier, I asked the...

I can see the OP's point. As a two account subscriber, I have only gotten a discount on account 1 (account for parent's house) in Cleveland promo rate. When I opened a new account for my house in Michigan, I got no discounts, no promos, etc. Full rates, full install costs from day 1. Two...

One additional suggestion. Don't try to use the "spare pairs" in a cat5/e cable for phone & computer. The ring voltage does a number on data transfers. Use separate runs for each. I have two RG6 & two cat5e drops per box, and in general have at least one drop box per wall. This is likely...

The Coolsat 5000 arrived today, and I've pulled the Traxis 2500 after moving to my true south satellite. My problem is that I don't understand how to set it up for USALS. diseq seems to work fine though. How should I do this? True south is AMC9 (48342 zip).

Hi All, I have been experimenting on & off with my Traxis 2500 since October 2005. (Thanks again to Iceburg & the gang, it is working perfectly). I have since decided that I am definitely interested in FTA, especially the impromptu feeds I occsionally find, but the Traxis makes it diffucult...

Hi all, Sorry I've been away from the board for a while. I've been busy with remodeling & upgrading the house (built in 1920, and wiring to prove it) So far I've gone through about a mile of RG-6 with multiple dual feeds per room, and close to that for the security/intercom system. I lost...

Hi PSB, Hi Icebberg, I'm convinced that the SG2100 is set up correctly thanks to you two! I don't know why the quality levels were so low yesterday, but it's much better today. What kind of weather affects satellite signals other than rain? I think I will be very busy scanning the skies...

Hi all, Well, I got home & just turned on the receiver & tried again. This time it registers 72% quality on the 12060. I did nothing else to the LNBF or dish positioning yet. I programmed in all the transponders listed as FTA from Lyngsat and got these results: 11769 H 4232 64-67%...

Same quality on the other satellites. I will try moving the LNBF closer when I get home later, and post the results.

Dish & motor mounted, quality level low Hi Guys, I got the dish/lnbf & motor mounted this weekend. I used the settings: 12060 freq V polarity 30000 symbol rate And I'm pretty sure I'm on AMC9. The LNBF is oriented straight up & down and all the way back in the bracket right now...

Signal to use Thank you again Pete. :yes Another question. I looked at Lyngsat, and it looks like AMC 9 is almost all feeds. Is there a particular frequency & transponder that would be a preferred signal to home in on? :confused: Jim

Motor, Dish & Receiver have arrived First, Thanks again for the information Pete. The setup is: Hotdish75, Dual .4 LNBF, Traxis 2500 receiver, SG2100 motor. The motor is currently set at the zero point. I understand about setting the motor angle on the pole mount, but I am confused on...