Recent content by running_man

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    DTV dish alignment problems

    Thanks to everyone for your help. I got the ladder out and looked things over a bit. I'm not sure if it shows in the pictures but the fascia board is not filly supported where it meets the shingles (there is a gap between the shingles and the fascia board) so it kind of lends itself to flexing...
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    DTV dish alignment problems

    It has three bolts on the top part of the mast bracket, none on the bottom. I uploaded a couple more pics. The elevation is supposed to be set to 43 degrees and the setting looks close at about 45 but you can see where the bracket was locked down before (unless the bracket was used before they...
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    DTV dish alignment problems

    Well, it appears to have only 2 mount points with the mast and a support bar. They are both attached to the same fascia board so maybe it's just not solid enough or too prone to temp change, moisture change. I've uploaded some pictures here if you want to look: Flickr: Photos from milk_e_way5...
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    DTV dish alignment problems

    Grrrr... I've had DTV for 2 months and since then we had to have service come out and realign the dish about a month ago. Poor signal strength no HD etc. Things were fine until today...I can't get some HD channels - Searching for Sat signal message. Checking the signal strength from the HD...