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Parabolic antennas are everywhere. From the tiniest little “ray gun” toy to the massive dishes in the desert, they’re a part of our lives and something we almost couldn’t live without. Yet just like most of our modern world, they didn’t exist 150 years ago. What is a parabolic antenna? A...

Rain fade is the term for interruption in your satellite service due to bad weather, whether it’s raining, snowing, or doing something else. The weather in front of your dish is so intense that it just can’t let in the signals. Is rain fade a real problem? Obviously if you’re experiencing it...

I believe this to be a prank of some type, he has started multiple threads about this subject for 2 years now, here is my original response to him- You seem to get shocked a lot- So you have gone from almost being electrocuted and wanting to sue to laughing about it weeks later...

I went back and read all your old post. It's the sane thing for past two years and gotten nowhere. Because everything that was done in 2002 is no longer relevant. If you are getting shocked, you have an electrical issue somewhere. Either a grounding issue or a cable connector is making contact...

When I opened the box the dish is white with red letters that say Sat Maximum all one word on it. I’m installing mine on a new pole in the ground not the J pole pictured.

There’s an old song that goes, “I don’t care how you get here, just get here if you can.” I’m tempted to say the same applies to grounding. Grounding is so important and people will use almost any excuse not to ground their equipment. They will say it’s hard, they will say it’s expensive, and...

The messenger wire bonds the dish to the ground. It's supposed to be there but too many techs are getting lazy and not carrying the cable with the messenger wire on it anymore - which is aggravating, but it's not going to have any effect on the system's performance. I'd be surprised if 30% of...

That wire isnt there. Kinda wish you'd panned back a little on that pic soi we could see what's connected to what in there. The orange one is ours. Not sure about the other two.

I’ve never had a messenger on any of my Dish installs. Of course, none of them were grounded. I’d say if you can stop the hum, call it a day.

Whoa! Good info, thank you. So, the lack of a messenger wire with the coax connecting the dish to the splitters would indicate a compromised install? Is that correct? Currently, there's absolutely no buzz from the speakers, but I moved the ground wire from the current splitter to the orange...

That's definitely improper grounding. The green ground wire should be attached to the orange hub, not the red splitter. Then the cable from dish should have a grounding wire (called a messenger wire that's part of the cable) with one end attached at dish mount and one end also attached to orange...

Couple of pictures attached. The first picture shows the ground cable attached to thew splitter. It disappears into the wall, and probably snakes under the house. On the 2nd picture, the large cable to the bottom left comes from the dish itself. I don't see any "second black wire" attached to...

Where is the other end of ground wire attached? And there should be a second black wire attached as well that comes from the cable going to the dish, with it also attached to the mount for the dish. Could you take a few pictures?

I noticed a quiet buzz coming from the speakers, so I pulled the coax connection from the Hopper and the buzz was gone. (I had a problem restoring the Hopper picture. I had to reboot several times due to the blue screen of death but I got it going again.) The buzz was still present after...

Disconnect the Satellite input coax cable from the receiver, and then try turning the power on again. Sometimes over time things will happen to cables that causes them to short out (ground to center conductor). If this is the case, your receiver was trying to protect itself from that shorting...

If there's electrical or grounding issues it can come and go. I've seen some pretty weird stuff. Ive had one where everyone the ac kicked on the receiver lost signal and as soon as compressor kicked off signal came back. Lifting the ground resolved. I had one where the dish was grounded to the...

Couple other things to try, is a new hdmi cable and can also try disconnecting the coax from the hopper. If it goes away with coax disconnected then you may have a bad or unapproved ground on the dish outside. A proper ground should be tied into the houses electric panel ground. If it has a...

If signal is good, there's three things it could be Damaged cable or connectors - visually check every inch if the cable and disconnect all connectors and make sure no damage. Electrical issues - usually caused by bad house wiring involving the ground, can be checked be temporarily using a...

In a couple of weeks, spring will be here. Sure, the first day of spring is here today, but the real “spring” we expect might take a little longer. It’s been a mild winter for much of the country. No matter, though — there is still work to once the remaining snows thaw and it’s safe to be up on...

I put the receiver and monitor outside and I am working on getting the one tuned in that I want

Kind of a bummer because he has a polar mount. We spoke today and there was a conversation a week or so back. The pole is not plumb in the ground. And so far he's moved the dish more like an az/el would be. So yeah. The dish has been spun on the pole and the elevation has been changed. There a...

Congratulations! You just moved into your new home. Well, it’s new to you. Rather than a new build, you chose for a home that someone else lived in. When you get there, you find a surprise: A lot of wiring’s already been done. There are a pair of wires running to the roof, plus a bunch of...

The receiver I have has a beeper and does sun and heat make it easier and what about the hook mount how do I know if it’s setup right

Oh it will be a week definitely. In that time you sound like an eager and smart dude. Let's try to get you (and your dish) steered in the right direction first. We will need to just pull that motor off the arm and put it away for the time being. 1) Make positive you have returned the dish on the...