Search results for query: dish grounding

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  1. HipKat

    Switch to Eastern Arc

    El Paso, TX Locals are on the 119 only so you'll lose your locals if you swap to Eastern Arc TheKrell EA and WA LNBS both come in Slimline and "old-Style" chasis
  2. Mister B

    Switch to Eastern Arc

    I am thinking about switching from the Western Arc to Eastern. In a previous thread I asked about the LNB drift I am seeing on the "issues" under settings. A most knowledgeable member stated that it is due to a failing refurbished LNB or poorly aimed dish. I don't have a lot of faith that my...
  3. Stuart Sweet

    Should you put a TV antenna on your boat?

    Marine enthusiasts all over the country have spent the last month putting their boats into drydock. It’s time to start outfitting them for the next summer of fun. Now’s the time to start thinking about upgrades, and how you’re going to use the boat during those fun summer months. Not everyone...
  4. HipKat

    LNB Drift?

    Grounding has nothing to do with it. Bonding the dish to a ground point only serves to remove static from the Dish itself. LNB drift can come from to causes. One is a Dish that is not properly peaked, the other from an LNB, that may be a refurb or is failing.
  5. Mister B

    LNB Drift?

    I returned to DISH about two weeks ago and happened across the "issues" button in the "status" section of settings. It shows "LNB Drift detected". Sometimes it is both satellites and other times just one. The numbers in parenthesis are generally around -5 or -6. Most of the threads on this...
  6. P

    I need an education

    We lived in rural MN and used cable. Now we moved to the twin cities... and do OTA TV.... but ours works, and my friends does not, and yesterday a decent OTA portable antenna gave us the exact same problem. Here goes.... The house we bought at a satellite dish. I removed it and used the mast...
  7. A

    Dish Tailgater Pro Locals....HELP!

    It was actually 2 things for me...my biggest problem was that I would go through the set-up process, scan for satellites, it would say not all satellites found, I would move on and all I could get was cable channels (ESPN, SECN, etc.) and I could not get any locals (CBS, FOX, etc.) the two...
  8. K

    Dish Tailgater Pro Locals....HELP!

    What did you do? Get a new receiver or find a mode that didn’t include 61.5? We must tailgate somewhat close to each other, and based on your previous posts I live across the river from you, but I use Montgomery locals on campus. No problem getting any channels but for the first time this year...
  9. Stuart Sweet

    FOOD FOR THOUGHT: They thought about grounding in 1749

    Technology is a big part of our modern lives. We don’t give a thought to all these modern conveniences. Whether it’s our phones, our TVs, or our cars, we spend all day surrounded in the latest tech. But all that really happened in the last several decades. Even 100 years ago, none of the things...
  10. Almighty1

    A day after leaving Dish Network, CEO starts as head of real estate giant, Erik Carlson was hired by Re/Max Holdings Inc.

    And that is a good summary of what I was trying to say. Just like there is Elon Musk and then there is Charlie. Charlie had things in the outer space first but look at who came out of nowhere and ahead of everyone including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, all of them started the companies from the...
  11. B

    Edision Mio+ with Hauppague 950Q OTA

    note that some newer E2 images like TNAP 4.2 and TNAP 5 show the SNR measurement, just like they do for satellite reception. Might be worth installing one of those in a spare slot just for that purpose
  12. cyberham

    Edision Mio+ with Hauppague 950Q OTA

    After trying the antenna 20 feet high on a mast, I quickly discovered height is not what counts in this situation. There was zero signal at 20 feet. But at about 4 feet off the ground, there is solid signal much of the time. Sunset time is tricky since the signal seems to drop out then briefly...
  13. Almighty1

    A day after leaving Dish Network, CEO starts as head of real estate giant, Erik Carlson was hired by Re/Max Holdings Inc.

    Ofcourse but that was back then, this is now. People get old and the company was way smaller back then and easier to manage. Ofcourse, CEOs get paid with stock options and then there are those who would take a $1 salary like Steve Jobs did. Every CEO is different as I am a CEO but of a...
  14. Juan

    A day after leaving Dish Network, CEO starts as head of real estate giant, Erik Carlson was hired by Re/Max Holdings Inc.

    Charlie built dish from the ground up...he knows how to hire good people who can make money...I don't think you know what a CEO does but they usually get paid by stock options with some cash...so their primary focus is to increase profits and stock prices..kicking back and collecting a pay check...
  15. Stuart Sweet

    Fitness Tips for Truck Drivers

    As an over-the-road truck driver, do you find it difficult to stay in shape? Most of your day is spent behind the wheel, with little free time to yourself. When you do have some time, you’re usually nowhere near a gym. To make fitness more difficult, it’s hard to enjoy a healthy meal on the...
  16. cyberham

    Weigel Channels

    One less reason to ever get a C-band dish now: I managed today to pull in all 7 Weigel channels OTA from KVOS in Bellingham, WA. It's 77 miles to the transmitter site yet reception is perfect. My OTA antenna is just 5 feet above ground which is the best location for reception. A lot simpler than...
  17. B

    Attempt at 15w

    last I checked 15W actually had hunderds of channels, the TuVes direct-to-home service from Latin America. Unfortunately only a few religious channels are ITC. Those transponders require a slightly stronger signal than VoA, so in case of marginal reception, they can be missed while VoA is coming...
  18. TheKrell

    Do I need 2 satellite dishes?

    These days both eastern and western arc satellite constellations consist of 2 orbital locations. Eastern arc: 61.5/72 Western arc: 110/119 Presumably each of your single satellite dishes was pointed at one of these locations. But if one of the dishes is now pointed at the ground, you should...
  19. Bruce

    Dish stock down 22% today as I type

    If Amazon ( or anyone else) wants the spectrum, they seem content to wait for Bankruptcy. With all the financial information I get via email newsletters, there has not even been a whisper in any of them that Dish has been approached about acquiring any of it. Even if so, Ergen might be wanting...
  20. Scott Greczkowski

    Dish stock down 22% today as I type

    Huh? I have only heard rumblings of a DISH Amazon deal. Amazon is launching their own internet via Satellite, if they had DISH's ground spectrum it would push them to be one of the largest carrier. But so far their deal with Amazon with Boost isn't doing anything. No one is buying. And...
  21. Stuart Sweet

    NICE AND EASY: Should you put a lightning arrester on a dish?

    What you see is a lightning arrester. This particular one is for a high-tension power line. It’s a device designed to keep a lightning strike from traveling down a wire and ruining everything, because let’s face it, one lightning strike can (and will) ruin your entire day. If lightning can hit...
  22. primestar31

    Attempt at 15w

    You HAVE to do an inverted dish for a sat that low to the horizon, but even so as stated, ground noise is likely going to wipe out any signal, unless you use a much larger dish. Then you might have a chance.
  23. cyberham

    Attempt at 15w

    The best days of 15W seem to be in the past. It was one of my first-ever received satellites from Nova Scotia. I used to receive MSNBC and exotic tps including from TVGE from Equatorial Guinea (now on 97W). The lowest I've seen in past was 12 degrees elevation. I could reliably receive 3W using...
  24. iBoston

    Attempt at 15w

    Actually, the RG6 cords saved the dish.. It never hit the ground, but the lnbf took a wack... The dish has no visible damage. But, i have not pulled any signals in as of yet with this dish. Maybe tomorrow, ill grab a signal I'm very familiar with and weed out any other potential issues.
  25. jorgek

    Attempt at 15w

    Is it possibe due to the dish falling that it is warped? It does not take much to mess up the focal point. I dropped a 33" dish and I could never peak it right.
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