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  1. Jimbo

    General question about how signal loss manifests...

    Still doesn't mean it would pass the QC testing done on an installation ... Fwiw, there are techs that are better than others that may have found your location, many look at the over all and say, they can't get a signal with a passing QC test and move on ...
  2. S

    General question about how signal loss manifests...

    I really didn't mean or expect my post to provoke any controversy, and as I said, I don't feel like arguing about it. I think you're looking at it from a tech's perspective, but you're totally skipping over much of what I'm saying. You are again saying all sorts of things that would be knowledge...
  3. S

    General question about how signal loss manifests...

    Already installed. We tried through DTV - the installer was ill-prepared - did not have tall enough ladder, did not know how to deal with asbestos siding, did not have a plan for dealing with trees, did not have pole mounts or want to use the ones I provided, etc. Dealing with DTV was...
  4. Stuart Sweet

    HEY INSTALLERS: You do what you do best. Let us handle the rest.

    Being a home theater, corporate A/V, mobile, or marine installer is a lot harder than it used to be. Friends, I go back a little while and when I did a lot of stuff out in the field it was a lot easier to make money. Why? Because it really took an expert to do this stuff. Whether it was just...
  5. I

    Found a C band dish.Now what?

    Well this is certainly interesting to learn! In my case, I think I have more chances of a tree falling on my dish then high speed winds twisting it...
  6. T

    How things have changed

    Sat can croak right along with cable as far as I'm concerned (maybe faster, without robust broadband attached to it). It started out as a primo, desirable service at a great price but was quickly run into the ground by its lack of quality servicing and rate hikes, with Charlie having said it was...
  7. Stuart Sweet

    How often does rain fade happen to satellite receivers?

    Rain fade. If you listen to cable company commercials, you would think this is a massive problem. They’ll tell you that every time the skies turn grey, the satellite reception will stop. They’ll make you feel like a sap for even considering satellite TV. The problem is, they’re just flat out...
  8. wvman

    Help

    A bonding wire has already been run to this dish waiting for the new rod to be driven into the ground at the dish. It runs from a sub-panel at the back of the house that branches off of the main panel. A certified electrician has checked all this and signed off on everything. I have to take...
  9. primestar31

    Help

    IF you pound a new ground rod into the ground by the dish, it MUST be bonded to your house ground rod by your power panel per NEC code. Otherwise it's almost guaranteed to cause problems due to two different ground potentials at each rod.
  10. primestar31

    Help

    Throw a couple pails of water on it, and test out that theory...
  11. wvman

    Help

    I never connect or disconnect anything without powering them down first. Even the HDMI cable. I also checked output voltage from the receiver to the LNBF. Everything normal there and from the wall wart supplying power to the receiver. I have a 30 amp, filtered and regulated power supply for my...
  12. B

    Trying to get into C-Band, may have found a dish?

    I don't have numbers, but this is what I remember: - the entire reflector is a bit too heavy for one guy to carry (plus it's big and awkward). - Each quarter pannel is easy to lift, but still a bit bulky and awkward to carry. - there's a round reinforcement tube that makes a circle of around 7ft...
  13. clucas

    Trying to get into C-Band, may have found a dish?

    Ideally you can stand on the roof to dismantle rather than use ladders. I would loosen the bolts so you can spin it on the pole to a good position to work. I would first unbolt the actuator from the mount so it will hang on the dish. This will prevent you poking a hole in the mesh if the dish...
  14. S

    Trying to get into C-Band, may have found a dish?

    Do you know roughly how heavy the dish is? I’m a bit concerned how high it’s mounted but if it’s not that heavy then shouldn't be an issue.
  15. B

    Trying to get into C-Band, may have found a dish?

    $45 is an awesome price! I would suggest you take it down, possibly with assistance from the seller, but that you lead the effort. Those things need to be taken down carefully... I've read too many stories of people like us who were so happy to have found a nice dish in great shape, only to go...
  16. wvman

    Help

    I did and everything was within range. I've had two different LNBF's on it and located another last evening I may try if the rain let's up today. It's weird it took so many receivers to finally get a picture and signal. When I first started realigning the dish, the meter kept pegging out and...
  17. Josh.M

    SiriusXM channels missing

    I'm going to be honest - this has been communicated in many different ways to agents and there are multiple tools that would help with understanding the cause of missing channels. The outage has made everything MUCH more difficult though, but any feedback should be sent through your...
  18. HipKat

    SiriusXM channels missing

    And techs getting hits on their metrics for BS R12's, wasting money on truck rolls, making it harder to schedule other customers as we are extremely busy now and hitting office metrics for the extra truck rolls, the jobs without sales opportunities, etc. Not to mention the insanely long waits on...
  19. charlesrshell

    Hopper plus

    Hopper Plus is for the Hopper it is attached too only. Does not serve the other Hopper. J4s & WJ4s do not need a Hopper Plus to function. They will have all the Google stuff.
  20. T

    Hopper plus

    intesting cause that around the time I original tried to do this. they said said it would not work. Does hopper plus serve both h3? Oh I actual talk mutiple people at loyalty department before I managed to get hold supervisor, I was gona get 2 hopper plus so both my h3 has access to hopper...
  21. N

    Error 1523

    I know this post is a little old, but if someone new happens to find this string looking for the answer to the 1523 error, the cable is most likely the culprit. Either loose connections, corroded wires or bad cable. This past winter I cut my cable with my tractor. As a quick remedy, I did a bush...
  22. arlo

    Moteck SG-2100 satellite motor settings

    Oops. Brainfart. Maybe shoot for one on 87W? One of the recent ones? What I was hinting was. Look at the pic. The red N&S obviously has to be in line with the poles (with magnetic compensation). The Green lines were if you were to tip the motor back so that they were like the red ones. You...
  23. I

    Moteck SG-2100 satellite motor settings

    Would someone mind helping me understand the next step to perform after a Moteck SG-2100 satellite motor has been mounted properly to a pole cemented in the ground and the satellite dish has been attached. I'm reading two different set of instructions and need help on which direction to go...
  24. electronmini

    Finding what Satellite I have the Dish presently

    I am on a steep roof and shaking all the time since at 83 not the best behavior to be on the roof, but on the ground all my neighbors have huge trees. The way I started was using the GPS compass for 222.2 and compare with a cheap magnetic compass. Ithink to remember that dishes had an "Offset...
  25. primestar31

    Resurrecting a DishTV system with VIP722k - diagnostics?

    So, don't you have any local teenagers that would like $20 CASH to trace back the wire from the dish? Don't pay them before it's done. They could take pics with a cellphone if needed. Sure would be safer and faster than waiting for the possibility of YOU going on the roof with a damaged foot...
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