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  1. MikeInAlaska

    new six foot dish installed

    I decided to just put in multiple six footers instead of trying to rig up the offset LNA.... I'm not sure my wife is impressed at this point with how they look in the back yard !! Since my last dish install maybe eight years ago, I found a couple excellent resources that helped me: This...
  2. MikeInAlaska

    How do the viewing areas work? How many sats should you have?

    I guess I understand there are a couple "arcs" of satellite and I am on the western arc, 110, 119, and 129. But now I learn there is a 118, so does that imply that I'm not receiving everything I could be? Also I have channels listed which the program guide says I receive -- but it says not...
  3. MikeInAlaska

    triple LNB on a six foot dish

    Hello, long time.. no post. I am wanting to put three LNB on my six foot dish due to weak signals here in Alaska. My switch is connected to a 6 foot dish on 129 and I get signals like 75-80, and connected to a small dish on 110 and 119 and I get signals like 20-30 very typically. I can...
  4. MikeInAlaska

    upgraded receiver questions, confusing dish answers

    Previously I had only a VIP211k receiver. Now I've added a VIP722k. They said the 722k moves into the "primary" slot on my account, and now I get a DVR charge per month. Isn't the DVR included if its the "primary" receiver on the account? So adding this new box costs me $13/month more is what...
  5. MikeInAlaska

    CONFIRMATION Service Change

    I went on vacation for a few weeks and I came back to a couple emails from DISH titled "CONFIRMATION Service Change". Inside it says: Dear MICHEAL JACKSON, This is a confirmation that your recent request to change programming or upgrade your receiver has been processed. Please review the...
  6. MikeInAlaska

    massive mapdown

    I upped to Gold from Silver the other day and noticed a couple days later that huge amounts of the Alaska 5500 series channels are mapped down into the 300 range now. Is this something that everyone is seeing or is this a result from subscribing to gold changing my channel availabilities...
  7. MikeInAlaska

    multi satellite, single dish

    I am looking at options for attaching 3 LNB onto 1 meter and 1.8 meter ChannelMaster dishes. I see on ebay this kit: multiple 6 LNB holder mount bracket for satellite Dish - eBay (item 250468776131 end time Dec-17-09 07:38:57 PST) Looks interesting, at least it looks like enough pieces are...
  8. MikeInAlaska

    Using the stars and Sun to do an install.

    Finding Clear Line Of Sight: I am scouting a location for a 2nd six foot dish on my property for Dish 110 and 119. (Might as well get some strong signals...) I have a lot of trees around so I dont really trust my results with the crude compass I have, or an iPod compass, etc. Plus, I dont...
  9. MikeInAlaska

    utter Alaska Confusion... aughhh please help : )

    I installed a Dish on 110 today, so now I have these three working: 110 / 119/ 129 All three register fine in check switch. I am able to see at least some channels from all 3. I am looking at this page of "The List": SatelliteGuys.US - Subscription 110°W I dont see ANY of these 4300 - 4400...
  10. MikeInAlaska

    activating the DVR feature on a VIP211K - NOT !!

    On my second long call to Dish network now. The Dish Network "system" says they need to set up a technician visit to activate this feature. I explain to the rep that what I need is a DVR feature activation code sent down from a satellite... not a technician visit. The rep says the local Dish...
  11. MikeInAlaska

    722 setup question

    Hello, I added a 722 over at my Dads house tonight, (and hooked him up to a 2nd orbital location) and overall everything went great. He is HD finally. However... Remote #1 doesnt work... the infrared one, is there some trick / registration / programming, something? I have to do? The batteries...
  12. MikeInAlaska

    where is a good place to buy dish eqpt?

    I thought the sponsors ^ ^ ^ would be a good start? My father wants to get setup with a DVR and DPP switch. I gave him the telephone number for The DishStore from the above website and told him the site shows the DVR 722 for $409. He called and they told him in fact it was $550 for the 722 and...
  13. MikeInAlaska

    Avoiding ground loops (or not!)

    I am terminating about 45 RG6 in my central wiring closet. I have Leviton structured wiring boxes so I was planning on using their coaxial bulkhead which holds terminates 6 coax per unit. They look like this: Thats a metal plate with six F connectors bolted in. Obviously, they're all going to...
  14. MikeInAlaska

    how to install near a gable end

    If I mount a Dish at the peak of my (plain-jane) roof, right by the gable end -- what is good procedure for getting the coaxial cable across a couple feet of roof, around the eve, and over to the gable end? ( I have terminated a couple RG6 very high on my gable end this weekend in preparation...
  15. MikeInAlaska

    VIP211K versus VIP612DVR - differences

    I have been running a VIP211K on a 129W only install without any problems. I get 30 or so HD channels and it operates rock solid. I have a single RG6 running from the DishPro LNB directly to the single input on the receiver. Today I picked up a 612DVR and tried to hook the single existing RG6...
  16. MikeInAlaska

    the "200 ft" rule - and DP33 versus DP34

    How far can you push the 200ft rule, where the cable between DishPro LNB and Receiver should not exceed 200 ft? With the legacy stuff I have run out to 300 or 400 ft certainly. Does cable quality and connector quality play into this? (I used all nice 3ghz swept Belden 1694 with nice Canare...
  17. MikeInAlaska

    129W redundant channels

    I'm in Alaska with a six foot dish on 129W. Why do I receive three channels of HBO-W for example? 303, 5545 and 9478? All of them work. Yet, I get food network HD (for example) on 5587 and 9462, but 9462 says I am not subscribed to it. Just trying to make sense of things and determine if...
  18. MikeInAlaska

    find that satellite - fast (and 129W notes)

    After hours of trying to find 129W from my backyard with that six foot dish, I was on the cusp of giving up and calling the pros. Then I went back to that free software "Stellarium" and saw that at 6:09 PM, the Sun would be 90 degrees East of the satellite. I looked across the front edge of the...
  19. MikeInAlaska

    combining legacy with dishpro

    On 129W, I have a dish-pro LNB and a dishpro 211 receiver. On 119W, I have a legacy LNB, switch and receiver. There are three total boxes on the switch. Can I run an output from that legacy switch into a DP34 switch to combine it with the 129W dishpro setup? Thanks! Mike
  20. MikeInAlaska

    plz verify my migration path to independance, and HDTV

    Right now I have a decade old dish box with a 1 meter dish on 119. This is my neighbors dish, and unfortunately my cable to it will soon go away. So I took action -- I have a 6 foot dish in my back yard now ready to point at 129. It has no LNBF on it yet. I will soon put a dual pointed 110/119...
  21. MikeInAlaska

    six foot dish on 2.5" steel pipe?

    I have a six foot tall 2.5" steel pipe sunk in the backyard into 700 lbs of concrete, four feet into the ground. The location is pretty well sheltered from wind. I have a six foot dish meant for 3" steel pipe (3.5" OD). Is this cruel and unusual punishment to hang it on the 2.5" pipe - or...
  22. MikeInAlaska

    Can you operate off 129W only?

    I do not have a clear shot to 119W on my property. We grab our 119W from our neighbors dish, an ancient LNB on a ?10 year old receiver? I have a clear shot to 129W. Can I just get an HD box and use it only for 129W? (And flip back to my old box for anything off 119W?)
  23. MikeInAlaska

    Does geosatfinder work?

    I am trying to find locations for three dishes in my yard. I had been using "geosatfinder" to get the azimuth of the satellites But. I think the program just takes the longitude of the satellite and simly subtracts mag. declination from it to compute azimuth??? Here is a list of geosatfinder...
  24. MikeInAlaska

    cable lengths for 3 dish setup

    I am finding I can put my 110 and 119 dishes right next to each other, but my 129 dish will need to be farther away. How far away can one of the dishes be from the others? Thanks again Mike in Alaska
  25. MikeInAlaska

    The Situation in ALASKA

    Wow do I get conflicting information from vendors in Alaska for getting HD Dish. "You need one dish, it can get all three sats." - "You need two dishes, just 119 and 129" - "You need three dishes... 110, 119 and 129" Not to mention the various ideas about what size dishes to get. What is the...