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    Traveling with DirecTV on East Coast

    Oh, Joe. Where were you when I needed you? Thank you for clearing up the mystery for me. No wonder that I couldn't find the 101 in Wyoming. I was sure that I lined up the dish compass exactly with the magnetic compass but that put me 14 degree off in Yellowstone (True North...
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    Traveling with DirecTV on East Coast

    I recently traveled to Wyoming and had similar problems. I never have problems in Texas. Based on this link http://www.dbsforums.com/images/map.gif I believe a correction is needed to the information provided by the receiver. It appears to be giving you the azimuth in True North versus...
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    Aiming DirecTV in Wyoming

    texasbrit said Ya know, I thought of that one, too. I know that its hard to believe but I do have a separate compass and, after 15-20 minutes of trying to figure things out, I decided to "get back to basics". I put the tripod on the opposite side of the road from the RV (I have a 75 foot...
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    Aiming DirecTV in Wyoming

    OK. I'm feeling a lot better now. When I came home from my trip, I was really feeling stupid. I just couldn't for the life of me figure out why I had so many problems in Wyoming and I was expecting, frankly, to immediately get a reply to my request that started with "hey dummy." With only...
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    Aiming DirecTV in Wyoming

    My selecting 119 is very possible but... 1. It was in the range given to me for that location by the zip code 2. I couldn't find another "target" within 20 degrees azimuth in either direction. What I was hoping for is some guidance about what to do if I'm in the same position again.
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    Aiming DirecTV in Wyoming

    Hello. I'm a new user to this forum (please be gentle :) ) I use my DirecTV receiver in my RV. I have an old Magnavox single LNB dish (with an indicator LED on it) along with my Sony SAT-55 receiver. This dish is mounted on a Winegard tripod with compass points around the base. Because...