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As I understand it, for up to four receivers, use the four outputs from the 3-LNB dish. For more than four receivers, feed the four outputs into a 4X8 multiswitch. I have been told not to use a 2X4 multi on a 3-LNB dish because a multi is already built into the LNB.

If the home has plywood soffit, look for the nails where it is attached to the joists. The rafter ends will be to the left or right of the joists. Taking into account a 2X piece of lumber is not really 2 inches and the spacing is most likely 16-inches on center, the chances of finding the rafter...

Trying to aim a triple-sat without a Birdog has to be one of the most frustrating things I have ever tried in this business. I wouldn't give that job to a monkey on a rock. If you can find a tech with a meter, he should be able to get it peaked in about a minute. uboatcmdr is right, get the...

Using Warner Ave as ground-zero, compass heading 341 degrees will get you KCBS, KNBC, KTTV, KABC and a bunch of others about 35 miles away. The Winegard should give you a pretty good shot at picking them up if you can get it high enough. The key is a line of sight across 35 miles of SoCal...

You might want to give the non-amp antenna a second chance. Positioning and pointing one is almost an art. How far are you from the transmitting towers and are they all in the same general compass heading? What is between you and the towers (trees, hills, buildings)? Amplified antennas can...

Good point. $5.99/mo sounds like a lot until something happens...

Just fix the cut with a couple of connectors and a barrel to get you through until DTV can come out and do the repair. Anything less than an unbroken run from the LNB to the receiver/multiswitch is non-standard. Let DTV fix it and send the contractor the bill. I would never suggest the customer...

About 8:30PM EDT, began losing signal on some channels. Ran through the xponders and the problem seemed to be random but mostly odd xponders. During that time, I called a customer about a service call tomorrow and he told me he was suddenly getting SFSS on 101W. All seems to be fine now...

You need the international dish with the single K-band LNB for 95W. The dish also has a standard dual LNB for 101.

Two up (Skyway 1, DirecTV 8), one to go (Skyway 2 next month.) By the time they get all three heated up, it will be time to start planning for the fourth bird. A DTV suit said during the pre-launch that it was like the company was starting from scratch - or words to that effect.

Happened to me today. The customers were both teachers, so they shouldn't be dumb. Must be something they were told... When he found out I was putting in a dish, he made me find a LOS behind a fence.

Did not know that. So is the ground carried by the braid? Why are Dish Network installs done w/o a messenger wire? Learn something everyday...

To ground the dish, make sure at least one cable from the dish has a messenger wire, run all (up to four) cables to a ground block and attach the messenger wire. On the other side of the ground block, attach the runs to your receivers. Ground the block with #10 solid-copper green ground wire...

The key to a typical multiswitch is two inputs from the dish - one for even xponders (18v) and one for odd xponders (13v). From that, you can hang multiple receivers because, no matter what channel a given receiver is on, it is using either an even or odd xponder. Given that, a single line to a...

I'll try to explain. If I don't make sense, someone help out. Connect the multi out to the receiver to the sat in of a diplexer. Connect the output of the di to the cable that goes to the receiver. At the receiver, turn a di around and connect the cable from the other di. Sat in on di 2 now goes...

BTW, Solid Signal sells a remote extender that has a receiving unit at the receiver and a transmitter that replaces one of the batteries in the remote. You can control the receiver from about anywhere in the house.

If it works for you to run cable from the back of your receiver to all three TVs, then a three-way splitter at the receiver will do the trick. If the cable routing works better from the dish/multiswitch (I also question the need for a multi) then there is a trick you can do with diplexers and a...

Some of the transponders are spot and not aimed at your area - depending on where you are. If you are getting >70 on most xponders, you should be fine. 12 on 101 is a dog in my area but 18 is golden (I can usually get 18 to read 100 with a triple-sat.) Not should worry. If you "bore sighted" the...

HSPs are wrestling with the hourly vs. per-job thing. Per-job promotes slammed jobs and shoddy work from a lot of techs who have no pride in their work. Hourly has to be balanced with a quota which, in turn, promotes slammed jobs, etc. The HSPs are trying to find a way to get good...

Well put...

If it were me, I would start from scratch. Plumb the mount, set the dish elevation and point it toward the correct compass heading. Then put a meter that IDs the satellite on it with a known good LNB and peak the dish. The next objective would be to get a strong meter reading at the ground...

Going out on a limb... Is there anything hanging above the dish - like a tree limb that has put out leaves? Because the signal comes in higher than the dish looks like it is pointing, an overhanging branch from behind can sometimes interfere. I had that happen with my first install. A tree...

Before I got my Birdog, my old meter would sometimes peak at the dish but the receiver would show no signal - wrong bird! Try moving your dish from left to right to find the bird. The first bird you encounter at 101 will usually be the DirecTV sat. Will give a really strong signal. Known in the...

As I understand it, you are using your neighbor's dish in a condo. What if he sells and the new owner doesn't want the dish? Do you have a line o' sight from your condo to move the dish? Just thinking ahead...