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Well, I just had a very unusual experience with my Dish Network installation.
Here's my setup: 3 VIP 211's, 1 VIP 211k and one VIP722k, DPP44 switch with power inserter on port 1 and a Dish 1000 and a side dish 500 half of it looks at 61.5.
I tried to watch a recording done an hour or so ago on channel 112 HGTV, but the picture was pixellating so badly that even the audio was often garbled, picture was heavily macro blocking, green patched horrible. On the Point Dish screen I looked at all the TPs on all three satellites and they were mostly abnormally low, many in the low 20's a few looked normal in the 50's or 60's but 129 and 110 were both low, 119 TP 21 looked OK.
So, I checked my signal level on 112 off the 129 satellite - it was 20-25 and flopping around a bit. Oh dear, did yesterdays winds misalign my dish that has been so stable for over 3 years.
I checked one of my 211's, it was seeing the same channel at about 36, not pixellating but lower than normal.
I had moved my cables around a bit this afternoon doing some house cleaning, so I checked that I had not created any choke loops - that was OK.
By happenstance I looked at the power supply for the DPP44 and reached over and unplugged it. The receiver was on the Point Dish screen where it was reading 25 and a few seconds after I unplugged the power supply the signal dropped to 0. I plugged the power supply back up and nothing happened on the Point Dish sreen, still read 0, so I dropped from 129 TP 17 to 129 TP 16, still 0 but I believe this is a spot beam somewhere else. I went back to 129 TP 17 and the TP said "Locked - Echostar 129 West and the signal jumped to a solid 60 and held there.
I checked the signal on my 211 which had been 36 and it says 60 now also (after bumping it up and down one TP to re lock the transponder).
129 TP21 now reads 73, 61.5 TP21 reads 67, 110 TP 21 reads 67 and 119 TP 21 reads 78.
Who would have thought that powering off and on the power supply to the DPP44 would make that much difference in the signal?
I have had a few issues with my DPP44 in the past, where I had to disconnect everything from it for 30 minutes to reset it to get certain channels back, maybe in the futurre I'll just pull the power plug and see if that fixes it.
Here's my setup: 3 VIP 211's, 1 VIP 211k and one VIP722k, DPP44 switch with power inserter on port 1 and a Dish 1000 and a side dish 500 half of it looks at 61.5.
I tried to watch a recording done an hour or so ago on channel 112 HGTV, but the picture was pixellating so badly that even the audio was often garbled, picture was heavily macro blocking, green patched horrible. On the Point Dish screen I looked at all the TPs on all three satellites and they were mostly abnormally low, many in the low 20's a few looked normal in the 50's or 60's but 129 and 110 were both low, 119 TP 21 looked OK.
So, I checked my signal level on 112 off the 129 satellite - it was 20-25 and flopping around a bit. Oh dear, did yesterdays winds misalign my dish that has been so stable for over 3 years.
I checked one of my 211's, it was seeing the same channel at about 36, not pixellating but lower than normal.
I had moved my cables around a bit this afternoon doing some house cleaning, so I checked that I had not created any choke loops - that was OK.
By happenstance I looked at the power supply for the DPP44 and reached over and unplugged it. The receiver was on the Point Dish screen where it was reading 25 and a few seconds after I unplugged the power supply the signal dropped to 0. I plugged the power supply back up and nothing happened on the Point Dish sreen, still read 0, so I dropped from 129 TP 17 to 129 TP 16, still 0 but I believe this is a spot beam somewhere else. I went back to 129 TP 17 and the TP said "Locked - Echostar 129 West and the signal jumped to a solid 60 and held there.
I checked the signal on my 211 which had been 36 and it says 60 now also (after bumping it up and down one TP to re lock the transponder).
129 TP21 now reads 73, 61.5 TP21 reads 67, 110 TP 21 reads 67 and 119 TP 21 reads 78.
Who would have thought that powering off and on the power supply to the DPP44 would make that much difference in the signal?
I have had a few issues with my DPP44 in the past, where I had to disconnect everything from it for 30 minutes to reset it to get certain channels back, maybe in the futurre I'll just pull the power plug and see if that fixes it.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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The 2025–26 College Football Playoff concluded with the Indiana Hoosiers winning the national championship by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 27–21. [1, 2, 3]
Playoff Results Summary
The 12-team playoff bracket featured the following key results across each round: [1]
The 2025–26 College Football Playoff concluded with the Indiana Hoosiers winning the national championship by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 27–21. [1, 2, 3]
Playoff Results Summary
The 12-team playoff bracket featured the following key results across each round: [1]
- First Round: Alabama defeated Oklahoma (34–24), Miami (Fla.) beat Texas A&M (10–3), Ole Miss topped Tulane (41–10), and Oregon defeated James Madison (51–34) at higher-seeded campus sites.
- Quarterfinals: Miami (Fla.) upset Ohio State (24–14), Oregon shut out Texas Tech (23–0), top-ranked Indiana rolled past Alabama (38–3), and Ole Miss edged Georgia (39–34) across the New Year's Six bowls.
- Semifinals: Miami (Fla.) advanced past Ole Miss (31–27) in the Peach Bowl, while Indiana dominant-defeated Oregon (56–22) in the Fiesta Bowl.
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Walter Koenig, Chekov on Original ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 90
Walter Koenig, who memorably played Chekov in the original "Star Trek" series and seven "Star Trek" feature films, died Sunday in Los Angeles.
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I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Preorders Open for the Brax Wink De-Googled Phone #shorts
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View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SqPMCS9OOSY
Direct YouTube Link - Preorders Open for the Brax Wink De-Googled Phone #shorts
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This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
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. can we say over priced garbage!!!I'm thinking of switching to DirecTV and wanted to know what equipment I should be asking for.
I'm wanting wired satellite due to that fact that I live in the sticks and there is no reliable, decent speed internet for streaming available.
What would be the correct equipment for three 4K tvs in the house?
I'm wanting wired satellite due to that fact that I live in the sticks and there is no reliable, decent speed internet for streaming available.
What would be the correct equipment for three 4K tvs in the house?
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why not just do a rebranding of the two
As they pivot away from using dishes and more toward streaming, the DirecTV brand would make much more sense.why not just do a rebranding of the two
been there 
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agree to a certain point!!! is charlies pockets gonna get tight and will he cancel channels because he don't want to pay for them??? a hopper 3 on dtv channel lineup would be amazing and every mans dream come true lol
Squirrels have eaten my antenna wire on my home unit that is a car radio running of the 12 volt side of my solar system. I need a new antenna and would like to add something to one of my existing masts. The reason I am looking at this that I am also covered in trees which has not been a problem, but something mast mounted would future proof me. Thanks in advance.
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We have the pro-500 and it's a beast pulling in the signal!!! always full bars no matter how much it rains. it's worth every penny
I am a animal lover, but this year I gave up gardening. Even moved it to potted plants on the second story deck last year. Can't tell you how much use my Ruger 10-22 got, but it was a losing battle for me. Never got any food. So now they eat coax instead! 20 acres of dense woods behind me and my stuff tastes better, either veggies or wires!
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i might think about running cables through some conduit to prevent the Squirrels from chewing em all to hell
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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