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My SG6100 motor quit after 14 months and so it was time for another. There were no more of those to be found, so I opted for the HH90. The old motor worked great covering 72w to 125w but I have had no luck getting the HH90 to do the same. Hours of frustration later, I am asking for some guidance here in the forum.
My Lat is 44.1n / Lon 121.3w and according to the Dish Pointer website, the following should be used with the Stab HH90;
Motor Latitude: 44.1
Declination: 6.7
Dish Elevation: 38.0
I have double checked the mast and it is plumb, but with these settings, I get nothing. A bit of tweaking on the dish elevation does let me hit each sat spot on, but the dish elevation varies enough that I can either have the far east sat, or the far west sat but never both. I have to raise the dish to get the 125w bird, and lower it for the 72 bird. I have tried changing the motor elevation, but nothing seems to work. I am no expert here, but was able to get the old motor working fine. Any help or suggestions are more than appreciated! Oh, and the dish is a Geosat Pro 90cm with USALS.
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My Lat is 44.1n / Lon 121.3w and according to the Dish Pointer website, the following should be used with the Stab HH90;
Motor Latitude: 44.1
Declination: 6.7
Dish Elevation: 38.0
I have double checked the mast and it is plumb, but with these settings, I get nothing. A bit of tweaking on the dish elevation does let me hit each sat spot on, but the dish elevation varies enough that I can either have the far east sat, or the far west sat but never both. I have to raise the dish to get the 125w bird, and lower it for the 72 bird. I have tried changing the motor elevation, but nothing seems to work. I am no expert here, but was able to get the old motor working fine. Any help or suggestions are more than appreciated! Oh, and the dish is a Geosat Pro 90cm with USALS.
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Thanks for all of the advice and the great article! Very good information (kudos to Gordon!)
It was still another long frustrating day of dish/motor alignment. I still cannot receive the entire arc no matter what I seem to do. After hours of poor results, I decided to check the pole again and I found that the bubble level that came with the mount was not seating properly so I grabbed a level instead and did find it was slightly out of plumb. Since it is a wall mount on the house, I do have a couple of points to refine the alignment, but even that did not change things much. I finally put a level on the motor bracket and there was definitely a problem. When the clamps are tightened, it pulls the motor mount down on the east/west sides. Nothing I tried with clamp adjustment made the slightest difference, so I compensated with the fine adjustments I had in the mount. Bad weather and thunderstorms are on the way, so I just peaked it for 103w so I could watch something until the weather passes. It turns out that with those adjustments, I now receive all the sats except the east and west extremes (72w and 125w). Since I am at 121.3w, I guess I really don't have much east of that on Ku in my arc so not very "extreme".
Overall, I am not very impressed with the Stab HH90. After all of this, I hope it is more durable than my previous one, but this thing is very slow moving. It is at least half the speed of the SG6100. It takes 45-50 seconds to move from 125w to 72w. I used to cancel the "dish moving" message with the old one since it was moved already. With this one, the message disappears but the motor is still going! It is also very much louder than my old one. With the mount on the house, I sure know when it is moving!
Thanks again everyone. Very much appreciated! I am not sure how far I got with this today, but I will make another attempt in a day or two.
It was still another long frustrating day of dish/motor alignment. I still cannot receive the entire arc no matter what I seem to do. After hours of poor results, I decided to check the pole again and I found that the bubble level that came with the mount was not seating properly so I grabbed a level instead and did find it was slightly out of plumb. Since it is a wall mount on the house, I do have a couple of points to refine the alignment, but even that did not change things much. I finally put a level on the motor bracket and there was definitely a problem. When the clamps are tightened, it pulls the motor mount down on the east/west sides. Nothing I tried with clamp adjustment made the slightest difference, so I compensated with the fine adjustments I had in the mount. Bad weather and thunderstorms are on the way, so I just peaked it for 103w so I could watch something until the weather passes. It turns out that with those adjustments, I now receive all the sats except the east and west extremes (72w and 125w). Since I am at 121.3w, I guess I really don't have much east of that on Ku in my arc so not very "extreme".
Overall, I am not very impressed with the Stab HH90. After all of this, I hope it is more durable than my previous one, but this thing is very slow moving. It is at least half the speed of the SG6100. It takes 45-50 seconds to move from 125w to 72w. I used to cancel the "dish moving" message with the old one since it was moved already. With this one, the message disappears but the motor is still going! It is also very much louder than my old one. With the mount on the house, I sure know when it is moving!
Thanks again everyone. Very much appreciated! I am not sure how far I got with this today, but I will make another attempt in a day or two.
Sorry to hear that about your motor. These are usually a high quality units - hope it's just a fluke and not a sign of lower quality. 
Success! And my hats off to FTA4PA and KE4EST for their correct diagnosis. Nothing was going to help until the motor bracket was plumb on the pole, but with a break in the weather today and a few tweaks I am back in business. I am still not thrilled with the speed and noise of the HH90, but at least I am back to watching my programs again and maybe this one will last longer than 14 months. Many thanks!
You're welcome! Glad you got it working again!Success! And my hats off to FTA4PA and KE4EST for their correct diagnosis. Nothing was going to help until the motor bracket was plumb on the pole, but with a break in the weather today and a few tweaks I am back in business. I am still not thrilled with the speed and noise of the HH90, but at least I am back to watching my programs again and maybe this one will last longer than 14 months. Many thanks!
Glad to hear you are up and running!!! It's always a great feeling.
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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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Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
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Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
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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 ...
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2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
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add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
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Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.
Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.
Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.
Congrats! I love retirement, no wake ups, no e-mails...Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.
Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.
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Leftovers for lunch, bacon wrapped salmon fillet from Saturday and a KFC thigh from Friday, Tea.
I had a very unusual but delicious 1/4lb hotdog with cream cheese, raspberry preserves and chopped Hatch green chile. It is an unlikely combination but it works.
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This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.
Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.
It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.
This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.
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Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets on like the Rev'n, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station. 
Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets like Revn, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station.
I watch MovieSphere Gold channel a lot. Many recent movies on that digitnet
Yes that's a good channel MovieSphere, only thing is the missing CC on it. 
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Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
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However, when I make a change (tried to add the Columbian pack for $2 so I could generate my bill) and there is a new line - it says "Access for TV" - whereas previously that line item was not there. I hope they aren't charging $5.00 for the initial TV now...
Possibly. In theory, $9 of the base pack has a rental fee built in. But now is this $5 a chance to get a little more? I don't know for sure. According to chat, it is a glitch and will be resolved in a timely manner, but we shall see. Part of my thinks there is a going to be a new charge, whether it is now or this fall. Here in Illinois, the law requires we are given 30 days notice of any fee changes, but I have not been given anything.
