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129 sucks

"it seems that 129 should be stronger in the NW than the midwest...."

Yeah, it's closer to us here in the West but it's not designed for that location.
 
It is my understanding that we have a 90 day install warranty. If your dish is not performing up to specifications - call dish and have them send out a tech to fix it.
 
I had lots of problems the last few weeks with 129 when my leaves returned, after three techs coming out to the house, they wound up putting another dish up solely for 129 and it works fine. The last tech said that he was having lots of problems with folks getting a signal on 129 here in Atlanta.