Fifties across the board? Shouldn't a 1000.2 be doing more like mid- to high-60s? I was getting up to low 70s with a D500 on 110/119 and high 70s with a D300 on CEIL-2. Once you're SURE that the dish is peaked, I'd start looking into that LNB/switch situation, too; it sounds more like bad terrestrial hardware than a bum satellite.
That's what I am saying. If 129 is so powerful, I think I should be getting a better range of signal which would alleviate all the problems. Plus the first sign of trouble was that we lost everything off 129, but 110/119 were fine for a while, then we lost 110/119 off the 1000.2 while the 500 worked flawlessly the whole time covered with snow. When we had a Dual Dish set up and got our locals off 129, we never had any problems. Back to the basics. And it is a given that it's ground gear and now the sighting on the dish, since all these latest issues popped right after the dish was last "tweaked".Fifties across the board? Shouldn't a 1000.2 be doing more like mid- to high-60s? I was getting up to low 70s with a D500 on 110/119 and high 70s with a D300 on CEIL-2. Once you're SURE that the dish is peaked, I'd start looking into that LNB/switch situation, too; it sounds more like bad terrestrial hardware than a bum satellite.
There's already a Pro+ LNB on the 500 that's up there. I was told from the beginning that they would supply what ever I would need. As that is what was installed prior to the 1000.2. They'd just put it back to what it was. Of which I have been asked why was it changed. I tell them that I was told I "had" to have the 1000.2. The first tech that came out had it all on the truck and I have a storeroom full of just about one of everything. The curious thing is that they are very free with the external gear. But when it comes to receivers, are very "tight". When I got the 722 the tech tucked my (I owed it) 625 under his arm and literally ran.
With clear cool skies:
I have had one of every kind over the years. Nothing surprises me anymore. I'm seeing that it's starting to be as bad as Level 1 phone in support. Which I was told isn't going to get any better anytime soon. I have on my account that they can not send a subcontractor or I will shoot them on sight. This was after we had the first dual dish set up (locals) installed and Suntech Marketing (the subcontractor) took all my new personal DPP gear saying that they had to turn it into DISH to get reimbursed for the gear they installed (all the wrong stuff). When they left I had no working anything. After a quick call to DISH with the State Attorney Gen's office on the other line, I had a real DISH Tech at my house with all new gear, what it needed to be and was installed, up and running in half an hour.
That's why this exercise. The process of elimination and insertion of reason, suggestions or known to work processes.
Sorry, it's just that since the switch is inside the 1000.2 LNB assembly, I dumbed it down. I guess that's not necessary in this crowd.
