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33” FTA Dish for Orby?

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5Rounds

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Apr 27, 2019
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I recently found out about Orby, and have been thinking about getting it. I then found a 33”x30” Winegard dish with LNB lying next to a dumpster! I would just need a pole, coax and the receiver, right? I’ve already set the azimuth, elevation, and skew. I found a gap in the trees that should work.
 

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Thanks. I was here years ago, when I had D*, but can’t find my account. It’s the same dish as thid photo, but with an LNB that says “dual polarity 11.7-12.2Ghz”. I assume it means linear/circular; it has skew markings.
 

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If you found it next to a dumpster, then my guess would be it was used as part of a hotel or bar setup for Dish Network. They sometimes use those 76cm Winegard dishes for corporate installs.

BTW- they are very high quality dishes. I have two of them.

 
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It’s an area with a lot of Middle Eastern immigrants. I think it was used for Arab channels. I see them in a lot of yards. DirecTV International is being discontinued, maybe that’s why they dumped it.
 
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Dual polarity typically means horizontal and vertical rather than linear and circular. Assuming that nothing is abnormally bent or burnt, add an appropriate diameter J-pole and you should be good to go.
 
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Thanks. There’s no damage at all, just fading from the sun. It even has the J-pole. I think I’ll mount it in the ground, though. My best spot is in the grass just behind my deck.
 
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I already have an OTA antenna set up. I can just get diplexers and use the same cable for both, correct?
 
I’ll definitely have the dish aligned and working before I use the diplexer. When I had D*, I had two diplexers. It’s nice to only use one. I have the dish mounted. I’m going to Target to get the DVR.
 
I can’t get a signal no matter what I do. The pole is level and the skew, azimuth and elevation are correct. I guess the LNB is bad. I’ll have to order another one.
 
Here’s a photo. I guess the LNB is bad, because everything is lined up. I tried going up and down, left and right, and turning the LNB. No signal. I’ll have a new one in a couple of days.
 

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5Rounds said:
Here’s a photo. I guess the LNB is bad, because everything is lined up. I tried going up and down, left and right, and turning the LNB. No signal. I’ll have a new one in a couple of days.
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That's definitely a Winegard DS-2076. I have two of them. It looks like the feed arm could be bent. That might be your problem.
 
comfortably_numb said:
That's definitely a Winegard DS-2076. I have two of them. It looks like the feed arm could be bent. That might be your problem.
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I agree, I think it's bent. MANY people remove them from the foot, and throw them off the roof...

It's not easy to fix a bent arm on an offset dish, UNLESS you have a duplicate dish and can match everything up to it. It's far better to get another dish, if you can find one.
 
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Luckily, that one is cheap and plentiful from Solid Signal via the link I posted before
 
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