Long time Dish subscriber, currently our house has VPI 722 receivers looking at 61.5 and 72. We like to take a receiver with us when we vacation in the motorhome, this is why we cut the cable.
Our present motorhome has a manual Winegard dish, single LNBF, mounted on the roof. On our last trip, I was able to easily lock on both 61.5 and 72 individually. I choose 72 because of the HD channels. About half of the channels showed the "12-12-11 Channel Signal Loss" screen.
Since returning home, I have used the info button to verify which of our subscribed HD channels are on 72. Yesterday, I did a trial test setup with an extra Dish 300 with a single LNBF on a tripod looking at 72. Again, 22 channels on my favorite list of HD channels at 72 showed the "Channel Signal Loss" screen. Using the Point Dish screen, I confirmed that all these channels were on even numbered transponders.
Do we need additional equipment? Receiving only half of the HD channels is not the end of the world, it is still much better than most campground cable reception.
We also have an extra Dish 500 with dual DP Plus LNBFs that I have had limited success aiming in the past.
Our present motorhome has a manual Winegard dish, single LNBF, mounted on the roof. On our last trip, I was able to easily lock on both 61.5 and 72 individually. I choose 72 because of the HD channels. About half of the channels showed the "12-12-11 Channel Signal Loss" screen.
Since returning home, I have used the info button to verify which of our subscribed HD channels are on 72. Yesterday, I did a trial test setup with an extra Dish 300 with a single LNBF on a tripod looking at 72. Again, 22 channels on my favorite list of HD channels at 72 showed the "Channel Signal Loss" screen. Using the Point Dish screen, I confirmed that all these channels were on even numbered transponders.
Do we need additional equipment? Receiving only half of the HD channels is not the end of the world, it is still much better than most campground cable reception.
We also have an extra Dish 500 with dual DP Plus LNBFs that I have had limited success aiming in the past.