Anyone Experiencing 129 Issues?

[FitzAusTex]

I had to take down my dish after I got my roof done last October. When I put it back up I thought I had it set as good as it could get for 129. Now today I repeaked it and gained as much as 10 points of signal strength across all transponders. Either my house moved over the last 8 months or the satellite did.

Maybe just your dish moved.

 

[harshness]

Either my house moved over the last 8 months or the satellite did.

More likely, your new roofing material settled down.

 

[dlsnyder]

More likely, your new roofing material settled down.

That is also a possibility. It has been pretty hot here lately and those composite shingles have a lot of tar in them. Maybe I need to re-mount the pole on the eaves.

 

[jmjunkin]

I finally got a repoint and my signal has jumped 20-30 point per transponder. My lowest is about 38-44 on Transponder 6 and 7. My highest is Transponder 31 and it was 61 when I checked. The tech I had was good and said that is about as good as I am going to get in San Antonio with a 1000.2. I am now happy as I think that should be good until the new SAT at 129 goes up.

 

[Jim5506]

Those who are not experiencing 129 issues have had their dish peaked for 129, have a dedicated dish for 129 or do not even know there is a 129.

 

[PopcornNMore]

Our signal on 129 is so bad that we don't even watch any of the HD channels anymore. It's a shame because this is why we switched to Dish Network and got the 722 receiver.

Does the order of the inputs matter when using the DPP44 switch? Ours is as follows:
Port 1: 119
Port 2: 110
Port 3: 129
Port 4: 118

When we had our system installed the signal on 129 was high, but the installer then switched the inputs as per above to get a higher signal from 119 and 110 resulting in less signal from 129.

I might just install a dedicated dish for 129. Has anyone done this?

 

[Jim5506]

Order on the switch has nothing to do with signal strength.

You need the dish re-peaked with emphasis on 129.

The 129 satellite is not in that bad of shape, it wobbles , the signal strength oscillates and if your dish is off by a little it drops low enough to be below the threshold.

A dedicated dish would help, especially if it is 24 inches or larger (pulls in enough signal that low points are not too low).

 

[levibluewa]

PopcornNMore...

check post #95

 

[jldhawk]

I was able to make an adjustment to the dish myself. Have been affraid to do this up until yesterday, the repair tech is scheduled to be here on 8/10/08 but I couldn't wait that long, so I TWEAKED it myself.
My dish is installed on the side of the house, that I can reach with a simple step ladder (6'). I put a TV next to the window, did a "POINT DISH" on that TV, and was able to hear the loud pitch coming from the signal strength meter on the TV.
Did a little Up and down adjustment, no luck there, so I did the twist of the dish itself, until the pitch was so high, I thought I was going to pop my little speakers on that TV.
Bottom line, I am now getting 37-39 on 129 (TP 5) and 65-70 on Sat. 110/119 (TP 19) 0-125 scale
I'll call Dish tomorrow to cancel the service call, maybe I should send Dish a bill for fixing it myself. I'm not very cheap though.

 

[levibluewa]

129 - 25 min. fluctuations - clear skies

TP

01 -- 28-30-36-30-25
02 -- 20-23-32-22-17
03 -- 24-28-35-26-23
04 -- 37-41-45-39-37
05 -- 35-41-43-36-35
06 -- 12-23-30-17-17
07 -- 20-30-35-24-25
08 -- 32-40-41-33-34
09 -- 36-44-44-37-41
10 -- 26-40-43-28-33
11 -- 15-31-32-19-25
12 -- 34-45-45-35-39
13 -- 36-47-46-36-43
16 -- 27-44-41-27-37
17 -- 29-45-43-29-40
18 -- 00-25-25-17-03-18
19 -- 00-33-32-25-00-27
21 -- 08-45-43-36-24-39
22 -- 15-02-28-27-17-00-21
23 -- 23-00-37-35-25-00-31
27 -- 20-15-37-35-22-07-30
30 -- 27-13-41-41-30-14-37
31 -- 36-27-53-51-38-25-48
32 -- 27-33-39-36-27-18-36

 

[jmjunkin]

TP

01 -- 28-30-36-30-25
02 -- 20-23-32-22-17
03 -- 24-28-35-26-23
04 -- 37-41-45-39-37
05 -- 35-41-43-36-35
06 -- 12-23-30-17-17
07 -- 20-30-35-24-25
08 -- 32-40-41-33-34
09 -- 36-44-44-37-41
10 -- 26-40-43-28-33
11 -- 15-31-32-19-25
12 -- 34-45-45-35-39
13 -- 36-47-46-36-43
16 -- 27-44-41-27-37
17 -- 29-45-43-29-40
18 -- 00-25-25-17-03-18
19 -- 00-33-32-25-00-27
21 -- 08-45-43-36-24-39
22 -- 15-02-28-27-17-00-21
23 -- 23-00-37-35-25-00-31
27 -- 20-15-37-35-22-07-30
30 -- 27-13-41-41-30-14-37
31 -- 36-27-53-51-38-25-48
32 -- 27-33-39-36-27-18-36

I obviusly still see the fluctuations in signal since my repoint on friday but the lowest I have now seen is transponder 6 at 32 and the highest has been 42. Most of the transponders stay above 50 now except for 6,7,and 11 which stay around 40 for the most part. 129 no doubt wobbles but I now know my DISH was not peaked right to begin with because I have never gotten this kind of signal off 129 in the 2 years I have had DISH.

 

[levibluewa]

Wobble - Footprint

It's the wobble - footprint (edge of) combination that accounts for the loss of signal here and on the fringes, California, extreme S Texas, etc. That is not to say that the condition of the sat is not getting worse, however, hopefully it will be replaced soon with one that doesn't have any issues

 

[foghorn2]

Another problem is the exact time you peaked the dish may not be the actual peak for consistant signal!

You may have peaked at the edge of a wobble and minutes later your signals suck.

 

[jmjunkin]

Another problem is the exact time you peaked the dish may not be the actual peak for consistant signal!

You may have peaked at the edge of a wobble and minutes later your signals suck.

True but I have not seen my fluctuations go lower than a signal strength of 32 on Transponder 6 and like I said most of the time it is around 40. Again that is now my lowest Transponder. Most are in the 50's and a few in the 60's with a 1000.2. The tech and I spent about 15 minutes peaking it.

 

[foghorn2]

Thats because you are in TX. I'm in Las Vegas and I'm sure those guys in Washinton and Oregon would see a greater effect.