I'll be the first to admit that when it comes to Dish, I lack greatly in technical knowhow, but is it possible that a dish can "go bad?"
A little over a month ago, we had pretty heavy rain for several days in IL and for the two weeks that followed, channels that are on the 129 would frequently drop, generally for about a minute or so. Anyway, a couple of weeks after the rain, my house was re-shingled; I personally removed the dish from the roof and handed it to someone who was standing on a ladder and carried it to the ground. While the roofing was going on, I temporarily installed the dish on a pole in the backyard, but for the life of me I could not find the 129 (even using dishpointer.com)...I found the 100 and 119, but never the 129.
I assumed that I was doing something wrong, so once the roof was completed, I called a local installer to remount and repoint the dish. Instead of returning the dish to the roof, it was decided that a permanent pole would be placed in the yard. Both the installer and I thought the my problems would be solved...wrong, again no 129 on either of my 622's. According to both the installer's compass and signal meter, 129 should have been coming in loud and clear, but it didn't at all. He tried two additional LBN's, one that was new and one that he had previously verified as fully-functioning...again, nothing from 129.
His next thought was that perhaps the wiring needed to be redone, so he attached the previously verified as working LNB, setup a small TV near the dish, had me bring out one of the 622's and ran new cable to test the make shift setup in an attempt to see if the wiring was the problem. Once again, no 129.
His final thought before he left for the day, as he did not have another 1000.2 with him, was that the actual dish must be the problem. Does this seem likely? From just looking at the dish straight on, I don't see any visible flaws, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any.
Thanks for any help or input, it is greatly appreciated.
Chris
A little over a month ago, we had pretty heavy rain for several days in IL and for the two weeks that followed, channels that are on the 129 would frequently drop, generally for about a minute or so. Anyway, a couple of weeks after the rain, my house was re-shingled; I personally removed the dish from the roof and handed it to someone who was standing on a ladder and carried it to the ground. While the roofing was going on, I temporarily installed the dish on a pole in the backyard, but for the life of me I could not find the 129 (even using dishpointer.com)...I found the 100 and 119, but never the 129.
I assumed that I was doing something wrong, so once the roof was completed, I called a local installer to remount and repoint the dish. Instead of returning the dish to the roof, it was decided that a permanent pole would be placed in the yard. Both the installer and I thought the my problems would be solved...wrong, again no 129 on either of my 622's. According to both the installer's compass and signal meter, 129 should have been coming in loud and clear, but it didn't at all. He tried two additional LBN's, one that was new and one that he had previously verified as fully-functioning...again, nothing from 129.
His next thought was that perhaps the wiring needed to be redone, so he attached the previously verified as working LNB, setup a small TV near the dish, had me bring out one of the 622's and ran new cable to test the make shift setup in an attempt to see if the wiring was the problem. Once again, no 129.
His final thought before he left for the day, as he did not have another 1000.2 with him, was that the actual dish must be the problem. Does this seem likely? From just looking at the dish straight on, I don't see any visible flaws, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any.
Thanks for any help or input, it is greatly appreciated.
Chris
