depressed: 61.5 weak signal

[steve car]

got an 8' dish with dual lnb's for 119 & 121. (all lnb's are dishpro)

my 6'dish pts to 61.5 to pick up all the hd channels. unless it's a crystal clear day I don't get a strong enough signal. I'm told the 61.5 is too far away for my 6' dish.

any suggestions on how to strengthen signal ?

how can I find out what the channels are in numerical sequence for 61.5 so I don't ever click on them.

thanks

 

[boba]

got an 8' dish with dual lnb's for 119 & 121. (all lnb's are dishpro)

my 6'dish pts to 61.5 to pick up all the hd channels. unless it's a crystal clear day I don't get a strong enough signal. I'm told the 61.5 is too far away for my 6' dish.

any suggestions on how to strengthen signal ?

how can I find out what the channels are in numerical sequence for 61.5 so I don't ever click on them.

thanks

Where are you located? The satellites are 22,300 miles from the equater for everyone so you aren't too far away but you might be out of the footprint for the satellites broadcast.

 

[qwert1515]

how can I find out what the channels are in numerical sequence for 61.5 so I don't ever click on them.

Here are the channels on the 61.5 in numerical order, are you using a solid or a mesh dish?

SatelliteGuys_TheList_Dish_Network_61.5°W

 

[steve car]

thanks guys, i'm in so fla and have a solid dish. I appreciate the responses

 

[steve car]

my thought is to point the 8' dish to 61.5 & use the 2 lnbs on the 6' dish for 110 & 119 in hopes of getting much better tv but I'm not sure how it will work.

everything seems to be a tradeoff.... shrug

the list will help a bunch for a final decision.

 

[Jim5506]

Don't subs in south Florida usually use a Dish300 for 61.5 and a Dish500 for 110/119?

Why would the OP need an 8' dish and a 6' dish?

There must be something wrong here.

Fishy??

 

[Pepper]

I'm thinking he means extremely south Florida, like Havana or Cozumel

 

[boba]

I agree as long as he can't be honest he really dosen't need help does he?

 

[technoguy]

Weird, 6'Dish point at 61.5 work perfect at this part of the Caribbean.

 

[steve car]

haha, you funny guys, I finally screamed loud enough... got a decent installer out & it was a bad switch & cable. I'm now thrilled with my receptoin. thanks for you're input

 

[greggor48]

An 8' dish is over-kill for the US even in FL. People in the southern Caribbean use that size dish. I am using a 6' for AMC4 and Galaxy 25 and getting all the channels on both satellites.

 

[digiblur]

An 8' dish is over-kill for the US even in FL. People in the southern Caribbean use that size dish. I am using a 6' for AMC4 and Galaxy 25 and getting all the channels on both satellites.

Nothing is ever overkill... Who's this Mr. Rainfade fellow you guys speak of?

 

[Jim5506]

Yea, I use a CM4228 for local OTA which is 5 miles away.

 

[digiblur]

Yea, I use a CM4228 for local OTA which is 5 miles away.

Looks like we think the same.... I could also use a simple OTA antenna in the attic. But I've got a CM4228 20 foot up in the air for solid signals during rain or shine.