Does anybody have any good experience with installing Direct TV systems in Southcentral Alaska? We've been installing Dish Network for years and Dish 300 works great with a 1M dish, but I've been experimenting with offering our customers the option of DTV.
Today I was playing around with a D10 receiver and a 1.8M Channel Master dish with a Cal Amp DLNB that I already had on the roof. To my suprise I was able to dial in 90+ signal strength on some transponders, while I was unable to receiver others all together. The strong transponders seem to be: 2, 5, 10, 13, 92, and 29. The ones I couldn't get and should have been able to get are: 1 (33 sig), 3 (35 sig), 6 (44 sig), 8 (no sig), 9 (no sig), 11 (45 sig), 14 (46 sig), 19 (46 sig), 22 (42 sig), 24 (no sig), 25 (no sig), 27 (50 sig), 30 (no sig) and 32 (no sig). Transponders 7, 15, 23, and 21 had marginal (60-80 sig) performance.
I guess my question is, would it be worth trying a 2.4M Channel Master dish, or would that likely not give me enough gain to get adequate signal on the weak transponders?
Today I was playing around with a D10 receiver and a 1.8M Channel Master dish with a Cal Amp DLNB that I already had on the roof. To my suprise I was able to dial in 90+ signal strength on some transponders, while I was unable to receiver others all together. The strong transponders seem to be: 2, 5, 10, 13, 92, and 29. The ones I couldn't get and should have been able to get are: 1 (33 sig), 3 (35 sig), 6 (44 sig), 8 (no sig), 9 (no sig), 11 (45 sig), 14 (46 sig), 19 (46 sig), 22 (42 sig), 24 (no sig), 25 (no sig), 27 (50 sig), 30 (no sig) and 32 (no sig). Transponders 7, 15, 23, and 21 had marginal (60-80 sig) performance.
I guess my question is, would it be worth trying a 2.4M Channel Master dish, or would that likely not give me enough gain to get adequate signal on the weak transponders?
