Help,61.5,72

[robfromwva]

Hey guys,thanks for the add

I am heaving a hell of a time.
I am trying to set up a dish wally with 61.5 and 72
I can very good signal on one or the other but not both.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I have several hours in tring this.
I am not trying to hack.
I have a dish account.
Just want the wally set up at my camper.

 

[Bobby]

Hey guys,thanks for the add

I am heaving a hell of a time.
I am trying to set up a dish wally with 61.5 and 72
I can very good signal on one or the other but not both.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I have several hours in tring this.
I am not trying to hack.
I have a dish account.
Just want the wally set up at my camper.

It would be helpful to know what dish you are using. Is it a 1000.2 mounted on a tripod or one of the motor driven units.

 

[HipKat]

Hey guys,thanks for the add

I am heaving a hell of a time.
I am trying to set up a dish wally with 61.5 and 72
I can very good signal on one or the other but not both.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I have several hours in tring this.
I am not trying to hack.
I have a dish account.
Just want the wally set up at my camper.

What are you seeing for signal strengths?

 

[Jim S.]

I can very good signal on one or the other but not both.

Maybe you're getting one on the wrong LNB. (If this is a possible thing with Dish -- I have no idea how their switches and software are set up.) Cover one LNB with something metal and aim the other one -- remember, as you look at them from the back of the dish, they're in the reverse order that the satellites are in the sky.

Or, you've got the skew backwards.

 

[robfromwva]

It would be helpful to know what dish you are using. Is it a 1000.2 mounted on a tripod or one of the motor driven units.

1000.4 manual dish mounted to side of out building.
New cable from dish to wally.
24941 zip,
Setting 175 azmatih 45 angle 80 skew
I had 60% on 72 but nothing on 61.5.
I had like 50 on 61.5 but had to move the dish to the left to get it and lost 72.
Can't seem to lock on both at the same time .
It has to be something small I am missing.

 

[ethanlerma]

1000.4 manual dish mounted to side of out building.
New cable from dish to wally.
24941 zip,
Setting 175 azmatih 45 angle 80 skew
I had 60% on 72 but nothing on 61.5.
I had like 50 on 61.5 but had to move the dish to the left to get it and lost 72.
Can't seem to lock on both at the same time .
It has to be something small I am missing.

72 is being received on the incorrect LNBF. The settings you provided seem correct, so for that to happen your mast might not be plumb. The order for a EA 1000.4 is 77/72/61.5, and you are receiving in the order 72/X/X. Of course 77 is no longer a valid option, so you should aim to get 72 in the second slot for starters. As you have it now, you are aiming a few degrees too high and a few degrees to the South (or “Right” from the back of the dish). Try covering the first LNB with aluminum foil (the leftmost one of the two that are close together), lower the elevation by about 2 degrees, and then swing slowly to the SE (or “Left”). If that still doesn’t work, make sure your mast is perfectly plumb and your dish is not warped or damaged.

 

[robfromwva]

72 is being received on the incorrect LNBF. The settings you provided seem correct, so for that to happen your mast might not be plumb. The order for a EA 1000.4 is 77/72/61.5, and you are receiving in the order 72/X/X. Of course 77 is no longer a valid option, so you should aim to get 72 in the second slot for starters. As you have it now, you are aiming a few degrees too high and a few degrees to the South (or “Right” from the back of the dish). Try covering the first LNB with aluminum foil (the leftmost one of the two that are close together), lower the elevation by about 2 degrees, and then swing slowly to the SE (or “Left”). If that still doesn’t work, make sure your mast is perfectly plumb and your dish is not warped or damaged.

Thank you,so the lnb that is far right by it self is the 61.5 land the right one of the pair is the 72?

 

[ethanlerma]

Thank you,so the lnb that is far right by it self is the 61.5 land the right one of the pair is the 72?

Correct, 61.5 is the one on its own and 72 the rightmost of the pair.

 

[robfromwva]

Correct, 61.5 is the one on its own and 72 the rightmost of the pair.

I think I was getting 72 on the 77 lnb.
I still don't have it right but I locked on to 61.5 with a 62% signal and am happy for now.
I will.mess with it more and get both some time. 61.5 has most of the channels and has the locals.