I guess we had a little wind yesterday, cause my sat signal strength went from 94 to 61, and I'm not getting any Satellite channels right now. I called Voom and they are sending someone out on Monday, but I want to watch some stuff this weekend! My dish is not very high up, and I just wanted to know if there were any caveats to trying to reposition it myself???
Help! Can I adjust my dish???
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We just did ours this weekend - no problem that I can think of....who would want to be without TV for multiple days anyway when you are paying for service during those days.
Its easy. I had to do it cause my installer left all the bolts loose. Just tune to the signal strength menu and turn up the volume. Move the dish around till you hear a good signal come in.
When you do get a strong signal and are happy get a pencil and mark the mount and mast and maybe write down azimuth on back of dish...(if you have to tweak it...)
Well, after quite a few minutes of messing around, I did manage to finally get a 94, but it was back down under 90 as of last night. I think that one or two of the bolts aren't tight enough. I still have the Voom guy coming out tomorrow, and I'm confident that he will get my signal back up there and tighten everything up.
Meanwhile, thanks for the feedback--it really helped my confidence when I went out there to give it a try...
Meanwhile, thanks for the feedback--it really helped my confidence when I went out there to give it a try...
cohiba said:
When he finishes aligning everything, put you some permanent markings on every connection so you can realign if necessary.
Another thing is make sure your mast is straight up and down on all sides. This can be checked with a small level.
You might need some guy wires on your dish
If you are in a windy area and your dish is not very well shielded from the winds, you might need to install some guy wires to steady the dish. See this thread and look at the post on page 6 from Dankgus:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=13696&page=6&pp=15
I also had to install some guy wires when I was having troubles with temporary or permanent signal loss during high wind conditions. All of my mounting bolts were plenty tight prior to the guy wire installation, too. Anyway, after installing 3 guy wires: end of problem...
If you are in a windy area and your dish is not very well shielded from the winds, you might need to install some guy wires to steady the dish. See this thread and look at the post on page 6 from Dankgus:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=13696&page=6&pp=15
I also had to install some guy wires when I was having troubles with temporary or permanent signal loss during high wind conditions. All of my mounting bolts were plenty tight prior to the guy wire installation, too. Anyway, after installing 3 guy wires: end of problem...
Thanks for the tips guys. If I get up the determination, I think I will try the marker and guide wire ideas. The Voom guy did come out, and not only did he fix it--he improved it! My Satellite reception is now at a 97! Even he was surprised that he got it that high!
VOOM, VOOM, VOOM!!!!!!
VOOM, VOOM, VOOM!!!!!!
Better mark it now then...cohiba said:Thanks for the tips guys. If I get up the determination, I think I will try the marker and guide wire ideas. The Voom guy did come out, and not only did he fix it--he improved it! My Satellite reception is now at a 97! Even he was surprised that he got it that high!
VOOM, VOOM, VOOM!!!!!!
More wind is coming.... today down here...
