Hi, over the weekend I have a superdish installed by an installer. I am in SF, CA. The satellites I am seeing at 110, 119, and 121. The superdish is mounted on the roof.
The problem I am seeing last night is channels on 121 are freezing a lot. Channels on 110 and 119 are fine. Unfortunately my main interests are the international channels on 121.
I suspect the problem might be related to wind. Here in SF in the spring, the wind can be moderate at times. Fortunately the wind is hitting the dishes from the side straight on, not from the front. Unfortunately I see the LNB vibrates slightly when there's wind.
The signals I am getting are
110: 88
119: 95
121: 70
For the first few days, it was fine. But last night the freezing on 121 is so frequent I basically can't watch it. The sky is crystal clear and I did try to fine tune the pointing, but I can't seem to get much improvement over what I have. Is the problem with my signal level? I see people posting signals about 110+. Does the dish have to be dead on to get these kind of levels?
Another possible location is in the back yard on the side of my deck. There are some pretty heavy duty wood frames that the dish can mount to. But doing so would increase the cable run by about 50+ feet. Would that be too much? I'd estimate the current cable run to be about 50 feet or less. The wind load on that location would probably be very small.
I am having a wing dish installed for some of my local channels. How would it be added to the existing system? Currently the switch is full. 1/2/3 satellites are all used. Is another switch going to be added? The location in the yard does not have a clear view to the 148 direction, so the wind dish would probably be still on the roof (or in the front of the house where the living room is, far from the SD). How will the cable run work in that case?
Last question, people seem to suggest a pole as a good mounting point for the SD. But my intuition tells me a pole will vibrate easily. How strong are those poles? I guess the pole would need to be perfectly vertical right?
Thanks!
The problem I am seeing last night is channels on 121 are freezing a lot. Channels on 110 and 119 are fine. Unfortunately my main interests are the international channels on 121.
I suspect the problem might be related to wind. Here in SF in the spring, the wind can be moderate at times. Fortunately the wind is hitting the dishes from the side straight on, not from the front. Unfortunately I see the LNB vibrates slightly when there's wind.
The signals I am getting are
110: 88
119: 95
121: 70
For the first few days, it was fine. But last night the freezing on 121 is so frequent I basically can't watch it. The sky is crystal clear and I did try to fine tune the pointing, but I can't seem to get much improvement over what I have. Is the problem with my signal level? I see people posting signals about 110+. Does the dish have to be dead on to get these kind of levels?
Another possible location is in the back yard on the side of my deck. There are some pretty heavy duty wood frames that the dish can mount to. But doing so would increase the cable run by about 50+ feet. Would that be too much? I'd estimate the current cable run to be about 50 feet or less. The wind load on that location would probably be very small.
I am having a wing dish installed for some of my local channels. How would it be added to the existing system? Currently the switch is full. 1/2/3 satellites are all used. Is another switch going to be added? The location in the yard does not have a clear view to the 148 direction, so the wind dish would probably be still on the roof (or in the front of the house where the living room is, far from the SD). How will the cable run work in that case?
Last question, people seem to suggest a pole as a good mounting point for the SD. But my intuition tells me a pole will vibrate easily. How strong are those poles? I guess the pole would need to be perfectly vertical right?
Thanks!