Re: [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing in Cable & Satellite TV http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13074470 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:21:11 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:21:11 EDT Re: [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13076579 Bada Bing :
said by Hall See Profile:

They could have used a SuperDish. That's the reason for them, to pick up (3) satellites.
One sat was the international and one for local channel they said they couldn't get all on one dish. Both of mine are superdish's though.
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Modern Day Pirate]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13076579 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 10:21:25 EDT Re: [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13076358 Hall : They could have used a SuperDish. That's the reason for them, to pick up (3) satellites.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13076358 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 09:13:25 EDT Re: [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13074470 Dish Tech : 119 Can be a pain, especially without a meter. What type of dish do you have (brand) With the exception of KTI & Winegard most of the elevation stamps are off by a few degrees.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13074470 Sat, 02 Apr 2005 22:12:03 EDT Re: [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13074078 Bada Bing : I have dish net and need to get 3 birds so they put me in 2 dishes one for 105, 119 and one for 121.
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Modern Day Pirate]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13074078 Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:10:20 EDT Re: [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13074062 anon : :)well. i had the same probs with directtv that i had to go and cancell my subsciption with them. on trns#1 and 2 i have 95 then at night it would go down to.. 87. but thats not all i have probs with that d10s that directtv gave me..i had a nextdoor guy had a "tree" that blocked the sigs too. i called directtv sent 2 techs out changed the rg6 and put only two connections on their line. still at. night or even at snow storm lost the pix.. it (pix) frezzes up unitl i reset it again. naw.. i wouldnt go with directtv again.. i went with the cable company!! sorry folks.pretty great pix for cable some people like it..for directv but not me..they didnt have the "locals"that i asked for and the local cable company did!! and i couldnt get a sat waiver for kcbstv. i said thats it!!!thanks for reading this but i think that directtv is.. something else indeed and im a electronics tech.direct tv whoo boy!!;)better get some real electronic techs..but i do miss "boomerang" though..;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13074062 Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:07:26 EDT Re: [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13068472 Hayward : Since you are getting the two adjacent birds and not the third my guess would be (without obvious obstruction) you screwed up the skew (rotation) angle. The one you should peak on is 110 and then adjust skew so that 101 and 119 are the best balance posible.
You aren't looking at a spot... you are looking at a very precice 18 degree stripe in the sky.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13068472 Sat, 02 Apr 2005 01:33:32 EDT Re: [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13065699 Hall :
said by ww8:

2. even if they were the problem wouldn't some part of the sig get through?
You're pointing at a speck in the sky (that you can't see) that's what, 22,000 miles away ?? As I understand it, there isn't a wide "beam" that's coming down, but a very narrow beam. When aiming the dish, it's literally all or nothing. Once you get a signal, the tiniest adjustment can result in a large increase in signal strength, it's that precise.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13065699 Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:53:04 EDT Re: [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13062008 Irish Shark : You might have to call a tree man to do some limb pruning. I had the same problem with Dish and DirecTV when I was on LI.

Had to trim limbs both times. One of the limbs was my neighbor's, but they let me trim it.
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“Ninety percent of the game is half mental.” Yogi Berra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13062008 Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:59:45 EDT Re: [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13058652 eakes : Based on the info you have given the trees are blocking 119. A bearing of 242 points to the 110 sat, to reach the 119 sat one needs to rotate west 9 degrees. But ... trees are in the way at a bearing of 250, only 8 degrees from 242. And, yes, if a tree or some other structure is in the direct path, the signal can be completely blocked.

Solution: Move the dish higher such that the path to the sat is over the trees. Move the dish to the north such that the path is over the trees. Move the dish east to clear the trees. Or, a combination of all three.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13058652 Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:04 EDT [DIRECTV] direct tv dish pointing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13058404 anon : Hello all hopefully someone can help me. My problem is this.
I set up a triple lnb dish on my home and using the receiver I checked my signal strength. I'm in NY and the dish should be pointed to Az 242 El 30 tilt 56. I found i get sat 101 and 110 great 95+ sig strength but no sig for 119. I have a clear view of the sky until I get to about 250 az then some trees get in the way. I'm guessing i'm just not getting the sig but I've tried numerous adjusting and just can't that 119 sig. I've checked the lnb and its good.
1.Could those trees at 250 az be my problem?
2. even if they were the problem wouldn't some part of the sig get through?
Thanks all ahead of time for responding.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13058404 Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:19:31 EDT