Jws21
join:2003-05-19
Erie, PA | Line of sight doubts I'm highly considering DirecTv but I'm having doubts on being able to receive service due to living in an older neighborhood with alot of trees. I've looked into dishpointer.com and I don't think it is much help. I have no idea where to put the dish and I dont have a tape measure to measure the trees in my area
I do not have a smart phone either.... wish I did now. any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.
fwiw dishpointer info...
Latitude: 42.0846°
Longitude: -80.0860°
Name: 110W DIRECTV 5 (TEMPO 1) | ECHOSTAR 10 | ECHOSTAR 11
Distance: 38375km
Elevation: 32.7°
Azimuth (true): 220.6°
Azimuth (magn.): 230.2°
LNB Skew [?]: 28.9° |
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westdc
join:2009-01-25
Amissville, VA
kudos:1 | Perhaps you can find a friend with a smart phone ( to use the Sat finder app) or you could just call D* and order a install-If you can NOT get a Line of sight for service there is no charge for the install or if any money is pre-paid it will be refunded. |
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 grohgregDunno. Ask The Chief
join:2001-07-05
Dawson Springs, KY | reply to Jws21
The other thing is dish mounting location. Sounds like you're making your conclusion while standing on the ground worrying about the trees. A vertical mount on the side of the house or a roof mount increase the odds proportionately that you may achieve line of sight over the trees. As suggested above, simply arrange for a site survey - and let the installer come up with the answer.
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to Jws21
Not to mention that the line is a good bit higher than one would think. |
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 tschmidtPremium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
kudos:5 | reply to Jws21
Did you turn on the "obstacle checker" feature? At 33 degrees line of sight gets pretty high quickly.
/tom |
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Jws21
join:2003-05-19
Erie, PA | I sure did but as mentioned with out knowing how high the dish would be placed at a location and the tree heights it's kinda hard to figure out. seems only option is to place an order and hope it works or find a smart phone to borrow |
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Doesn't DirecTv offer a free site survey.
Dish Network certainly does. |
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Jws21
join:2003-05-19
Erie, PA | said by marsh_0x:Doesn't DirecTv offer a free site survey.
Dish Network certainly does.
I don't know. afaik they will come out for the install and check for signal and it's either a go or no go |
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If you're not in too much of a hurry, have a flexible schedule, and some luck getting cloudless days, you can do what I did. Check their website for the sun outage times. For me the next one would be early March.
On that day and time, check to see how much sunlight you're getting in the area you want to put the dish. Don't forget to account for leafless trees.
It turned out that in my case there wasn't even close to being an issue, but this might not work if you're working with tight clearances.
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Here is a link to a solar outage calculator if you want to go that route to find the satellite's location:
»www.satellite-calculations.com/S···calc.htm
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