Search results for query: dish grounding

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  1. HipKat

    Something To Chew On

    The 1000.2 and the 1000.4 are 2 entirely different dishes and a WA and EA were made for each and are not interchangeable.
  2. O

    Something To Chew On

    It's not going to work. Here's what I have tried on the new pole setting with a d500. I have a dpp single LNB with just one port for 110 sat. It is coax (pig-tailed) to another dpp single LNB with two ports for 119 sat. The pig-tail coax is connected to the right port on the LNB. From the...
  3. T

    Something To Chew On

    There are 2 versions of the (DPP) Triple LNBF (it's not itself called a '1000' afaik), both of which fit the newer 1000 dish. Putting the WA (Western Arc) Triple on it makes it a 1000.2 while putting the EA Triple on makes it a 1000.4. There may be specialty adaptors to mount a Twin or Single...
  4. Stuart Sweet

    NICE AND EASY: What is a “SBB?”

    Engineers love to make up acronyms. I’ve known that for many years. However, something occurred to me recently. Engineers also like to make up new acronyms when the old ones don’t make sense. What is this thing? Take the example of the photo above. It’s DIRECTV’s H26K Commercial Receiver...
  5. J

    Dish Network 1522b Error Code

    I had a customer with this issue. He had a 1000.2 dish, a ground block, wally. I replaced the lnb - same problem. I ran a line directly from the new lnb to the wally - same problem. Replaced the wally - same problem. Nothing left to replace, so he got an upgrade to a hopper sling. Problem...
  6. dishdude

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    If there's cashflow, someone will step in. Maybe Eddie Lampert is looking for another business to finish running into the ground?
  7. Stuart Sweet

    Do you need a parabolic antenna?

    Parabolic antennas are everywhere. From the tiniest little “ray gun” toy to the massive dishes in the desert, they’re a part of our lives and something we almost couldn’t live without. Yet just like most of our modern world, they didn’t exist 150 years ago. What is a parabolic antenna? A...
  8. Stuart Sweet

    What is “rain fade” and is it a big problem with satellite TV?

    Rain fade is the term for interruption in your satellite service due to bad weather, whether it’s raining, snowing, or doing something else. The weather in front of your dish is so intense that it just can’t let in the signals. Is rain fade a real problem? Obviously if you’re experiencing it...
  9. Bruce

    Recovering My Dish Network Equipment Schematic wise

    I believe this to be a prank of some type, he has started multiple threads about this subject for 2 years now, here is my original response to him- You seem to get shocked a lot- So you have gone from almost being electrocuted and wanting to sue to laughing about it weeks later...
  10. tjboston5676

    Recovering My Dish Network Equipment Schematic wise

    I went back and read all your old post. It's the sane thing for past two years and gotten nowhere. Because everything that was done in 2002 is no longer relevant. If you are getting shocked, you have an electrical issue somewhere. Either a grounding issue or a cable connector is making contact...
  11. 4311wade

    Dish review

    When I opened the box the dish is white with red letters that say Sat Maximum all one word on it. I’m installing mine on a new pole in the ground not the J pole pictured.
  12. Stuart Sweet

    Do you need special cable in order to ground your equipment?

    There’s an old song that goes, “I don’t care how you get here, just get here if you can.” I’m tempted to say the same applies to grounding. Grounding is so important and people will use almost any excuse not to ground their equipment. They will say it’s hard, they will say it’s expensive, and...
  13. HipKat

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    The messenger wire bonds the dish to the ground. It's supposed to be there but too many techs are getting lazy and not carrying the cable with the messenger wire on it anymore - which is aggravating, but it's not going to have any effect on the system's performance. I'd be surprised if 30% of...
  14. HipKat

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    That wire isnt there. Kinda wish you'd panned back a little on that pic soi we could see what's connected to what in there. The orange one is ours. Not sure about the other two.
  15. navychop

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    I’ve never had a messenger on any of my Dish installs. Of course, none of them were grounded. I’d say if you can stop the hum, call it a day.
  16. R

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    Whoa! Good info, thank you. So, the lack of a messenger wire with the coax connecting the dish to the splitters would indicate a compromised install? Is that correct? Currently, there's absolutely no buzz from the speakers, but I moved the ground wire from the current splitter to the orange...
  17. tjboston5676

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    That's definitely improper grounding. The green ground wire should be attached to the orange hub, not the red splitter. Then the cable from dish should have a grounding wire (called a messenger wire that's part of the cable) with one end attached at dish mount and one end also attached to orange...
  18. R

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    Couple of pictures attached. The first picture shows the ground cable attached to thew splitter. It disappears into the wall, and probably snakes under the house. On the 2nd picture, the large cable to the bottom left comes from the dish itself. I don't see any "second black wire" attached to...
  19. tjboston5676

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    Where is the other end of ground wire attached? And there should be a second black wire attached as well that comes from the cable going to the dish, with it also attached to the mount for the dish. Could you take a few pictures?
  20. R

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    I noticed a quiet buzz coming from the speakers, so I pulled the coax connection from the Hopper and the buzz was gone. (I had a problem restoring the Hopper picture. I had to reboot several times due to the blue screen of death but I got it going again.) The buzz was still present after...
  21. M

    Uniden SQ560 receiver shutting down

    Disconnect the Satellite input coax cable from the receiver, and then try turning the power on again. Sometimes over time things will happen to cables that causes them to short out (ground to center conductor). If this is the case, your receiver was trying to protect itself from that shorting...
  22. tjboston5676

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    If there's electrical or grounding issues it can come and go. I've seen some pretty weird stuff. Ive had one where everyone the ac kicked on the receiver lost signal and as soon as compressor kicked off signal came back. Lifting the ground resolved. I had one where the dish was grounded to the...
  23. tjboston5676

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    Couple other things to try, is a new hdmi cable and can also try disconnecting the coax from the hopper. If it goes away with coax disconnected then you may have a bad or unapproved ground on the dish outside. A proper ground should be tied into the houses electric panel ground. If it has a...
  24. tjboston5676

    Video pixilating and stopping

    If signal is good, there's three things it could be Damaged cable or connectors - visually check every inch if the cable and disconnect all connectors and make sure no damage. Electrical issues - usually caused by bad house wiring involving the ground, can be checked be temporarily using a...
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