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Run down by a Magnetic Bus After much trial and error, it turns out my problem was a bus. A Mini-bus, to be exact. When I re-sited the dish, i used the window frame on a parked Mini-bus as an aiming point for true south. Because it is difficult to get a precise bearing from the back side...

NO progress report -- dazed and confused. The connection/commissioning in my earlier post was a fluke. :o In the daylight, it became obvious that the dish was pointing right in the middle of a large tree. It would still pick up one transponder on that sat (G16/G4 99.0) but nothing else. So...

Progress (?) Report All: Well, it finally DID work; at least long enough to complete the commissioning process. Then it dropped the signal. (Maybe I need to finish the grounding system.) A couple of things I found out, which might be of use to others: 1. The Mercury II has a user's...

Official Install Manuals? Time presses. I have ordered the equipment, on the chance it will work. Found two Hughes "Antenna Owners Installation Manuals." They appear to be official Hughes documents. FWIW: http://www.icsm.net/manuals/DirecWay%20Consumer%20Antenna%20Installation%20Manual.pdf...

Thanks. That sounds good. Iggy:)

Hi, folks, I am trying to solve a problem: how to (re)point a HughesNet dish without unnecessary trips to the tripod. As will soon become obvious, I am beginning with a vast pool of ignorance, but have researched on the net. Here are some things I think are accurate, and some conclusions...