Ok, a multipart question. Sorry it's long but I figure I'll give as much information as possible rather than getting a bunch of specific questions/suggestions about stuff I already know. My setup is a superdish that points at 121,119 and 110 connected to a 721 receiver through a DP34 switch.
I started losing local channels which I get on Satellite 110, Transponder 18, Spotbeam 13 (Ft Wayne, IN). Those started going out probably 3 months ago and they haven't worked at all for a month or two which hasn't bothered me yet because it's summer and most everything I watch off local channels are reruns but September is coming soon.
Recently I started losing some stuff on Satellite 119 or at least I noticed Fox News channel 205 was out a couple times but it works 99% of the time; I didn't check much else on 119. I've done all the unplug the power cable from the receiver, disconnect the coax, redo the switch matrix, etc. This sometimes helps but never fixes the problem getting my local channels. I finally decided that a tree in my yard may be blocking the satellite and it makes sense that it could be the problem since it developed around the time of year when leaves appeared on the tree and it's now worse, which could mean the tree grew during the summer.
I moved my dish yesterday about 4 ft higher on the same pole it was already mounted to and got very good signals on all three satellites, around 92 or so, but I didn't pay specific attention to peaking to a specific transponder so that may be part of the problem as I still don't have locals and if the map I'm referencing is correct Fort Wayne, IN is nearly dead center in spotbeam 13 so I shouldn't be having problems should I? I actually get a 0 signal strength on transponder 18 which has spotbeam 13 on it but get 70-90 on most of the other transponders on 110.
My before and after moving the dish higher up the pole signal strengths have not improved so I may need to fine tune the aim. Which satellite and transponder should I aim at first, second, then third? I will do some trigonometry later today to see if I think the tree is actually in the way; I can't tell just by looking at it.
If the dish installer who put it up 3 years ago put it in a location in which a tree was likely to grow in front of it and that's the problem do I have to pay them to move it since technically they should not have been dumb and/or lazy enough to put it there in the first place?
Other issue I have is some transponders give 0 to 60 results, blipping up and down. I read in another post somewhere on here that LNB's on early superdishes have been recalled and you can find out by calling dish and giving them the number of your LNB and asking for advanced tech support but I tried that and they claimed there was no such thing as advanced tech support, just tech support and they knew nothing of a recall. My LNB's are:
DishPro Digital LNBF P/N 151019 Lot No. 0312
DBS Stacked LNB P/N 122676 Lot# P311
FSS Stacked LNB P/B 122677 Lot# P311 Rev 01
Dish Network wants me to pay them $50 just to have a guy come look at my dish. If that ends up being my only alternative to trying the dish on my roof myself, I'll pay it. However, if I have faulty LNB's or a tree grew 2 ft and it's now a problem the installer should've foreseen I don't really want to pay Dish Network to fix something that shouldn't be my problem. Any help is much appreciated!
I started losing local channels which I get on Satellite 110, Transponder 18, Spotbeam 13 (Ft Wayne, IN). Those started going out probably 3 months ago and they haven't worked at all for a month or two which hasn't bothered me yet because it's summer and most everything I watch off local channels are reruns but September is coming soon.
Recently I started losing some stuff on Satellite 119 or at least I noticed Fox News channel 205 was out a couple times but it works 99% of the time; I didn't check much else on 119. I've done all the unplug the power cable from the receiver, disconnect the coax, redo the switch matrix, etc. This sometimes helps but never fixes the problem getting my local channels. I finally decided that a tree in my yard may be blocking the satellite and it makes sense that it could be the problem since it developed around the time of year when leaves appeared on the tree and it's now worse, which could mean the tree grew during the summer.
I moved my dish yesterday about 4 ft higher on the same pole it was already mounted to and got very good signals on all three satellites, around 92 or so, but I didn't pay specific attention to peaking to a specific transponder so that may be part of the problem as I still don't have locals and if the map I'm referencing is correct Fort Wayne, IN is nearly dead center in spotbeam 13 so I shouldn't be having problems should I? I actually get a 0 signal strength on transponder 18 which has spotbeam 13 on it but get 70-90 on most of the other transponders on 110.
My before and after moving the dish higher up the pole signal strengths have not improved so I may need to fine tune the aim. Which satellite and transponder should I aim at first, second, then third? I will do some trigonometry later today to see if I think the tree is actually in the way; I can't tell just by looking at it.
If the dish installer who put it up 3 years ago put it in a location in which a tree was likely to grow in front of it and that's the problem do I have to pay them to move it since technically they should not have been dumb and/or lazy enough to put it there in the first place?
Other issue I have is some transponders give 0 to 60 results, blipping up and down. I read in another post somewhere on here that LNB's on early superdishes have been recalled and you can find out by calling dish and giving them the number of your LNB and asking for advanced tech support but I tried that and they claimed there was no such thing as advanced tech support, just tech support and they knew nothing of a recall. My LNB's are:
DishPro Digital LNBF P/N 151019 Lot No. 0312
DBS Stacked LNB P/N 122676 Lot# P311
FSS Stacked LNB P/B 122677 Lot# P311 Rev 01
Dish Network wants me to pay them $50 just to have a guy come look at my dish. If that ends up being my only alternative to trying the dish on my roof myself, I'll pay it. However, if I have faulty LNB's or a tree grew 2 ft and it's now a problem the installer should've foreseen I don't really want to pay Dish Network to fix something that shouldn't be my problem. Any help is much appreciated!
