I have a dish 500 with a I bracket with a dp lnb.I am trying to pick up more hd chanels.My problem is I am having a hard time locating it.I live in the suburbs of kc.I have taken a tv out to the mount to no avail in trying to locate.
Locating 129
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Your elevation on the dish ( using the marks on dish bracket) should be 32.5 , the azimuth should be 227 degrees ( compass heading ) and the skew is 34.8. See the Sadoun.com link on our site, then tecnical support
and next stationary dish and you can get this information for yourself. Also your Dish manual should tell you how to set the elevation according to the marks.
and next stationary dish and you can get this information for yourself. Also your Dish manual should tell you how to set the elevation according to the marks.
When using a seperate dish to hit 129 there should be no skew.
The skew on that site refers to polarized LNB's
The skew on that site refers to polarized LNB's
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Yup, I stand corrected. Skew can be 0 on 129 since it is a DBS satellite with linear circular polorization.
Lots, I just converted a few months back ...I go camping quite a bit a under $30 meter ava from our sponsors can really help... I have 9" ac/dc set I use also, but with a meter and the receiver much quicker...
A trick that I used when setting up my dishes this weekend with out a sat meter:
I looked up the elevation and azimuth.
set up the dish mount. Only connected the DP DUAL to the receiver. No switches, it takes the receiver too long to do a check switch.
Once I made sure that the mast was straight up and down and level,
I set the elevation, and then pointed the dish in the general direction.
I then *slowly* rotated the dish until the signal showed up. I then checked to see what sat I was getting. If it was the right one, Then very carfully, I found the best azimuth for signal strength, and the adjusted elevation for the best signal strength. If it wasn't the right one, I kept turning until I found it.
If I knew I went too far and didn't get it, I swept again, but even slower.
If that didn't work, then I moved the elevation up 5 degrees and tried again.
I looked up the elevation and azimuth.
set up the dish mount. Only connected the DP DUAL to the receiver. No switches, it takes the receiver too long to do a check switch.
Once I made sure that the mast was straight up and down and level,
I set the elevation, and then pointed the dish in the general direction.
I then *slowly* rotated the dish until the signal showed up. I then checked to see what sat I was getting. If it was the right one, Then very carfully, I found the best azimuth for signal strength, and the adjusted elevation for the best signal strength. If it wasn't the right one, I kept turning until I found it.
If I knew I went too far and didn't get it, I swept again, but even slower.
If that didn't work, then I moved the elevation up 5 degrees and tried again.
Finding 129 with Super Buddy Sat Finder
Using our Super Buddy meter's zip code lookup, I found the following for the 129 satellite based on your zip code:
Azimuth 227.0 degrees
Magnetic Heading 223.9 degrees (for use with compass)
Elevation 32.4 degrees
It is definitely easiest with a Sat ID meter, as it helps to ID and LOCK on the satellite you're looking for. Our ID meters include the Super Buddy meter and SAT9520 meter.
The Super Buddy is our latest and greatest. The Super BUddy meter is designed as a do-it-all meter to find and LOCK on the WildBlue satellites, DirecTV satellites (including new AT9KaKu & Slimline), Dish Network satellites (including new 118.7 & 129), Ku Band satellites, Hughes Net satellites, Bell ExpressVu, etc. It's true that you can spend less money for a basic peaking meter like our Sat Buddy or a Channel Master analog meter that gives relative signal strength, but as more satellites are launched into the sky, it's nice to be able to LOCK on and ID them to know you're on the correct one and see the actual signal level and signal quality to know you're in good shape before you leave the customer's house. If the more experienced installers are able to use a compass and a basic peaking meter like our Sat Buddy or a Channel Master to peak the dish, then that's great. With the Super Buddy we're trying to make the installs more simple and more accurate by identifying all the satellites.
Using our Super Buddy meter's zip code lookup, I found the following for the 129 satellite based on your zip code:
Azimuth 227.0 degrees
Magnetic Heading 223.9 degrees (for use with compass)
Elevation 32.4 degrees
It is definitely easiest with a Sat ID meter, as it helps to ID and LOCK on the satellite you're looking for. Our ID meters include the Super Buddy meter and SAT9520 meter.
The Super Buddy is our latest and greatest. The Super BUddy meter is designed as a do-it-all meter to find and LOCK on the WildBlue satellites, DirecTV satellites (including new AT9KaKu & Slimline), Dish Network satellites (including new 118.7 & 129), Ku Band satellites, Hughes Net satellites, Bell ExpressVu, etc. It's true that you can spend less money for a basic peaking meter like our Sat Buddy or a Channel Master analog meter that gives relative signal strength, but as more satellites are launched into the sky, it's nice to be able to LOCK on and ID them to know you're on the correct one and see the actual signal level and signal quality to know you're in good shape before you leave the customer's house. If the more experienced installers are able to use a compass and a basic peaking meter like our Sat Buddy or a Channel Master to peak the dish, then that's great. With the Super Buddy we're trying to make the installs more simple and more accurate by identifying all the satellites.
yes, a meter reacts instantly when you get any bit of the signal, the receiver has a delay to it.... so if you move the dish too quickly, by the time the receiver shows a signal, you may have already moved the dish back out of line.
If you use the receiver, just make sure you take your time and move very slowly
Guess with the i bracket you are hitting just 1, remember to go slow, quarter inch at a time. You are using a singal lnb ? If you are already getting kc locals via ota, you could go for 61.5, you would get everthing except the kc HD locals over satelllite, still get them ota. It is nice to get them both ways.
Run a check switch on the receiver with nothing attached, then attach the satellite coax then power up the receiver and try again. Get the receiver in the general direction and move it back and forth slowly. Start moving the elevation up 1/2 degree at a time up to 5 over and 5 under what it says.
Run a check switch on the receiver with nothing attached, then attach the satellite coax then power up the receiver and try again. Get the receiver in the general direction and move it back and forth slowly. Start moving the elevation up 1/2 degree at a time up to 5 over and 5 under what it says.
