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I'm having a problem pointing my Directv 3LNB tripod mounted dish. History: we got the dish professionally installed late last year (mounted on a power pole next to our fiver). We were parked next to my office and had a normal street address at the time so it was considered a home setup. We finally hit the road a couple of days ago and are currently staying at Rainbow's End. The tripod is perfectly level, skew is 66, elevation is 51 and azimuth is 204. We get a reading in the low 90's on sat 101, transponders 28, 30 and 32; Sat 110 transponders 8 and 10. Sat 119 is showing no signal on any of the 11 transponders. I've tried setting it up as a 2LNB, but that is just for sats 101 and 119 and I get no signal on 119. I've walked most of the campground looking for anyone that also has a portable 3LNB dish, but can't find anyone. I'm really at a loss on why I can't get a signal from Sat 119. Could it possibly have something to do with the fact that we had local channels at our previous zip code? I really don't want to call Directv customer service they are no help with technical problems/questions. Thanks for any help in advance.
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It sounds more like a problem with a cable the LNB or the switch.
Change out the items one at a time until you find it.
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Thanks for the suggestion, Don.After spending over an hour on hold and getting passed from one representative to another, I finally got to speak with a technician. I was told to only look for a signal on transponders 1 and 2 on the 101 sat and ignore everything else. Finally located them and we have directv again. What an experience in frustration. Oh, well, live and learn. Jim
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quote:Originally posted by Jim: I'm having a problem pointing my Directv 3LNB tripod mounted dish. History: we got the dish professionally installed late last year (mounted on a power pole next to our fiver). We were parked next to my office and had a normal street address at the time so it was considered a home setup. We finally hit the road a couple of days ago and are currently staying at Rainbow's End. The tripod is perfectly level, skew is 66, elevation is 51 and azimuth is 204. We get a reading in the low 90's on sat 101, transponders 28, 30 and 32; Sat 110 transponders 8 and 10. Sat 119 is showing no signal on any of the 11 transponders. I've tried setting it up as a 2LNB, but that is just for sats 101 and 119 and I get no signal on 119. I've walked most of the campground looking for anyone that also has a portable 3LNB dish, but can't find anyone. I'm really at a loss on why I can't get a signal from Sat 119. Could it possibly have something to do with the fact that we had local channels at our previous zip code? I really don't want to call Directv customer service they are no help with technical problems/questions. Thanks for any help in advance.
Looks like you got some good advice from the DTV support guy... For future reference, always use 101 transponder 1 for initial sighting and tweaking and then look at 110 fo maxing skew. On 110 you should have a good signal on transponders 8, 10 and 12. If you have a signal on 8 and 10, but 0 on 12, you need to adjust the azimuth, you are on the wrong satellite...
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