Direccttv Winegard satellite

Ok, first off, shouldn't you be getting 99,101 and 103? That's what I get on the west with a portable Directv tripod dish, HD, SWM. I thought SWM meant just a single lnb.

I'm giving the Sat numbers off of the Wingard control box, when I got this receiver the Direct guy installed it for me and its been working great up until this trip for over 3 years. I have been in Mesquite, NV; Washington, UT and Now Ely, NV and it gets worse each time. I need to go up on the roof when I get a better ladder.

What model # and how old is your Winegard. The Winegard box with SWM should be showing 99*, 101*, 103* You might have the original Trav'ler which was actually a 5 LNB setup (3 "eyes" but one of those contains 3 LNB's for 99, 101 and 103. To make it SWM you had to add the SWM8 kit (silver box with like 10-11 ports) and a PI29 power supply. That antenna would have been the SK-3005 and not the current SK-SWM3 which only have a single "eye" housing the 99, 101 and 103 LNB's.
Has this setup ever worked with the current receiver and what receiver are you using? Also be sure to go to a channel you know you should receive like FOOD at 231. You may be away from home and still trying to pick up local channels like 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, etc. which you cannot once you are out of range.
Let us know a bit more and let's see who can help.

Verify power going to dish. Do you hear it moving to search for sats?

LouLawrence wrote:
What model # and how old is your Winegard. The Winegard box with SWM should be showing 99*, 101*, 103* You might have the original Trav'ler which was actually a 5 LNB setup (3 "eyes" but one of those contains 3 LNB's for 99, 101 and 103. To make it SWM you had to add the SWM8 kit (silver box with like 10-11 ports) and a PI29 power supply. That antenna would have been the SK-3005 and not the current SK-SWM3 which only have a single "eye" housing the 99, 101 and 103 LNB's.
Has this setup ever worked with the current receiver and what receiver are you using? Also be sure to go to a channel you know you should receive like FOOD at 231. You may be away from home and still trying to pick up local channels like 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, etc. which you cannot once you are out of range.
Let us know a bit more and let's see who can help.

The receiver is an HR 54-200 and the Sat is Winegard SK 3005 Travlr Slimline and Directv instaleed a SWM power inserter kit. I am now in a location so I ca get on the roof.

Has this ever worked properly? In addition to the SWM power inserter, do you have the SWM8 switch as well? Assuming you do, that could have gone bad or one of the connections may be loose/corroded. It could also be the LNB itself going bad. That's a fairly old antenna so all connections should be checked, all outside coax connections should be shiny clean. Hopefully some dielectric grease is in all F connectors.

The Direct tv guy just left and the SWM box on the roof was defective, I also need an update to my Winegard system.

The SK-3005 should not need an update. An update would be a completely new antenna. The 3005 will work just fine going forward.

I am not getting the sats that direct says I should get, I'm getting 101, 110, 119 how do I get 99, 101, 103 that Direct wants?

Garry&Gayle wrote:
The Direct tv guy just left and the SWM box on the roof was defective,

We used to have a satellite expert on here but he's gone. Too bad.

Anyway, what is a SWM box, and what's it doing on the roof? The only box I'm familiar with is a power inserter, and it definitely should not be exposed.

I'm not sure DTV keeps up with their updates like they should. One of my HD receivers has shown the 119 for at least a year, and my Quick tune display wouldn't show any icons for at least that amount of time. It does now.