myredracer wrote:
Thanks for the comments. Am new to this satellite stuff and have lots to learn. Need some kind of Satellite for Dummies book. Today I am in Chehalis WA, 200 mi. from the CAN/US border and have a sunny day and no trees in the way.
Using the basic Winegard signal finder, I can get 82 and 91 no problem on the 34" dish. Same when I set up our 24" dish. Receiver is showin a signal strenght of around 80.
The Birdog is working just fine for peaking a signal. With the 34" dish, it's giving me a 100% signal and with the smaller 24" dish, 78-80%. So the larger dish has higher gain as expected. But the Birdog is still locking on both 82 & 91 if aimed at either one.
I found this post on a Canadian forum where a poster said (back in 2014) about his Birdog: "Also Nimiq4 locks on Nimiq1 and vice verse." Then there was some discussion about needing a DPP LNB. Afraid I don't know what DPP is. Maybe I need a different LNB??
IF you would read posts of suggestions others have posted you would clearly see that you a NEED DUAL LNB if u want to get two satellites at the same time!!!! one LNB is only good if you have a automatic dish that changes sats when your receiver gives it a signal to do so.
