Time for new satellite antenna?
We have Dish Network in our 5th-wheel. Receiver is a VIP-211z (2 yrs old) and the antenna is a Tailgater (about 5 yrs old). For the past 2 years I cannot receive in HD mode. (Note: when receiving via...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:
The Pathway has a full sized 18" antenna inside that dome and will give you the best signal available with a single LNB antenna. All dome systems, including your Tailgater, contain only 1 LNB and the antenna simply re-points itself to the different satellites (110, 119, 129 in your case) as you change channels. It seems odd that 110 and 119 are getting a good signal but 129 is not since it is the same LNB and the same antenna. You might want to ensure that you don't have something blocking your view to that satellite. We make assumptions that if we can see 1 we must be seeing them all. It takes very little to block the signal to the small antenna inside a Tailgater. If you download the app called Dish Pointer by Augmented Reality, you will be able to actually "see" the satellites from the antennas point of view to help you verify that this is not the problem.
I may be wrong, but as I recall from my experience in realigning my sat dish you can get good strong signals on 110 and 119 with just a good AZ and EL setup, but to get 129 you have to tweak the skew or tilt adjustment.
