Winegard SK-SWM-3
Has anyone installed this model yet? I did and have nothing but problems from the get-go. Even though the control box shows a lock on 99 101 103 my HR-24 keeps showing no lock on 99 and 103. ...
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az99 wrote:SCVJeff wrote:It is the Winegard box that is connected to the dish that can't find the sats. A receiver is not needed and has nothing to do with the dish locking onto the sats.
That doesn't make sense. SWM is just an acronym for LNB that outputs on a specific frequency block depending on the satellite, as opposed to 'standard' L-Band. The new receivers know where to look for each satellite's IF, and there are really cheap SWM 'filters' that allow the L Band meters to select several different blocks for manual tweaking. So why would a Winegard engineer (of all people) say that it can't work? He built it...
If the signal were being sensed directly from the SWM Lnb, That would probably be true. However, there is also the built in SWM multiswitch which has to be powered before you can get anything useful from the LNB.
That's why you have to use a power inserter with many meters in order to see the signal. That's also why some installers aim the dish with a "legacy" LNB, then change it out for the SWM LNB (not a DTV approved procedure).
What I don't get about the OP's problem is the "box" sees the sats, but his receiver doesn't. That would certainly make me question the LNB/multiswitch which is where the Ka (99 & 103)signal is converted with SWM (I think).
