Winegard Carryout loses signal without 12 volt

chalet05 wrote:
Look around in a rv park and see how many Carryouts are still connected to anything but the coax cable. I have used this for 3 years and have never left the 12 volt connected once the satellite was found!

I went thru this same thing with mine. Sometime it worked with the 12V feed off and depending on the channels I was watching it would lose the signal. Definitely a local channel vs. long distance channel thing. Flip around a little and another channel would come on. Between the local-long distance channels and the relaxing of the sat. finder it is imperative that the 12V feed be connected full time. I found that a fairly brisk wind at Quartzsite could cause channel loss if the 12V was not connected. It would shake things just enough to allow some internal movement and loss of signal. Hook up 12V. and all is well.

You are likely right, could have been 103. For some reason 109 stuck in my head.

EsoxLucius wrote:
Winegard Carryout G2, DirecTV
Phoenix local stations, only need 101 and 18" dish type
Tucson local stations, also need 109 and LNB3 dish type

Are you sure about this? I thought all standard DTV stations used 99, 101 and 103.

Winegard Carryout G2, DirecTV
Phoenix local stations, only need 101 and 18" dish type
Tucson local stations, also need 109 and LNB3 dish type
Hence, with a Carryout, if you don't leave the dome powered you can lose channels if you need to move between 101 and 109

Currently in Tucson, AZ

Yes, she means she moved the dome.

I think he means moving the dome, changing its location the ground

chalet05 wrote:
Problem solved thanks to bgum. With good signal strength, I didn't think to move the dome - still not sure what was causing the interruption.

At any rate, everything is working correctly and THE 12 VOLT HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED!!

WHAT fixed it? You do not state exactly what fixed the problem. But, regardless, Winegard states that continued 12 volts will always keep it locked on. Just because you CAN disconnect the 12 volts does NOT mean it will work for everyone. Doug

I've been having the same problem that I never had before. Always been able to remove the 12V after the carryout has located the satellite for Directv and still had reception. Now as soon as the 12V is unplugged reception is cut off. I've been scratching my head over this for the last couple of weeks.

dreamer.

Problem solved thanks to bgum. With good signal strength, I didn't think to move the dome - still not sure what was causing the interruption.

At any rate, everything is working correctly and THE 12 VOLT HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED!!

Sounds like Doug has nailed it. It would be interesting to have a ball park power usage for the 12V. I'd hazard a guess that it's small compared to the receiver/TV.