Help with sat dish.

[petyweestraw]

Had some crazy wind come thru last nite. Knocked out my cable. They can't come till tues . I live in the Rhome area a few miles south of Haslet . Anyone with dishnetwork know witch way the dish should be pointed?

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[347Mike]

If I couldn't shit til Tuesday I'd probably stop worrying about my tv and start looking for some laxative.

[grove rat]

^fucker beat me to it!

[71chevellejohn]

The dish faces south.

[petyweestraw]

If I couldn't shit til Tuesday I'd probably stop worrying about my tv and start looking for some laxative.

Lol I just spit beer out my nose. Was like the Hell he going on about then I read my post

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[71chevellejohn]

Seriously though it varies a little bit, but the dish receiver has a setup screen that tells you which satellite you are pointing to.

If the mast is still vertical, then most likely you just need the azimuth adjust(rotation on the mast). If you put the receiver on the signal screen, it normally beeps. the beeps vary as the signal increases/decreases. In the past, I've just turned up the volume to where I can hear it at the dish and tuned it by ear. Or have someone stand in the TV room with a phone or walkie talkie and report the signal quality to you as you do it.

[petyweestraw]

Fixed

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[petyweestraw]

Seriously though it varies a little bit, but the dish receiver has a setup screen that tells you which satellite you are pointing to.

If the mast is still vertical, then most likely you just need the azimuth adjust(rotation on the mast). If you put the receiver on the signal screen, it normally beeps. the beeps vary as the signal increases/decreases. In the past, I've just turned up the volume to where I can hear it at the dish and tuned it by ear. Or have someone stand in the TV room with a phone or walkie talkie and report the signal quality to you as you do it.

Hmmm I see if I could get to that screen. It keeps trying to self fix and look fir a signal. As it does that I can't do crap .

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[71chevellejohn]

This is all assuming your dish didn't get hit by a large object, like this one did.

[petyweestraw]

Brother seem to think it was facing north but no way it was turned around 180 and the mounts not be damaged. Ill get up there tomorrow to see what I can see

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[71chevellejohn]

The only way it would have faced north is if you are in the southern hemisphere - TX isn't.

The commercial satellites in geosynchronous orbit are basically circling the equator. I promise - I've been working on VSAT systems for a while.

[petyweestraw]

This is all assuming your dish didn't get hit by a large object, like this one did.

Yeah no physical damage.

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[petyweestraw]

The only way it would have faced north is if you are in the southern hemisphere - TX isn't.

The commercial satellites in geosynchronous orbit are basically circling the equator. I promise - I've been working on VSAT systems for a while.

This makes sense

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[petyweestraw]

Found the screen for signal test. But didn't get a tone.

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[71chevellejohn]

Yeah no physical damage.

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She told me on the phone that it was hit by a tree during the storms earlier this week. Makes for an easy repair though - no guess work.