I think I am going to end up fixing it myself. If I make sure the skew and elevation are locked down tight, I should "in theory" only have to dial in azimuth using phones once I get the pole reset and plum. And if I run my own line, I can bury a 3rd line now for the receiver that we are going to...

Frank Jr, I agree with you. I have the tools/skills to do it myself other than the signal meter to point the dish. That's the part that puts me on the fence. I can fix everything up to the dish including the pole mount, but pointing the dish... I am relying on the meter on the screens in the...

Sorry, the correct terms were escaping me when I wrote the post earlier today, I was talking about weathertight compression ends. I'd post a link but i don't have enough posts yet. Silicon filled crimp ends would be ok too but my preference on the wiring that I do is the compression ends. The...

Long time listener... first time caller here. I wanted to get peoples opinion about what I should do. Let me explain my situation. We moved into a new house 2 months ago and used Dish's dishmover to mover the service from my old house to the new one. To save the long story, the...