Only Satellite 129?

[zippyfrog]

I seemed to have lost some satellites today! This morning before I went to work, I had satellites 110, 119, 129 and everything worked fine. This afternoon I only have satellite 129. The weather is perfect outside, not a cloud in the sky. What could have happened?

I went on my deck to see if the dish was off (I installed and pointed my own dish) and this is the first time in a while that I have had any issues. Just really random that I would only have satellite 129. I have run a check switch, reset the receiver, and I still am only finding 129.

When I run the test and look at installation summary details, it says "Removed duplicate 129 satellite on port 2", "Removed duplicate 129 satellite on port 1", "Removed duplicate 129 satellite on port 4." So it seems to think 129 is everywhere.

Does anyone have any idea why this would be? Do I just need to do a re-point and re-tighten the dish?

 

[MattG@DISH]

Chances are the dish needs to be repointed. When it says "conn" where the satellite number should be, that means it is connected properly, but it is not receiving any signal from that LNB

 

[zippyfrog]

One additional thing - when I run the checkswitch a second time, it now shows 129 on Port 2 instead of Port 3. Exact same info everywhere except for now 129 is on port 2 instead of 3.

 

[zippyfrog]

Chances are the dish needs to be repointed. When it says "conn" where the satellite number should be, that means it is connected properly, but it is not receiving any signal from that LNB

Thanks Matt. That is good to know. I was hoping it was something as simple as a re-point. You are fast!!!!

 

[MattG@DISH]

Thanks Matt. That is good to know. I was hoping it was something as simple as a re-point. You are fast!!!!

The proper order should show as 119/110/129. You are currently picking up the 129 satellite with the 110 LNB. A repeak should do the trick

 

[boba]

Have you tried unplugging the AC power? Your problem may be as simple as resetting a receiver that suffered an electrical glitch.

 

[zippyfrog]

Have you tried unplugging the AC power? Your problem may be as simple as resetting a receiver that suffered an electrical glitch.

That is what I thought it was at first. I unplugged it but got the same result. Then I checked my second receiver and that receiver also only had 129.

I went up to the deck and a screw for the skew was loose, so my skew was slightly off. I re-aligned the skew back to what it should have been (I have some permanent marker marks where it should be) and now I am getting all 3 satellites again.

 

[MattG@DISH]

That's great to hear!