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No signal strength after Delta blew thru
Hi All,
We got power back on last night (was off ~ 35 hrs) and were looking forward to watching TV, but the box showed "771 searching for signal". I ASSumed it was the dish because of the storm, went up on the roof and checked it and it's pretty darned solid. Checked the wiring and it's OK. I tried wracking on the dish (might have moved 1/4") while the wife watched the sig meter on 101 and it did change. Tried using my 950-2250 detector and promptly lost everything. It was showing improvement, when I called down to the LR, all was gone. Makes me wonder if there's some other problem I'm overlooking. SWM? LNB? Any other ideas?
BTW, the DTV installer did a superbly crappy job hanging this dish, I can see from the ground the post is not vertical. Don't know how they originally got a signal in the 1st place. Sure gonna make my life a PIA!
Russ
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litzdog911
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5 years ago
Most likely your dish moved. It doesn't take much. You can find YouTube videos showing how to realign the dish using your DVR/Receiver's built-in signal meters. Of course, it's also possible that moisture penetrated an external coax connection or the LNB itself.
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raselkirk
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Yup, it was slightly off on elevation. About two turns on the knob got 101 @ 100%. I just got frustrated depending on a useless piece of equipment - and my lack of patience with my "helper". All good now!
Russ
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