DTV Oval Dish

[sunfish]

When I switched over from DTV to DISH last week, I was able to pick up DISH 110 and 119 sats (about 80 signal level) WITHOUT adjusting the position of the oval dish.

Then all of a sudden, the 119 sat disappeared from the sky last night. No dish movement, no bad weather, no bird drops, and no obstructing trees.

Question: How likely is my problem caused by dish positioning?

[Rax]

I'm using a phase III DTV dish and no probs here... Maybe a bad lnb or switch

[ynot-try]

there was bad wind in southern ontario maybe it got moved

[sunfish]

Turned out to be a bad LNB. How likely does an LNB go bad for no apparent reason? Cuz' my DTV worked for years and as soon as I hooked up a DP301/SW21, bam, died in a week.

Btw, I left the +13V unconnected, is there anything that can put the dual LNB at risk?

Any insight is much appreciated.

[Scout]

Rax isn't the pashe II the one with an interna DTV switch? If so, how did you get around it?

[Rax]

Rax isn't the pashe II the one with an interna DTV switch? If so, how did you get around it?

http://www.dssftp.com/forum/upload/showthread.php?t=34188
Check it out if you have any ?'s pm me :)

[sunfish]

Damn it, I spoke too soon. I don't have a bad LNB. I got both 119 and 110 sat when I put the "bad" 119 LNB back in the 110 slot. A few hours later the 119 sat disappeared again. As soon as I swapped the 110 and 119 LNBs, both sats showed up.

Could it be a flakey DP301-13 receiver?

[ynot-try]

might even be a bad cable

[sunfish]

what drives me nuts is that once the 119 sat disappears, it's gone. I did try different cables and with/without switch.
The LNB seems to be stuck and becomes unstuck only if it's placed in the 110 slot.