Careful, even BEV themselves took that dish out of their inventory! Today I was told by a BEV guy I know that he tried the 24 and it wasn't great, just as HDTV101 said below.
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08-01-2010, 11:02 PM #21stampeder
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08-01-2010, 11:47 PM #22
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How to improve 82?
You need to find a Direct-TV, or Dish version (there are a ton of non-branded ones out there).
The StarChoice ones use a different LNB mount, and it'll be near impossible to get the Dish LNB on there (it's a round clamp type design).
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08-02-2010, 01:21 AM #23ilyo
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How to improve 82?
I have had expressvu before and had a single LNB pointing at 91 for ages without issue. I just replaced the dish with a 20" and the 91 is still great..82 is the issue. The tree is about 100 feet away. So I will attempt to move the dish a foot to the right and see if that makes a difference. Hope so. The HD channels are what I PVR the most.
But I think the 9200 will be more enjoyable then the SA8000 I had with Rogers..so I don't want to switchback.
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08-02-2010, 02:42 AM #24FaxCap
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How to improve 82?
Because the signal is "bounced" aka focused to the opposite side.
FaxCap
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08-02-2010, 04:42 AM #25puckster02
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Bev did not take the 24" dish out of inventory. I personally just ordered one last week and it arrived yesterday via Purolator. They call it an "upgrade" kit and by the way - it works great in improving the signal.
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08-02-2010, 05:27 AM #26FaxCap
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Hi Stamp....fellow Delta type person.
If you go here, click on the YELLOW Product box in the top left
then chose Antennas for Satellites you will see a 30" Winegard
with dual LNBF's. There is even a Channel Master 36".
http://eyeinthesky.net/cgi-bin/db.cgi
I'm going to be looking hard at that Winegard 30"!!!
FaxCap (Ken)
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08-02-2010, 05:27 AM #27named
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How to improve 82?
Thanks for the reply.
I've been an Expressvu subscriber for 5 years and when I bought the 9200 and had to install the extra cables, I decided to remove my current dish from the roof, even though it had a clear view of the south - southwest sky. One of the cables was causing problems and needed to be replaced and I didn't want the chore of trying to hide (for cosmetic purpose) 4 cables. Also the roof is going to need to be re-shingled in the next year or two. I wanted to install it at the rear of my house where my old DTV dish was located. It had a clear shot for that bird but it was doubtful if it would hit the Nimq's due to a large pine tree. I installed the new dual dish by all the supplied figures and picked up the 91 at 100% in about a half a minute or less. I tried for 82 but couldn't pick it up even by swinging left and right of the 91 spot. Everything I read said if you hit the 91 then the 82 will automatically be there. I thought that the 82 might show up when everything was hooked into the multi-switch but of course that didn't work. But needing the 1 good cable off my old dish I dismantled it. When I checked for help in these forums and found lots of great info and finding out that a lot of people had trouble getting their switches to work right.I thought that was my problem. The trouble shooting advice for the switches emphasizes the need for ensuring a proper installation, everthing being plumb, measurements etc. I spent an afternoon doing all that, no 82, but my installation did need adjusting and fine tuning. Now after about 3 days of fun and frustration I decided to re-think the problem. I had always thought the yoke had the birds backwards but when reading this thread I finally clued in and your answers have confirmed my suspicions. So I spent yesterday making a makeshift Dish stand and positioned it in a spot with a clear view of the sky. Again using all the measurements, I located 91 at 100% in about a half a minute. I swung to the right- Nothing - I swung to the left and BINGO- the 82 at 93 %. So here in SW Ontario you would only need a slight height adjustment, although I am using the 24? inch Dish. What a way to blow a weeks vacation. I now feel qualified to write a chapter for Sat dish installations for Dummies. On the bright side though, I probably will use that 24 dish for a stand alone for the 82.
Thanks again for the help and great info.
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08-02-2010, 11:33 AM #28madbob
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How to improve 82?
I use a 30 inch Winegard dish for the 82 sat with the different lnb mount.
A Directv lnb fits in perfectly. In the heavy rain in Vancouver this morning the worst transponder strength was 68% and the best was 83%.
Since I went to the 30 inch dish I have not experinced any rain fade.
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08-02-2010, 12:34 PM #29FaxCap
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Same here....BEV sent me a 24" and I haven't had a rainout since.
I will use the 24" on 91 and a 30" on 82 when I go HDTV.
FaxCap
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08-02-2010, 01:22 PM #30stampeder
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Hee hee, yet another incidence of the BEV machine slipping a cog.
Yesterday he called BEV and Bell's general sales organization to get a price quote and was told by both that those dishes had been pulled. I'll phone the guy I know and pass along that info because I know he's got a couple in inventory that don't show up in his stock lists. Thanks for the clarification!
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