Dish Network -- point the dish

[MasterHoss]

Hey guys.

I hope someone can tell me for sure...

I'm looking to make the switch to satellite. I'm going with Dish Network and I just needed someone to clarify which direction I needed to point the dish to. I always heard south OR east; however, a rep from a local satellite store I spoke to on the phone the other day insisted that south is the only option.

Any ideas???

 

[notfred]

It has to point at the sattelite.

 

[woowoo]

south

 

[MrBond]

You want a clear view of the southern sky, something that won't be obstructed when trees start to get their leaves.

Mine is pointing slightly to the southwest I think, and I'm in Ohio.

 

[TMPadmin]

poing it at the ground and get DTV. Sorry someone had to say it.

 

[Shelly21]

check www.lyngsat.org to get the correct direction.

for Dish in Virginia, you have to point it towards SW.

 

[slag]

Originally posted by: MrBond
You want a clear view of the southern sky, something that won't be obstructed when trees start to get their leaves.

Mine is pointing slightly to the southeast I think, and I'm in Ohio.

If you are in Ohio and are pointing it SE, then you aren't picking up dish signals, that much I can tell you.

I'm in KS and its pointed SW

 

[rh71]

The satellite in space is somewhere in the general direction of Texas so point it that way. Obviously it's not the same direction for the entire country.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: notfred
It has to point at the sattelite.

this is the most effective, since it is a LOS link

 

[V00DOO]

Can you use Direct TV dish for Dish network?

 

[Shelly21]

Originally posted by: V00DOO
Can you use Direct TV dish for Dish network?

I'd have to say yes? But you still need the correct IRD.

But Dish network can be converted to BEV network and vice versa.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: Shelly21

Originally posted by: V00DOO
Can you use Direct TV dish for Dish network?

I'd have to say yes? But you still need the correct IRD.

But Dish network can be converted to BEV network and vice versa.

How?

 

[Shelly21]

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: Shelly21

Originally posted by: V00DOO
Can you use Direct TV dish for Dish network?

I'd have to say yes? But you still need the correct IRD.

But Dish network can be converted to BEV network and vice versa.

How?

WWW.DISHNEWBIES.COM

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: slag

Originally posted by: MrBond
You want a clear view of the southern sky, something that won't be obstructed when trees start to get their leaves.

Mine is pointing slightly to the southeast I think, and I'm in Ohio.

If you are in Ohio and are pointing it SE, then you aren't picking up dish signals, that much I can tell you.

I'm in KS and its pointed SW

Doh! You're right, my dish is pointed to the southwest. I knew that 😀

 

[bunker]

I've had both Dish Network and now DirecTV and both were/are pointed South West. I'm in Georgia.

 

[WTT0001]

The older single LNB Dishnetwork and DTV dishes are totally interchangeable, the dish500 and the phaseIII dish are not.

WTT

 

[edfcmc]

Yes. all satellite dishes need to be pointed in a certain direction (obviously at the satellite you wish to receive signals from). to figure out where you need to point yours go here for the azimuth elevation and skew adjusted to your particular location in ohio.

Link to Dish pointing calculator

 

[MasterHoss]

Thanks for the help guys. I think I may be out of luck as my new apartment faces west. Hopefully, the property won't have a problem with me getting the dish professionally installed on the other side of the building or on top of the roof...