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Legacy plan are we stuck forever? ??
If you know, what direction is your dish pointed in now? Is it pointed in a direction where you have a clear view? I don't quite remember how to look on an HN7000S system, but do you know the longitude of the satellite you're on now?
The reason I ask is that, though the Echostar 19 might not be feasible, there is a beam from the Echostar 17 that is darn near centered right on top of you, and it's at 107.1W as opposed to the 97W of the Echostar 19. If the ES17 would work, they might very well be able to connect you to that. The ES17 info is at http://www.n2yo.com/?s=38551
And, you can actually input your info, choose the satellite (Echostar 17 or 19), and see on the following site exactly where it would point, by the picture...
http://www.groundcontrol.com/Satellite_Look_Angle_Calculator.htm
Beam 51 on Echostar 17...
If I'm reading those numbers right, I think you're on the Galaxy 13 satellite, which is shown in the following pic...
The following is the Echostar 17 satellite...
And another thing that may be a problem is that the ES17's elevation for your location is about 2 degrees lower than the Galaxy 13. Further east and lower. :(
- Hey.....again thanks at least there is some hope
Yes the dish appears to be at 37 where the line is on the number.....
But, I have a Directv dish that I no longer have in service which points actually further east and is set at about 30. Actually the directv guy was much friendlier and spent more time trying to figure it out.... the original install of Hughes was a joke cause even though I told everyone it had to go on a pole, he said he didn't have 1 and was not pleased and put it on that metal roof platform lying in the driveway free standing....dog chased a racoon and caught it at the sat and their short but intense fight bumped and moved the dish, Hughes exec customers service had me take a photo and paid for him to return and do it correctly.
From what that installer said years ago the sat was behind the bigger trees but the directv one does not point at those trees and from the angle that page gave me you posted I am just guessing but It seems that echos star may be between the two of them
Do you know if any of those sat finder apps actually work... I am going to try and download 1 and see what I can come up with, it says they help you point your dish, but so many worthless apps who knows.
There may be some hope yet :)If you have a Iphone.. SATOOLZ for Hughes is a good one.. But they do not make it for android.. If I was you.. I would put in a order for a upgrade to Gen5.. Have a installer come out and check it out for you.. Couldn't hurt..
