Well, things have temporarily gotten back to normal with my quest for HD/sat 129 off Dish network.
Said before--calls to Dish/Winegard/my installer have all resulted in useless suggestions as to why I can't get HD even tho I have clear view of sat 129. Well, possibly stumbled onto solution that is working currently:
https://rvseniormoments.com/author/hughes54311/
Tom indicated he could not get 110 at times and he just took power off the DPH42 switch and the Hopper 3 WHILE the SK-1000 was locking onto the satellites. VOILA--HD on all HD broadcast channels.
Have only done this once so far, and won't be moving for 2 weeks. So, can't say it is a permanent solution. Why, oh why, can't Winegard figure this out? Can't expect much from Dish, so that isn't too much a disappointment.
AND, why did this work--any one know what is going on?
Will relay what happens next time I set up antenna, but at present, a happy camper.
Joe