I thought by using 2 - 20" dish you could maximize both Sat signals?
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08-02-2010, 12:25 AM #11Battscrew
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08-02-2010, 07:25 AM #12Anole
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Well, as I said above (somewhere), getting the skew right is a problem.
If you take skew out of the equation, then aligning two dishes you would find it easier to peak each one.
I hooked up a special test last year, where I aimed at two satellites which were directly to my south.
Skew was not much of a hinderance to getting a good signal on both birds.
Then, I aimed at another pair of birds which were quite a bit farther to one side, and needed 30..40 degrees of skew.
I calculated the desired skew, and preset it on the dish.
(think I was using a dish500)
While I monitored the signal strength of both satellites, I swept the sky, trying to find one place that both peaked.
They peaked at different places.
From this, I determined that I had a problem.
So, I dialed out about 10 degrees of skew and tested again.
This time, I found that both birds peaked at one place in the sky.
I double checked my skew calculations and couldn't find a cockpit error.
Maybe the calculator I used was in error (?)
Not all of them agree.
Whatever the cause, there was no "one place" in the sky I could previously point my dish and get both birds at maximum signal.
So, using two 20" dishes may get you better signals in practice, though in theory they would not.
And having said all that, I am also in favor of trying two 24" or maybe a big 24x32" dish.
Try what ya got, then work up from there.
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08-02-2010, 03:27 PM #13telegramsam
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I set up two 24" dishes. One set to 91 and the other set to 82. This setup increased my signal dramatically. Where the best we could get on 82 was 70 before, I am now getting 92. This made a big difference. Weather no longer affects my signal like it use to.
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08-02-2010, 04:46 PM #14Anole
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telegramsam -
Great post! (and welcome to the forum)
Maybe this should become the stock answer to rain and general weak-signal problems.
Diddling around with less may seem attractive, but in the end, a mediocre solution.
(I just wish I had a stock-pile of 24" dishes to hand-out!)
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08-02-2010, 10:14 PM #15
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My 4700 came with a 24" dish, and I've had it for a long time. When the Bell guy came to install my Dish500 upgrade, he was drooling over it (he was hoping I'd be dumb and say -- sure take it away, I don't need it....) I didn't cave though. It works nice at our cabin farther north.
BTW, if you have a 20" dish with the Y at the front, you can cut out the plastic standoff out of the Y (where the LNB mounts), and DirectTV LNBs will fit. And they work fine with the Dish Network (non-pro) SW21s.
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08-03-2010, 02:40 AM #16Anole
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I was doing some research on bigger dishes, and found EyeInTheSky selling 24", 30", and 36" dishes with LNB at what I thought were reasonable prices.
$60, $90, $100, with a two-output legacy LNB.
On their web site, find the yellow Select A Product at the top, and click on: Antennas for Satellte.
I doubt anyone wants to go to 30", but if you do, here's better prices.
DishExperts have 33" Fortec Star with dual-output LNB for $75, and 36" for $85.
They have both USA and Canadian offices.
Again, this is not a recommendation, just a suggestion.
I'm actually looking for ...bigger...
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08-03-2010, 04:51 AM #17
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Sniff sniff... Where was that link when I bought my dishes!
I paid $200 CND for a Dish500 with the twin (instead of the $59 on that site).
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08-03-2010, 11:49 AM #18Anole
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Don't feel bad.
Prices have just come down.
I paid a lot more for my first Twin and 500 dish, too.
There are actually several places with the $59 price.
They must be building those in mass quanity to get the price down like that.
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08-03-2010, 12:49 PM #19Anole
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Guess after a while, I can't edit my comments.
In reference to my post above, #16....
...uhhh... I ran across the above info when looking for FTA stuff.
DO verify that the LNB these dishes come with is for BEV/Dish/DirecTV and not FTA.
Sorry for any confusion.
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08-03-2010, 01:46 PM #20tigger06
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Because of difficulties getting both signals on one dish the technician had to use a diferent dish(20") for each satellite. When I received the 9200 receiver it was an easy matter to run the cables through the sw44 switch with 2 cables to the main tv set and and through the other switch supplied to my old 5900 on another TV. Since the second TV would not receive HD anyway it provided more recording power for people in the house with different progtram interests.
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