Will .98 m dish work for HOME account?

[bradleys]

Oops. You are exactly right. For some reason I thought I had the same modem. Next time I'll actually look before I post. D'oh.

In any case, it looks like I should be able to use a 0.98m dish with two watt transmitter, at least as far as power goes, right?

Thanks.

[grohgreg]

In any case, it looks like I should be able to use a 0.98m dish with two watt transmitter, at least as far as power goes, right?

Honestly, I can't answer that question with any certainty. So far my hands-on experience is limited to Ku-band (and below) hardware. But I think it may actually be too early in the Ka-band game for there to be 2w options available at consumer grade. Hopefully some of the Ka-band installers may be able to provide a more accurate response.

//greg//

[HCI]

Oops. You are exactly right. For some reason I thought I had the same modem. Next time I'll actually look before I post. D'oh.

In any case, it looks like I should be able to use a 0.98m dish with two watt transmitter, at least as far as power goes, right?

Thanks.

Wait you just got your system installed and the tech told you that a .98 points to a different satellite? WOW, You had a real brilliant installer. As of now Hughes is selling strictly KA systems to consumer customers. They also have a new division called small and medium business "SME" that work on the KA system. You do not necessarily have to have a "business"for one of these plans. I recently installed a system in the middle of a flooded field for a guy who has a duck blind setup with webcam's so his buddies could watch him duck hunt. I know that may seem like the craziest thing you have ever heard but here is the website
Duck Hunting Live - The First Live Duck Hunting In The World. - Home

. These systems are quite a bit more than a consumer plan however and installations start a around $700 and go up from there depending on what type of installation you require. There are also around 15 service plans and various combination of static IP's you can get with the plans if needed.
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[gwp]

One additional thing is that Hughes no longer supports the dw-6000 modems, you cant get one registered now. Also the new k-a systems only point to one bird and that is the 95W bird.
GWP
installer 11 years

[Stargazer]

I have some old Hughes/Directway dishes with the transmitters and lnb. I take it they are garbage now? I figured they would be nice to have a dish setup at a second home where I could take the modem back and forth as needed.

[dirkleearm]

I have some old Hughes/Directway dishes with the transmitters and lnb. I take it they are garbage now? I figured they would be nice to have a dish setup at a second home where I could take the modem back and forth as needed.

They would still be usefull for DW6000 thru HN7000S systems, just not the new Ka system (HN9000).