3 dishes for HD Direct TV on the fringe?

[sunblock90]

I am in the Florida Keys and the elliptical dish does not work here. I have two 3ft dishes locked on to two satellites with good strong signal and I get all of the stations except HD. I subscribe to everything. I have a third one foot dish that I am trying to lock onto the HD satellite with. I remember seeing a thread on which LNBs and connectors to use to make this work. Any idea how I can configure this to make it all come together?

Thank you

 

[Mr Tony]

I am in the Florida Keys and the elliptical dish does not work here.

yes it does work in the Florida Keys

I have two 3ft dishes locked on to two satellites with good strong signal and I get all of the stations except HD. I subscribe to everything. I have a third one foot dish that I am trying to lock onto the HD satellite with. I remember seeing a thread on which LNBs and connectors to use to make this work. Any idea how I can configure this to make it all come together?

The issue is I assume you have 101 & 119 right now. I dont think the HD LNB will work on a 3 foot dish due to the spacing but you can try
Only way to combine them would be a 6x8 multiswitch...and thats if the HD LNB (11/101/103) works on a 3 footer. If it doesnt then I dont know

 

[charper1]

i have numerous friends from Key Largo all the way through Marathon and down to Key West that use all varieties of DirecTV "HD" dishes just fine.

 

[PMKS]

If you have to have a bigger dish, you might try this

1.2 meter HD dish for 99/101/103, it's called the Alaska/Hawaii dish:
DIRECTV DTV 1.2 meter Dish for Alaska and Hawaii [DTVAH12DISH] - $159.99 : The Satellite Shop, Satellite Equipment - TV Dish Programming

But the above posters are right, you should get a signal fine with the regular SL3 or SL5 slimeline dish where you are at.

just curious, what kind of "3ft" dish are you using? Also there are two main HD sats for Directv, 99 and 103.

 

[hoggyz3357]

isnt the slimline a 3 ft dish, you should be able to use sl3 or sl3-swm or sl5 sl5-swm the 3 lmb gets 101, for guide and 99, 103 for hd, the 5 gets them all 99,101,103,110,119, and all of the work in the keys

 

[harshness]

1.2 meter HD dish for 99/101/103, it's called the Alaska/Hawaii dish:

Such a dish may not work well given the apparent satellite spacing.

Key West: 99W and 101W appear to be 3.0 degrees apart
in Juneau: 99W and 101W appear to be 1.9 degrees apart
in Waikiki: 99W and 101W appear to be 1.0 degrees apart

My guess is that the AK/HI dish assembly splits the difference somewhere around half the apparent spacing of Key West. 3/4 of a degree of misalignment seems a lot to ask of Ka.

 

[harshness]

Only way to combine them would be a 6x8 multiswitch...and thats if the HD LNB (11/101/103) works on a 3 footer.

Did someone figure out how to maintain the WB68 stack plan (five slots on four cables) with individual dishes? It seems like this wasn't possible.

 

[PMKS]

Such a dish may not work well given the apparent satellite spacing.

Key West: 99W and 101W appear to be 3.0 degrees apart
in Juneau: 99W and 101W appear to be 1.9 degrees apart
in Waikiki: 99W and 101W appear to be 1.0 degrees apart

My guess is that the AK/HI dish assembly splits the difference somewhere around half the apparent spacing of Key West. 3/4 of a degree of misalignment seems a lot to ask of Ka.

I know of ppl "down south" using this dish/LNB combo with good results, I am still waiting on someone to make a KA only Directv LNB with a combiner(s).

 

[Jimbo]

isnt the slimline a 3 ft dish, you should be able to use sl3 or sl3-swm or sl5 sl5-swm the 3 lmb gets 101, for guide and 99, 103 for hd, the 5 gets them all 99,101,103,110,119, and all of the work in the keys

Slimline isn't quite 3ft.

32.5 x 22.5

 

[harshness]

I know of ppl "down south" using this dish/LNB combo with good results, I am still waiting on someone to make a KA only Directv LNB with a combiner(s).

I think you'll be waiting a long time for someone to figure out how to combine the dishes.