USING A PHASE lll DISH

[supermod38]

is it possible to use a
DirecTV SL 3K4NR LNB

with a phase lll dish and get 99, 101, and 103 Sats? or is it just too small to get them to work?????

 

[dfergie]

I do it hunting & camping with a SL5, btw edited title.

 

[supermod38]

I do it hunting & camping with a SL5, btw edited title.

thanks for the help, O is too close to the P. fat fingers.................:happyd2::happyd2::happyd2:

I have the LNB , was thinking of getting the small dish for camping. should be a little easier to store than a slimline.

does that also mean i will get HD with the proper receiver? hope so.

 

[jcrandall]

It's good for temporary or travel, but I wouldn't recommend it for home use. My 99/103 signals are in the 70's at best on my camping rig, so you would have fast rain-fade on HD channels with this setup.

 

[supermod38]

kool, that's good. would only use it short time anyway, thanks

 

[dfergie]

Works fine as stated for camping and much less headache than the slimline (and weight, space).

 

[Joe Diamond]

is it possible to use a
DirecTV SL 3K4NR LNB

with a phase lll dish and get 99, 101, and 103 Sats? or is it just too small to get them to work?????

The Phase III is designed to hit the 101///110 & 119. These sats are nine degrees apart. The Phase III is not an HD dish. It is centered on the 110 sat for tuning. The Ka/Ku dishes....are designed for the 99...101...103...110 & 119 with HD from the 99 & 103.

Pretty sure you would have to both distort the Phase III mechanically to "see" the 99 & 103 and then install different LNB components for the HD sevvice. The SD & HD service is on different frequencies. Get a Ka/Ku dish.

Sorry,

Joe

 

[Joe Diamond]

Works fine as stated for camping and much less headache than the slimline (and weight, space).

You are getting HD from a Phase III?

Joe

 

[jdspencer]

This lengthy thread on the other site has some interesting info.
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=139735

 

[steecoe]

The Phase III is designed to hit the 101///110 & 119. These sats are nine degrees apart. The Phase III is not an HD dish. It is centered on the 110 sat for tuning. The Ka/Ku dishes....are designed for the 99...101...103...110 & 119 with HD from the 99 & 103.

Pretty sure you would have to both distort the Phase III mechanically to "see" the 99 & 103 and then install different LNB components for the HD sevvice. The SD & HD service is on different frequencies. Get a Ka/Ku dish.

Sorry,

Joe

The phase III dish works WELL with the SL3 LNB, the only alteration needed is to accommodate the nub on the LNB with a notch on the feed arm or filing the nub off. I have a phase III dish that was chimney mounted years & years ago that I retro fitted with an SL3 a couple years ago. I have been watching HD off of it ever since. Works like a champ, it actually has about the same rain fade failure rate as my slimline, they both go out at about the same point, even though the signal is a bit lower on the phase III.

 

[Joe Diamond]

The phase III dish works WELL with the SL3 LNB, the only alteration needed is to accommodate the nub on the LNB with a notch on the feed arm or filing the nub off. I have a phase III dish that was chimney mounted years & years ago that I retro fitted with an SL3 a couple years ago. I have been watching HD off of it ever since. Works like a champ, it actually has about the same rain fade failure rate as my slimline, they both go out at about the same point, even though the signal is a bit lower on the phase III.

Yes,

Change the LNB and you can get them to work. They are all shipped as units with some attention to keeping incompatible parts from getting mixed. You can play with the focal distance to possibly improve the performance. I have even seen old PrimeStar dishes used to improve reception. Anyhow, the mast, dish, arm & LNB must end up correctly addressing the correct series of satellites.

Joe

 

[dfergie]

I use the SL5 and yes get HD, we have had these threads before, no need to visit over there...

 

[schneid]

I stated with a Phase III with and SL3 but now use a Frankendish cobbled from a "Dish" 1000.2 and SL3. Picks up the 99 and 103 much better than Phase III. I'll throw in a pitch for TV4RV.com tripods and gizmos too. I ain't done yet either.

A pictorial here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/104481...authkey=Gv1sRgCIKfkozFzbTnigE&feat=directlink

 

[PMKS]

You are getting HD from a Phase III? Joe

Yes,
I've been using the "Phase III dish" modification for a camping set-up and get the HD channels off of the 99/103 sats using a SL3 LNB.



supermod38, also see this thread:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/283692-Phase-III-Dish-SL3-LNB-camping-dish