1000.4 dish dpp lnb eastern arc

[TheKrell]

BTW I liked the 1000.4 better as well. It seems a lot less flimsy than the 1000.2.

Yeah, and the struts really steady it. I had an extra long J mast on a dish 500 which literally blew off my roof in a strong wind and was dangling in front of the kitchen window by the coaxes when I got home from work. I am so lucky it didn't break that window. Anyhow, I repaired the roof damage, screwed it back up there, and guyed it. That fixed that until my maple tree grew even taller.

 

[cableview]

It's not the 61 and 72 that are close together, it's the 72 and the 77. The 61 is the one off by itself. A dish is a reflection of the sky so the "eyes" on the LNB are backward if viewed from behind the dish.

Also the ,2 and ,4 WA "eyes" are not in the same place. They're in the same position but spread further apart on the .4 due to the bigger reflector and the longer feed arm

And just a word, you're new here on a forum that's populated by long-time Satellite and Dish enthusiasts, power users if you will and installers that have been in the game for a long, long time.

I appreciate the info about the positioning of the orbitals being mirrored into the LNB, that helps me understand why some situations it seemed like a dish that shouldn't be getting a signal seemed to work just fine (left eye was pointed directly into a Hughesnet dish).

And yes, I am aware of many people here being familiar with the systems more than me. I more deal with wiring homes with coaxial and cat cables. I joined here in order to get knowledge from many of you.

This being said, you have likely encountered 1000.4 reflectors with 1000.2 EA LNBs on them. Maybe you are able to point these easily from being experienced in it, but the average customer is going to struggle getting signal like this. That is why I am stating it is difficult. It is by no means impossible, but it requires knowledge about reflector angles and having a good meter which most customers won't have access too. I'm sure with enough time it can be figured out, but it isn't easy for me, and I have worked on a fair amount of systems.

 

[NYDutch]

I appreciate the info about the positioning of the orbitals being mirrored into the LNB, that helps me understand why some situations it seemed like a dish that shouldn't be getting a signal seemed to work just fine (left eye was pointed directly into a Hughesnet dish).

And yes, I am aware of many people here being familiar with the systems more than me. I more deal with wiring homes with coaxial and cat cables. I joined here in order to get knowledge from many of you.

This being said, you have likely encountered 1000.4 reflectors with 1000.2 EA LNBs on them. Maybe you are able to point these easily from being experienced in it, but the average customer is going to struggle getting signal like this. That is why I am stating it is difficult. It is by no means impossible, but it requires knowledge about reflector angles and having a good meter which most customers won't have access too. I'm sure with enough time it can be figured out, but it isn't easy for me, and I have worked on a fair amount of systems.

The vast majority of Dish customers do not self install their equipment. As I said, I have not tried a 1000.2 EA LNB on a 1000.4 dish yet, but from examining photos, the only aiming issue I see would be a slight azimuth deviation due to the 72.7 "eye" being slightly off center compared to the 1000.4 triple EA LNB. The skew and elevation appear to be the same, just as they are using a 1000.2 WA LNB.