3 LNB vs 5 LNB

[Rey]

on saturday D* installed a 3 lnb on my dish. i had a 5 lnb on my previous home. is the smaller lnb more susceptible to rain fade? its still installed on the large slimline dish. with the 5lnb I rarely experienced rain fade and on the first day of having the 3 lnb i already experienced rain fade for almost 20 minutes. the signals are in the 90's on all 4 sats. 99,101 and 103 ca cb

 

[jdspencer]

It could be a problem with the LNB. Or water infiltration in the LNB or cable connections.

FYI, the 99, 101, 103 LNB is housed in the same assembly regardless of 3LNB or 5LNB.

 

[carney19]

Do you get HD local stations? Some markets use the 3 lnb dish, while others are getting the locals off of the 119 so they need the 5 lnb. Maybe you moved into a different market or recently started getting the HD locals....at any rate the signal strength should be the same as long as the tech dithered the dish properly.

 

[Rey]

my locals are now off the 110 and 119 so i no longer needed the 5lnb.


here's a pic of the 3lnb swm

and a pic of the 5lnb swm

i see no water coming in the 3lnb that i now have.

 

[dishrich]

Your locals were probably never on 119 to begin with (there were not ANY locals on 110 anyway...) - but when you got your first slimline, there was ONLY 5LNB models, as not all the national HD had been migrated from 110/119. Now that it is, that's way you now got a 3LNB.

 

[Rey]

Your locals were probably never on 119 to begin with (there were not ANY locals on 110 anyway...) - but when you got your first slimline, there was ONLY 5LNB models, as not all the national HD had been migrated from 110/119. Now that it is, that's way you now got a 3LNB.

That's true. There wasn't a 3lnb swm yet.

 

[Mr Tony]

Unless you need Spanish channels or your SD locals are on 119 you dont need the 5 LNB setup

110 is vacant right now

 

[Rey]

Unless you need Spanish channels or your SD locals are on 119 you dont need the 5 LNB setup

110 is vacant right now

That's correct bud. Thanks for the responses guys.

 

[jaj1701]

Unless you need Spanish channels or your SD locals are on 119 you dont need the 5 LNB setup

110 is vacant right now

It is nice to have the Spanish channels for a month. MY locals are SD, to I tuned to Univision HD to watch the world cup finals and had a 2nd receiver in the same room playing the english audio.

Iceberg is correct about most people having no need for 110/119 unless your wanting to watch the 7th day adv. or Jewish religious channels that are part of the base package but stuck on 119. I think there are still a couple SonicTap stations out there as well....but I haven't looked into it.

 

[Mr Tony]

I think there are still a couple SonicTap stations out there as well....but I haven't looked into it.

Sonic Tap stations on 119
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