Best dish for Western Arc?

bentjm

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I am currently using an old 105/110/119 Superdish with the 105 lnb disconnected to receive 110/119 and a Dish 500 wing dish pointed to 129. Three cables are buried underground to a DP34 switch on the side of the house. The switch connects to my house wiring. For a variety of reasons, I do not want to rewire the inside of my house. So, I want to keep the DP34 switch.

With all of that in mind, what is the best single dish that I can use to pick up 110/119/129 and will I have to swap out the lnbs to work with the DP34 switch?
 
I am currently using an old 105/110/119 Superdish with the 105 lnb disconnected to receive 110/119 and a Dish 500 wing dish pointed to 129. Three cables are buried underground to a DP34 switch on the side of the house. The switch connects to my house wiring. For a variety of reasons, I do not want to rewire the inside of my house. So, I want to keep the DP34 switch.

With all of that in mind, what is the best single dish that I can use to pick up 110/119/129 and will I have to swap out the lnbs to work with the DP34 switch?

A 1000.2 Western Arc is the dish that we would install. The 1000.2 LNB will work with the DP34.
 
Thanks. Can I expect the same 129 signal strength from the 1000.2 as I am getting from the wing Dish 500? I know that is an "it depends" type of question, but I am talking in general.
 
It seems that it may work, but does not provide enough power to the lnbs.

What about a 1000.2 with the W adapter and 3 legacy lnbs? Will that let me keep the DP34 switches?
 
Yeah - DP, not legacy. Plus I am going to have to move the location of my dish(es). So, I was trying to simplify things.

Any idea where I can get a 1000.2 with the W adapter and 3 DP lnbs as a package?
 
Yeah - DP, not legacy. Plus I am going to have to move the location of my dish(es). So, I was trying to simplify things.

Any idea where I can get a 1000.2 with the W adapter and 3 DP lnbs as a package?

I think a 1000.2 and a DPP44 is your best option. It's best to be on the newest Dish standard for switches.

1000.2: DISH Network Dish1000.2 Triple LNB High-Definition Western Arc (VOOM) Dish Antenna (DISH1000.2) from Solid Signal

DPP44: DISH Network DPP-44 VideoPath Dish Pro Plus 4x4 Cascadable Multiswitch (DPP44) 129349 from Solid Signal