Cold weather signal loss

[Butcha]

Well, Dish put up a whole new dish today. Basically a 500. Twenty year old technology.
We'll see how it goes.

 

[NYDutch]

Well, Dish put up a whole new dish today. Basically a 500. Twenty year old technology.
We'll see how it goes.

Parabolic reflectors haven't changed much since Heinrich Hertz first used one to demonstrate the existence of radio waves in 1888. The LNBF set they hung on it is a whole different story.

 

[telstar_1]

Talking about the new 500? They don't need 3 positions anymore, at least on WA, so being back to 110/119 it's back to 500 as all the dish that is needed, but they're now offering a new twin (beyond the HDD Twin) for the hopper era. I say "offering," but I think they're thus far restricting it to new installs.

 

[brad1138]

Well, Dish put up a whole new dish today. Basically a 500. Twenty year old technology.
We'll see how it goes.

25 year old.

Do you mind posting a pic of it? (If you can see it well). I haven't seen the new "Dish 500" and I'm curios what it looks like.

 

[HipKat]

Could be the center wire in the cable shrinks back away from the connection in cold weather.

That is a good possibility

 

[HipKat]

Talking about the new 500? They don't need 3 positions anymore, at least on WA, so being back to 110/119 it's back to 500 as all the dish that is needed, but they're now offering a new twin (beyond the HDD Twin) for the hopper era. I say "offering," but I think they're thus far restricting it to new installs.

...upgrades, movers, migrations, trouble calls.
They're not this mysterious hidden secret that some of you guys make them out to be

 

[HipKat]

25 year old.

Do you mind posting a pic of it? (If you can see it well). I haven't seen the new "Dish 500" and I'm curios what it looks like.

 

[telstar_1]

Is it the same as an old D500? I mean dimensionally such as focal length, etc. (it appears to be identical other than the "Y," the LNBF and the black paint). Would this new "Y" go on the old 500?

 

[arlo]

Yaaa. It was late. I meant compression fittings. The good ones.

 

[HipKat]

Is it the same as an old D500? I mean dimensionally such as focal length, etc. (it appears to be identical other than the "Y," the LNBF and the black paint). Would this new "Y" go on the old 500?

The Dish is the exact same dish. The LNB and bracket are not.

 

[John2021]

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Everybody want's that dish LOL

 

[Bobby]

Everybody want's that dish LOL

I don't know about that. Most people don't care what dish they have as long as it works. The only one here that has consistently requested one is Charles. That's a bit of a minority.

 

[telstar_1]

All you need is the new 'Y' adapter and DPPH Twin LNBF. And any old D500 if you don't already have one. Prowl eBay- some dealer's gonna put it up there, you might have to pay...

 

[HipKat]

I don't know about that. Most people don't care what dish they have as long as it works. The only one here that has consistently requested one is Charles. That's a bit of a minority.

I have one for him, I just need to get a good box that will keep it from getting damaged

 

[telstar_1]

Just put it in a hopper box.

 

[Bobby]

Just put it in a hopper box.

I don't think the dish and LNB will fit in a Hopper box...

 

[HipKat]

Just put it in a hopper box.

They don't come in individual boxes any longer. Everything is bulk packaged

 

[John2021]

Well, Dish put up a whole new dish today. Basically a 500. Twenty year old technology.
We'll see how it goes.

Ours has worked well. It handles pouring rain really well with high winds. Though it don't get that cold here though the heat will be interesting..

 

[telstar_1]

Interesting that they have conditioned people to regard smaller dishes as outdated. Remember when tiny was all anyone was wanting? The 500 is the closest thing to reverting all the way back to the original single-slot dish, when the actual size of it (or lack thereof) was its big selling point.

As far as for tech, the dish itself of course is completely irrelevant as compared to the electronics coupled thereto. It's always been and ever will be simply a parabolic pan. In this the D500 has come through iterations of having separate old-school LNBFs, then to a Twin that was really just the same and also needed switching for any use, to the DP Twin that could do 2 rx's with no switching, to the DPP Twin with full bandstacking and aux input, to now this DPPH Twin for who knows what kind of capability.