I have a friend who lives across the street from me. Both of us live in a high-rise apartment buildings. He has a balcony which faces a direction that allows him to receive DirecTV and/or Dish Network DBS signals. I do not. I am trying to research if it is somehow possible to construct a setup which will allow us to do the following:
1. Receive a DBS signal from a DBS dish
2. Feed it into an amplifier
3. Inject it into a high-powered microwave transmitter with a directional antenna
4. Beam the signal across the street, where it will be accepted by a microwave receiver
5. The microwave receiver would connect to a satellite signal input of a DBS receiver.
Challenges:
1. Since the communication will be one-way, the remote DBS receiver will not be able to control the remote LNB like it typically does over the coax cable. Additionally, the remote LNB will not have access to the DC power normally supplied by the DBS receiver. Therefore, the DBS signal must be somehow received by some device that emulates LNB in a sense that it will still sit in a position where LNB usually sits and will still allow for the DBS signal that the dish receives to be concentrated in a certain location. In other words, the objective is to achieve a redirection/amplification of a DBS signal WITHOUT altering it in any way.
2. Due to a very high frequency of a DBS signal (typically 11.70-12.40ghz), it is unknown what kind of amplification/signal strength will be required for the signal to be able to penetrate at least 2 walls and travel over a distance of approx. 300Ft (actual distance between buildings).
Several people have told me about a device that allows for "redirection of a DBS signal, but I was not able to find any actual proof that such device exists, so I consider it to be a fairy tale.
However, if anyone has the knowledge that may help in building the setup mentioned above, please let me know. My building has a very crappy, ancient and overpriced cable TV system (no digital cable, no DVR, etc) so satellite is the only option for me. And no, the building management does not allow dishes to be installed on the roof.
Once again, the purpose of this effort is NOT to steal, hack or do anything illegal with the DBS signal. It's just an attempt to receive and legally subscribe to a satellite TV service without being able to install a DBS antenna
Thanks in advance
Eugene
1. Receive a DBS signal from a DBS dish
2. Feed it into an amplifier
3. Inject it into a high-powered microwave transmitter with a directional antenna
4. Beam the signal across the street, where it will be accepted by a microwave receiver
5. The microwave receiver would connect to a satellite signal input of a DBS receiver.
Challenges:
1. Since the communication will be one-way, the remote DBS receiver will not be able to control the remote LNB like it typically does over the coax cable. Additionally, the remote LNB will not have access to the DC power normally supplied by the DBS receiver. Therefore, the DBS signal must be somehow received by some device that emulates LNB in a sense that it will still sit in a position where LNB usually sits and will still allow for the DBS signal that the dish receives to be concentrated in a certain location. In other words, the objective is to achieve a redirection/amplification of a DBS signal WITHOUT altering it in any way.
2. Due to a very high frequency of a DBS signal (typically 11.70-12.40ghz), it is unknown what kind of amplification/signal strength will be required for the signal to be able to penetrate at least 2 walls and travel over a distance of approx. 300Ft (actual distance between buildings).
Several people have told me about a device that allows for "redirection of a DBS signal, but I was not able to find any actual proof that such device exists, so I consider it to be a fairy tale.
However, if anyone has the knowledge that may help in building the setup mentioned above, please let me know. My building has a very crappy, ancient and overpriced cable TV system (no digital cable, no DVR, etc) so satellite is the only option for me. And no, the building management does not allow dishes to be installed on the roof.
Once again, the purpose of this effort is NOT to steal, hack or do anything illegal with the DBS signal. It's just an attempt to receive and legally subscribe to a satellite TV service without being able to install a DBS antenna
Thanks in advance
Eugene
