My question is since a 1000.2 is larger than a 500 does is the signal strengh better or is it jst larger to receivre three satellites? I need a stronger signal on the 119 satellite. Would I an old Super Dish have a stronger signal at 119? I would not need the third satellite.
Dish 500 vs Dish 1000.2
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You need a larger dish designed for a single satellite. A multi satellite dish is a compromise to maximize the signal from a number of sources it is not always seeing a larger surface area for a specific satellite. A 1000.2 or a super dish may be peaked to get a slightly higher signal off 119 but your 500 carefully peaked might also do as well.
From what I have found the 1000.2 and the 500 are very similar in signal reception. 1000.2 might get just a tad higher, but it's not a night-and-day difference. The 1000.4 WA on the other hand I hear gets about 10 points higher than the 1000.2.
If your signal is low on 119, you may have trouble getting 129. If you are not trying to get HD, you would be better off trying to find a better spot for the 500 dish or the cause of the low signal
Thanks to all for the info. Now i will come clean. I actually need a stronger signal for my Bell TV. They buy Dish receivers and use a Dish 500. Their Satellites are at 82 and 91 degrees. This is the same degree offset as Dish at 110 & 119. I live in Connecticut where the 82 satellite is weak. I live in a condo with ground mounted dishes. I can only have two dishes, since I have a Eastern Arc dish I thought the larger dish might help. I think I will give a Western Arc dish a try for Bell. I will report the difference in the signal strengh.
Assuming that since you said 500 dish and dish rcvrs, you meant your also using a dish lnbf.
From what I am told, the western arc 1000.4 lnbf acts the same way as the 1000.2 lnbf. That said, the new 1000.4 western arc lnbf should give you the same results as a 500 dish.
Do you by chance use a switch? Again, assuming not.
From what I am told, the western arc 1000.4 lnbf acts the same way as the 1000.2 lnbf. That said, the new 1000.4 western arc lnbf should give you the same results as a 500 dish.
Do you by chance use a switch? Again, assuming not.
I can't use two dishes. I told my condo association I would only have two. I need one for Dish and one for Bell. My Dish receivers are 722,722k and 211k. I can not use older receivers with the Eastern Arc. I have a switch the tech gave me but since I only need three inputs I took it out. My Bell receivers are 9242 and 5100 equivalent to a Dish 622 and a 510.
I use a Dish 500 with a dual Pro LNB for Bell TV. Does the 1000.4 use the same LNB's as the Eastern Arc if so I would have to replace the 5100 with a Bell 6141 this is the same as a 211k. I would use an external hard drive.
I use a Dish 500 with a dual Pro LNB for Bell TV. Does the 1000.4 use the same LNB's as the Eastern Arc if so I would have to replace the 5100 with a Bell 6141 this is the same as a 211k. I would use an external hard drive.
It's not the LNB that determines wether the receiver works or not. It is the compression system (MPEG4) that determines if the receiver can process the signal.
I can verify that is correct as my sister-in-law has the 1K.2WA and I have the 1K.4WA.But it should be higher the 1K.4WA has a larger reflector(dish) than the 1K.2WA.
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