dish question

[storey13]

Will I need the 5 LNB dish to get HD locals for the Paducah KY./Cape Girardeau, MO. market or will the 3 LNB dish be okay?

Also, as far as signal strength is concerned, does the 5lnb slimline dish get a better or worse signal than using the sidecar option?

 

[randyk47]

You need a 5-LNB Slimline. The Slimline no longer has the sidecar, that's an older model that is not readily available now. I get great signal strength from my Slimline but when I upgraded I had to abandon the location the 3-LNB dish as trees were catching up with it so it's hard for me to say it's better because of other problems. I've read/heard that the Slimline is a better dish and some folks report an improvement.

 

[storey13]

You need a 5-LNB Slimline. The Slimline no longer has the sidecar, that's an older model that is not readily available now. I get great signal strength from my Slimline but when I upgraded I had to abandon the location the 3-LNB dish as trees were catching up with it so it's hard for me to say it's better because of other problems. I've read/heard that the Slimline is a better dish and some folks report an improvement.

Thanks for the reply. What sat are the HD Cape/Paducah locals on?

 

[jdspencer]

It seems that the Paducah locals are on the 119 sat.
DirecTV USA on DirecTV 7S at 119.0°W - LyngSat

 

[charper1]

It seems that the Paducah locals are on the 119 sat.
DirecTV USA on DirecTV 7S at 119.0°W - LyngSat

Are ANY DMA's HD LiL are on 119.0w° ?

 

[storey13]

It seems that the Paducah locals are on the 119 sat.
DirecTV USA on DirecTV 7S at 119.0°W - LyngSat

Is this the HD feed of these locals though?

 

[jdspencer]

I can't answer that one. Sorry, I should have said that 119 has the SD locals. Most likely the HD version will come from one of the new sats at 99 or 103.

 

[Jimbo]

I found no difference setting up both the sidecar and the slimline versions.
I have/ had both in the mid 90's

Jimbo