Dish Western vs Eastern Arc.

[tjburke75]

I am located at 90.024 west and 42.577 North ( Southwest WI. ) currently using western Arc 110,119 129 locals are seen on 110. The Locals are also available on 61.5 I also have a single dish aimed at 61.5 The 129 satellite is catching part of a tree because the angle is so low.

even though signal is stronger from 61.5 my locals come in on 110 unless I cover the 110 LNB and run check switch. I would like to make the 61.5 channels come in instead of the 110 as I lose most stations when ever it rains. Dish tech says dishes are aimed as well as possible.

I have ordered an Eastern arc LNB with the hope of getting 61.5 72.7 and 77 satellites. Will my Dish work for this LNB? Is there a site where I can get angles for this setup?

I am buying an old larger primestar dish as I have heard these work better. But I have no idea how to adapt this to a dish LNB.

I also take a dish 500 with me camping and usually get 110 119 ( no HD in the camper) I also would like the option of getting 61.5 72.7 if there are trees to the southwest. I have received both 61.5 and 72.7 on the 500 by cheating a little west off the the best 61.5 signal with skew set at 68 degrees. It would be a lot easier if I could find angles and skew instead of guessing and tweaking each time.

I have a 722 and 211 receivers, I take 211 camping

Any advice would be appreciated

Thank you.

 

[Liquidforce88]

I am located at 90.024 west and 42.577 North ( Southwest WI. ) currently using western Arc 110,119 129 locals are seen on 110. The Locals are also available on 61.5 I also have a single dish aimed at 61.5 The 129 satellite is catching part of a tree because the angle is so low.

even though signal is stronger from 61.5 my locals come in on 110 unless I cover the 110 LNB and run check switch. I would like to make the 61.5 channels come in instead of the 110 as I lose most stations when ever it rains. Dish tech says dishes are aimed as well as possible.

I have ordered an Eastern arc LNB with the hope of getting 61.5 72.7 and 77 satellites. Will my Dish work for this LNB? Is there a site where I can get angles for this setup?

I am buying an old larger primestar dish as I have heard these work better. But I have no idea how to adapt this to a dish LNB.

I also take a dish 500 with me camping and usually get 110 119 ( no HD in the camper) I also would like the option of getting 61.5 72.7 if there are trees to the southwest. I have received both 61.5 and 72.7 on the 500 by cheating a little west off the the best 61.5 signal with skew set at 68 degrees. It would be a lot easier if I could find angles and skew instead of guessing and tweaking each time.

I have a 722 and 211 receivers, I take 211 camping

Any advice would be appreciated

Thank you.

All you should need is 110,119 and 61.5. Your dish for 110 must be off or there is a LOS issue because I have aimed them in your area and they get great signal. What are your signal strength readings on 110 & 119 TPS 11 and 19.

The Eastern arc LNB will probably not work very well or at all with a dish 500. For one thing the yolk and arm are totally different. The 1000.4 is a much larger dish with a different curvature. Also the old Primestar dish will have the same issue as it was only for one orbital location it is not the right curvature.

 

[old corps]

I can't help you with any of the particulars but I had pretty much the same problems with 110 & 129 on WA because of very large trees--worked great in the winter. I actually had more of a problem with 110, HBO East/HD was totally unreliable. I got switched to EA/1000.4 a couple of months ago and it's been GREAT. I have a clear LOS to 61.5, 72 & 77, nothing in the way at all. My SS #'s are actually quite a bit lower than they were with WA in the winter but now they are steadier and MUCH more reliable. Why don't/can't you get a 1000.4? The area I'm in is not even supposed to be ok for EA--SD locals are on 110 only but they swapped me for free because of LOS problems with WA. Of course, I have my locals in HD as well as OTA. I have been with 'em almost 12 years, dunno if that's why they swapped me for free or not. NO commitment either. Good luck!

Ed

 

[BobaBird]

The LNB/switch head assemblies of the Dish 1000.2 and 1000.4 are not interchangeable. The dishes are also different so you need to order that too.

 

[Mr Tony]

Primestar dish wont work as the focal distance is different than on a D1000.4

 

[Jim5506]

Primestar dish has a single focal point for one lnb.

D1000, D1000.2, D1000.4 have a focal line for three lnb's.