Dish300/500 vs. SuperDish

[Wajih]

Hello, I have two dishes with DishPro LNBs work on 110 and 119 satellites. Dishnetwork has recently added few channels to the 121 satellite and told me that I need to buy SuperDish system in order to be able to recieve those new channels.

I made a little research on the Internet and wasn't convinced that I really need to buy a SuperDish with tri-LNBs.

I lean to believe that I can change my current setup into the following configuration:
1. A dish pointing at 110 satellite with the Twin DishPro LNB
2. A dish pointing at 121 satellite with the single DishPro LNB
3. Connect both of them with DP21 switch.

What do you think? Would this work? A friend of mine said this won't work because my LNB work for the Circular polarization while I need a linear polarized LNB... This doesn't sound rigth to me, do you agree? Please let me know.

- Wajih

 

[Hall]

Doesn't a Dish500 "see" both 110' and 119' already ?? If so, what's the other dish pointed at ?? 61.5' or 148' ??

As I understand it, the Dish 300 only could see (1) satellite, be it the 110' or 119'. The Dish500 could see (2), 110' *and* 119'.

 

[rocatman]

Hello, I have two dishes with DishPro LNBs work on 110 and 119 satellites. Dishnetwork has recently added few channels to the 121 satellite and told me that I need to buy SuperDish system in order to be able to recieve those new channels.

I made a little research on the Internet and wasn't convinced that I really need to buy a SuperDish with tri-LNBs.

I lean to believe that I can change my current setup into the following configuration:
1. A dish pointing at 110 satellite with the Twin DishPro LNB
2. A dish pointing at 121 satellite with the single DishPro LNB
3. Connect both of them with DP21 switch.

What do you think? Would this work? A friend of mine said this won't work because my LNB work for the Circular polarization while I need a linear polarized LNB... This doesn't sound rigth to me, do you agree? Please let me know.

- Wajih

Your friend is right about the LNBs. In addition, a Dish500 is not big enough to receive the signal from the 121 satellite location since it is a lowered powered KU-FSS band satellite as opposed to the DBS band higher powered satellites at 110 and 119.

 

[Mr Tony]

If you are going to do the hillbilly Superdish (homemade, prro mans, whatever you want to call it), you need
-30" or larger dish
-KU LNBF
Easiest thing if you have one receiver is swap the LNB on the one dish to a Legacy Twin and combine them with a SW21

That's what I did a while back and it works fine