I've seen posts about people having success getting acceptable signal splitting 61.5W and 72.7W with a D500, and using a wing dish to pick up 77W. I have a pile of dishes, a few LNBs, and some free time on my hands, so I want to try. I'm also handy with metal, so I can extend the focal length of the D500 LNB arm if I need to. I just have a couple of questions:
1) Aside from doing a "Check Switch," do I have to tell somebody, like a CSR, that I want Eastern Arc service? I have a 722 with a purple card, and the birds are all in the "Point Dish" list.
2) ALL of my locals, SD and HD, are on 61.5. Looking at "The List!" and it's table on 77W, there's nothing on it to which I subscribe or see myself subscribing in the future. Do I technically need it to work, or will the receiver freak out?
A 1000.4 dish would mean 75' of RG6 to my 722, vs. 150' of RG6 to my current D500 and ANOTHER 175' from the D500 to a 129W wing dish. Adding a wing to a D500 only adds 6' and one insertion point, so I should break even on signal levels.
1) Aside from doing a "Check Switch," do I have to tell somebody, like a CSR, that I want Eastern Arc service? I have a 722 with a purple card, and the birds are all in the "Point Dish" list.
2) ALL of my locals, SD and HD, are on 61.5. Looking at "The List!" and it's table on 77W, there's nothing on it to which I subscribe or see myself subscribing in the future. Do I technically need it to work, or will the receiver freak out?
A 1000.4 dish would mean 75' of RG6 to my 722, vs. 150' of RG6 to my current D500 and ANOTHER 175' from the D500 to a 129W wing dish. Adding a wing to a D500 only adds 6' and one insertion point, so I should break even on signal levels.
