How to move to 118

[Ilyago]

from 148 if I have toroidal dish with
Reversed Polarity Circular Dual DSS LNBF and DP DishNetworks receivers #311?
Thanks,
Ilya

 

[peano]

Not gonna work. You need a Dish 500+ or buy a used Superdish and the repoint kit.

 

[Ilyago]

Not gonna work. You need a Dish 500+ or buy a used Superdish and the repoint kit.

Landlord doesn't want even talk about dish replacement.
There are no heads for 118, which I could install to T-55?
I’ve supposed that dish itself doesn’t matter and problem in the heads – different frequencies, etc.
What about receiver?

Thanks for answer!
Ilya

 

[peano]

I am not familiar with a T55. Is the mast 1 5/8" ?

 

[Ilyago]

About T-55
Maxx Electronics Corp. :: Learning Center :: Toroidal Super Dish Antenna Setup

Toroidal Features
• Same effectiveness of 55 cm (20 inches) dish for each LNBF installed
• Can accommodate up to 8 LNBFs
• Covers up to 40 degrees in arc (60 degrees in azimuth)
• Multi-beam Antenna uses Toroidal Formula , is designed to reflect signal twice through the main reflector and sub-reflector
• Receives many satellite signals simultaneously using only one dish

About heads:
Wave Frontier M20R



Wave Frontier M20R

Model: Wave Frontier M20R

This LNBF is designed for T55 Toroidal Dish:

- Dish Network(61.5W, 110W, 119W, 148W)

- DirecTV (101W & 119W)

- Bell Express Vu (82W & 91W)

- Dual Output

- Frequency Range: 12.2 Ghz - 12.7 Ghz

- Noise Figure: 0.6 dB



Product# M20R
[back] brief info
Price US $49.99 US $45.00

 

[peano]

You can't use that dish, but if the mast is 1 5/8", pop the T55 off and slide on a 500+ or 1000+. You may have to add struts to support it.

 

[ProInstall]

I recently had a customer that was on 61.5 with a Dish 300 legacy. She needed to be migrated to the 118 bird. She only was receiving International programming.

A buddy of mine said to use the dish 500+ and just run the 118 to her receiver and keep the switch from the dish.

I wound up installing the Dish500+ and a DP33 becuase she upgraded her receiver to a 625 and only had 1 coax from dish to receiver.

Can you repoint a Dish 300 to 118?
Will the receiver get software updates on a single dish pointed at 118?

 

[HIFI]

no & no

 

[IIP]

118.7 is not a DBS-class satellite. DBS sats are high-powered and transmit from 12.2-12.7 GHz. 118.7 is an FSS-class satellite, meaning it's medium-powered and transmits from 11.7-12.2 GHz. 118.7 is also the only FSS satellite that uses circular polarization (other FSS sats use linear polarization). You need a 30" dish minimum as well as the unique LNB that is only going to be found on the Dish 500+/1000+ dishes.

 

[mmc-dsm]

you will need the b20r lnbf from wavefrontier:

118/119 LNBF-REVERSED
LNBF Frequency: 10750
Input Frequency: 11.70GHhz~12.75Ghz
Output Frequency: 950Mhz~2150Mhz
Dual Output

I have one on a t-55, works very well