110 and 119 at the same time
Goood morning all. I currently have an old Terk 18" dish that shows as a Dish 500. It has outlets marked 110 and 119 but is a single head LNB. What do I need so that I can receive 110 and 119 at the s...
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You need an antenna with 2 LNB's (each with 2 outputs) to receive the signal from 2 different satellites. You need a triple LNB to receive the signal from 3 satellites (110, 119, 129). There is no exception to this rule. If you have just a standard 18" round antenna with 1 LNB you cannot receive 2 satellites. If you have a dome style antenna you cannot receive 2 satellites at the same time.
If you are setting a dish up on a tripod that you manually point then you just need to get an updated antenna. If you truly have a Dish 500 antenna (2 separate LNB's) then you will need to add an SW21 switch at the antenna and then the coax outputs from the SW 21 runs to the receiver and allow you to switch between the 2 satellites. If you want to run 2 different receivers then both LNB's must have dual outputs and you would install and SW42 (or 2 SW 21's).
If you are setting a dish up on a tripod that you manually point then you just need to get an updated antenna. If you truly have a Dish 500 antenna (2 separate LNB's) then you will need to add an SW21 switch at the antenna and then the coax outputs from the SW 21 runs to the receiver and allow you to switch between the 2 satellites. If you want to run 2 different receivers then both LNB's must have dual outputs and you would install and SW42 (or 2 SW 21's).
