Dish Network
I have Dish in my and home and want to have a receiver that I can take in the motor home while traveling. Do not want to have to use the main receiver, would like to order a 2nd receiver to move to mo...
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Horizon170 wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
This might confuse some to think a 1000.4 antenna can be used for either WA or EA satellites. While the same reflector can be used, the arm and LNB would need to be swapped when you change satellite selections as the 1000.2 and 1000.4 setups are not the same.
The 1000.4 dish does not need a different arm to use a 1000.4 western arc LNBF. Only the LNBF needs to be changed.
Dutch, you are right but is is so much easier to have the extra arm. That way you leave the short coax connected to the LNBF and remove the two 1/4 x 20 1/2" bolts as opposed to one arm and removing two screws and two small bolts/nuts. 3X as fast my way. :)
I use my little pocket screwdriver to remove the two Phillips head self tapping screws that secure the LNBF to the plastic yoke on the end of the arm, and then unscrew the coax from the LNBF port. The reverse procedure is just as simple, and the whole switch only takes me two or three minutes at most. As soon as I find or make a couple of thumbscrews to replace the original screws, my whole dish assembly and setup, including switching LNBF's, will be tools free. Waiting for the check switch to complete is the longest part of the swap. ;)
