Another Dish ??

[mike-uswest]

Continuing from my last question: We have gotten switched over from DTV to dish at the house. So far so good. I found a satellite the same as the one that they put on my house and I will use that one with the kitchen TV and Wally receiver when I travel into the wilds with a tripod. The dish is a Dish HD, I believe a 1000.2 or close. It has no coax to it but I have some I can use, including the one that was on the DTV dish that I had used until now. I found a good set of instructions to setting it up with, the three LNB's and all. It was talking about using a dpp44 switch to hook to the three coax from the LNB. They are a little spendy. My question is , when I looked up what programs come in on what satellite most all come in on 119 with some on 110, 129 seems worthless. Could I just hook up the one 119 LNB and work with that, or, could I use a reverse coax splitter, two in and one out to hook up 119 and 110? I am trying to make this as simple as possible. Thanks.

Mike

[Bill_Satellite]

A sock would not block a satellite signal to the LNB. There is really no reason to use any material to cover any LNB. Just point it correctly and life is pretty good.

[mike-uswest]

Another question, the fellow that I bought the dish from said he put a sock over the nodes that he wasn't using when setting up, and on the instructions that I have found, they said to use aluminum foil. The socks would be handy to keep in the box, are they adequate?

Mike

[mike-uswest]

Dutch_12078 wrote:
Here's a good explanation with photos of the differences between the Dish 1000.2 and 1000.4 dishes.

1000.2 vs 1000.4 Satellite Dishes

Note that either one can be equipped for either arc, something that can be very useful on sites with lots of trees.

Thanks for the pictures, from that it appears to be the 1000.2. I will add those instructions to what I have when I tackle sighting it in. Now I need a sixty degree day to get out and play. Thanks.

Mike

[Big_Katuna]

Correct. The dish is the same. The LNBs are different.

I do have a switch on mine. Two cables from the LNB go to it and one from it to the sat box.

[Dutch_12078]

Here's a good explanation with photos of the differences between the Dish 1000.2 and 1000.4 dishes.

1000.2 vs 1000.4 Satellite Dishes

Note that either one can be equipped for either arc, something that can be very useful on sites with lots of trees.

[cpaulsen]

It is a 1000.2. My dish programming comes out of Medford also.

[mike-uswest]

Bill.Satellite wrote:

mike-uswest wrote:
Continuing from my last question: We have gotten switched over from DTV to dish at the house. So far so good. I found a satellite the same as the one that they put on my house and I will use that one with the kitchen TV and Wally receiver when I travel into the wilds with a tripod. The dish is a Dish HD, I believe a 1000.2 or close. It has no coax to it but I have some I can use, including the one that was on the DTV dish that I had used until now. I found a good set of instructions to setting it up with, the three LNB's and all. It was talking about using a dpp44 switch to hook to the three coax from the LNB. They are a little spendy. My question is , when I looked up what programs come in on what satellite most all come in on 119 with some on 110, 129 seems worthless. Could I just hook up the one 119 LNB and work with that, or, could I use a reverse coax splitter, two in and one out to hook up 119 and 110? I am trying to make this as simple as possible. Thanks.
Mike

1000.2 or close is not a "thing". It is either a 1000.2 antenna (not satellite) which receives the Western Arc satellites (110, 119 and 129) or it is a 1000.4 antenna which receives the Eastern Arc satellites (61.5, 72.7 and 77). Neither of these should require you to install any kind of a switch as the switch is internal to the LNB setup. You can never use any kind of a standard splitter to do anything with satellite TV signals. It's not hard to get the 3 LNB antenna pointed (after the first 5-10 setups are out of the way) but there is a steep learning curve. Just be patient and you will figure it out.

I don't know what number it is, it is a black dish with red and white lettering. I would think it is the 1000.2, being from Oregon. It says Dish HD. Maybe you can tell me. I can't seem to find numbers on any of this stuff. Thanks.

Mike

[Bill_Satellite]

mike-uswest wrote:
Continuing from my last question: We have gotten switched over from DTV to dish at the house. So far so good. I found a satellite the same as the one that they put on my house and I will use that one with the kitchen TV and Wally receiver when I travel into the wilds with a tripod. The dish is a Dish HD, I believe a 1000.2 or close. It has no coax to it but I have some I can use, including the one that was on the DTV dish that I had used until now. I found a good set of instructions to setting it up with, the three LNB's and all. It was talking about using a dpp44 switch to hook to the three coax from the LNB. They are a little spendy. My question is , when I looked up what programs come in on what satellite most all come in on 119 with some on 110, 129 seems worthless. Could I just hook up the one 119 LNB and work with that, or, could I use a reverse coax splitter, two in and one out to hook up 119 and 110? I am trying to make this as simple as possible. Thanks.
Mike

1000.2 or close is not a "thing". It is either a 1000.2 antenna (not satellite) which receives the Western Arc satellites (110, 119 and 129) or it is a 1000.4 antenna which receives the Eastern Arc satellites (61.5, 72.7 and 77). Neither of these should require you to install any kind of a switch as the switch is internal to the LNB setup. You can never use any kind of a standard splitter to do anything with satellite TV signals. It's not hard to get the 3 LNB antenna pointed (after the first 5-10 setups are out of the way) but there is a steep learning curve. Just be patient and you will figure it out.

[mike-uswest]

Thanks for the answers. That clears up more of the chore. Now I just have to learn how to tune it in. I need to try it here at home when it warms up.

Mike

[TechWriter]

mike-uswest wrote:
We have gotten switched over from DTV to dish at the house. I found a satellite the same as the one that they put on my house and I will use that one with the kitchen TV and Wally receiver when I travel into the wilds with a tripod. The dish is a Dish HD, I believe a 1000.2 or close. It has no coax to it but I have some I can use, including the one that was on the DTV dish that I had used until now. I found a good set of instructions to setting it up with, the three LNB's and all. It was talking about using a dpp44 switch to hook to the three coax from the LNB. My question is , when I looked up what programs come in on what satellite most all come in on 119 with some on 110, 129 seems worthless. Could I just hook up the one 119 LNB and work with that, or, could I use a reverse coax splitter, two in and one out to hook up 119 and 110? I am trying to make this as simple as possible.

You're putting the cart before the horse.

What switch (DPP44, DPP31, Solo Node, etc) you use -- if any -- depends on what receiver(s) you're using.

For example, if you're just using a single Wally, you only need 1 coax. If you had 3 Wallys, then you would need 3 coax runs from your dish.

[TechWriter]

wingsfan20 wrote:
All HD locals are on 129.

Not true. Though OP get his locals out of Medford, OR which uses sat 129, this is not the case for all DISH locals.

Just check The List.

[VoodooMedicineM]

X4

[Big_Katuna]

You dont need the DP 44; a sw-21 ( I think) will work for under $15. My installer gave me one. Its got two inputs, one output.

[BB_TX]

I have a 1000.2 in addition to our Tailgater. When I use the 1000.2 I get all 3 sats without any additional switch.