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hpdrver's avatar
hpdrver
Explorer
Jun 25, 2022

Dish Tv help needed

I am trying to set up a home using the two Wally’s I use with my rv. The home is wired with coax from multiple rooms going to the attic. There is also a single coax line going from the outside to the attic. It is not easy to add another coax line going from outside to the attic. I have purchased a dish 1000 satellite dish with a quad lnb to install outside to feed this single coax line that goes to the attic.

I have read goggle search on how to split dish satellite signal to two receivers but am confused by them. How do I split the dish signal to feed two Wally receivers. Thanks
  • PButler96's avatar
    PButler96
    Explorer
    Jun 25, 2022
    A dish 1000 has 3 lnbs not 4. I assume its a western arc dish going by the location in your info. What you would need to do is have a separate coax run to each wally from the lnb as the lnb is also your "switch".

    Or two separate runs from the lnb to a solo node, then one run from solo node to a power pass two way splitter, then a run from each splitter tap to each wally.
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Jun 25, 2022
    Have you tried putting the dish in the Attic? Might be an issue in rain/snow but otherwise.

    And if you have an attic window facing either west or south with a bit of positining you might even be able to avoid rain issues.
  • CA_Traveler's avatar
    CA_Traveler
    Explorer III
    Jun 25, 2022
    I'm having a hard time imagining a dish working in a attic, not that i've ever tried it. In my experience rain on the surface of the dish is not a problem, but rather the weather in the 23,000 mile distance to the satellite and/or wind that moves the dish.
  • CA_Traveler's avatar
    CA_Traveler
    Explorer III
    Jun 25, 2022
    chuckbear wrote:
    You CAN NOT put a dish under any roof and get reception.
    X2 But I'm not sure about glass in a window?
  • Cptnvideo's avatar
    Cptnvideo
    Nomad
    Jun 25, 2022
    I'm not positive, but I think RF energy (satellite signal) will pass thru fiberglass but not glass due to the chemical composition of glass.
    For the OP, switch to a Hopper 3 with 2 wireless Joeys.
  • PButler96's avatar
    PButler96
    Explorer
    Jun 25, 2022
    Cptnvideo wrote:
    I'm not positive, but I think RF energy (satellite signal) will pass thru fiberglass but not glass due to the chemical composition of glass.
    For the OP, switch to a Hopper 3 with 2 wireless Joeys.


    He wants to use the two wallys he already has in his RV, in his house when hes not using the RV. Why would he want to buy a hopper 3 and two Joey's? Then he would have to reconfigure all the wiring in his RV amd the dish on his RV may not even support a hopper 3.
  • Cptnvideo's avatar
    Cptnvideo
    Nomad
    Jun 25, 2022
    No wiring to reconfigure in the house or RV. A single co-ax cable from the dish to the Hopper 3. That's it.
  • hpdrver's avatar
    hpdrver
    Explorer
    Jun 25, 2022
    I do not want a hopper system installed but want to use my two Wally’s. I have a dish western arc 1000.2 antenna with 4 lnb outputs. My own research showed that I could install a dpi-42 switch to the antenna and a single coax to a satellite splitter off of this switch to feed the two Wally’s. What I need is someone with actual dish expertise to advise me if this method is feasible or is there another way.

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