eastern arc dish

[NoName]

I have an eastern arc dish that was getting 61.5 and 72.7 but was taken down. my buddy who lives around the corner from me has a dish 500 with a single lnb on it and is getting 129. We live in north east part of country. I want to get 129 as well. I am wondering two things.

1) Could I use the eastern arc dish with its lnb's (it has two of them)and point one of those lnb's to get the 129?

2) Would that dish work with dp44?

My current setup is a 110/119 going through a dp44.

I am trying to figure out if I would need to get my own dish 500 and a single lnb or get one of those turbo western arc dishes to get 110/119/129

[Mavrick]

I have an eastern arc dish that was getting 61.5 and 72.7 but was taken down. my buddy who lives around the corner from me has a dish 500 with a single lnb on it and is getting 129. We live in north east part of country. I want to get 129 as well. I am wondering two things.

1) Could I use the eastern arc dish with its lnb's (it has two of them)and point one of those lnb's to get the 129?

2) Would that dish work with dp44?

My current setup is a 110/119 going through a dp44.

I am trying to figure out if I would need to get my own dish 500 and a single lnb or get one of those turbo western arc dishes to get 110/119/129

You have a couple of options......

1st - I would try strapping an lnb to the side of your 119 lnb and seeing if you can get 129 that way, depending on the size of your dish you might be able to grab all three on one pan, it will not cost you anything to try and you don't have to move the dish at-all. just adjust the 129 lnb.

2nd - If that does not work use your eastern arc dish for 129, if it has a bracket for the 2 lnb's remove it and put 1 lnb on the main arm for better reception of 129. If the 129 lnb is DP then it can go into any port on the DP44, if it's a standard lnb it will have to go into port #4 on the DP44.

[NoName]

Thank you so much. Super helpful. I am going to try option 1 first. I will post my results.


You have a couple of options......

1st - I would try strapping an lnb to the side of your 119 lnb and seeing if you can get 129 that way, depending on the size of your dish you might be able to grab all three on one pan, it will not cost you anything to try and you don't have to move the dish at-all. just adjust the 129 lnb.

2nd - If that does not work use your eastern arc dish for 129, if it has a bracket for the 2 lnb's remove it and put 1 lnb on the main arm for better reception of 129. If the 129 lnb is DP then it can go into any port on the DP44, if it's a standard lnb it will have to go into port #4 on the DP44.

[Glatt]

No problem with Ne Plus Ultra bracket24733

[Terryl]

The Eastern arc dish does not have the receive beamwidth** needed for a satellite 57 degrees to the west of where it is pointing now, a second dish with a single DP LNB on it would be needed.

Or a whole new dish with better beamwidth spec's would be needed, but would prove a bit difficult to get 61.5, 72.7 and 129W on it all on one dish.

And Glatt, he is trying for 61.5, 72.7 and 129 on the same dish, the one you posted is for 110, 118, 119 and 129, big difference.


** Receive beamwith, the amount of sky the dish can see and deliver a good signal to a LNB or set of LNB's mounted within is focal area, a dish 500 can see 10 degrees of sky, a dish 1000 can see 20 degrees, a T90 or T55 can see about 50 degrees.

(this is a simplified explanation)

[Mavrick]

The Eastern arc dish does not have the receive beamwidth** needed for a satellite 57 degrees to the west of where it is pointing now, a second dish with a single DP LNB on it would be needed.

Or a whole new dish with better beamwidth spec's would be needed, but would prove a bit difficult to get 61.5, 72.7 and 129W on it all on one dish.

And Glatt, he is trying for 61.5, 72.7 and 129 on the same dish, the one you posted is for 110, 118, 119 and 129, big difference.


** Receive beamwith, the amount of sky the dish can see and deliver a good signal to a LNB or set of LNB's mounted within is focal area, a dish 500 can see 10 degrees of sky, a dish 1000 can see 20 degrees, a T90 or T55 can see about 50 degrees.

(this is a simplified explanation)

Have a peek at the original post again Terry, he is not trying to get "61.5, 72.7 and 129 on the same dish", he has 110, 119 and wants to add 129 using an old eastern arc dish that he is not using anymore.....at least that's the way I'm reading it?

[Terryl]

Yahhh Sorry....My fault Mavrick...... not enough coffee this morning, if he has a dish 500 and it has 2 DP LNB's on it then all he needs is a second dish and DP LNB for 129w, then wire it into the #3 port on the DPP44 switch.

And depending on his location he could get all three on a 500 pan, but it's tricky as the 3 LNB holder for the DP LNB's does not fit the D500 arm without modifications.

Noname go to the link below and check your location for 129w coverage in your area, some places can get 129W without problems, other places you need a bigger dish.

Use the CONUS beam in the pink area at the top of the map as the Canadian beam is not active, then zoom into where the dish is located and click on it, this will tell you if you need a bigger dish or not.


http://www.satbeams.com/footprints?norad=33453

[NoName]

Thanks so much for the help guys.

Terryl, the guy around the corner from me is getting 129 off of a dish 500 with a single lnb and he gets it at a pretty solid signal, I saw it myself.......I have a clear view so I am pretty confident I would be able to get it with a separate dish 500 but I'd rather not add another dish if I don't have to.so I am really hoping I use a bracket to add to my current dish 500 like on the pic glatt posted.

[Terryl]

All you can do is try, experimentation is always welcome, and you may be successful, if you are please post your results back here for others to try.

[Mavrick]

Yahhh Sorry....My fault Mavrick...... not enough coffee this morning, if he has a dish 500 and it has 2 DP LNB's on it then all he needs is a second dish and DP LNB for 129w, then wire it into the #3 port on the DPP44 switch.

And depending on his location he could get all three on a 500 pan, but it's tricky as the 3 LNB holder for the DP LNB's does not fit the D500 arm without modifications.

Noname go to the link below and check your location for 129w coverage in your area, some places can get 129W without problems, other places you need a bigger dish.

Use the CONUS beam in the pink area at the top of the map as the Canadian beam is not active, then zoom into where the dish is located and click on it, this will tell you if you need a bigger dish or not.


http://www.satbeams.com/footprints?norad=33453

No worries bud, we have all been there......lol :thumbsup: