Which dish for highest signal 1000 Plus or 1000.4

[blodgee]

I really only want sats 110/119/129.
Which dish will give the highest signals on these sats.The 1000 Plus or the 1000.4 Western Arc?
I will be using a Limesat and am a little north of best footprint so want best signal.

[Terryl]

If your North of the footprints for those satellites it would be best to use separate dishes for those satellites, what size? it depends.

Go to satbeams.com and look up the satellites you want in the list, select the little globe to the left of the satellite, this will give you the foot print for the satellite, you can zoom in on your location.

If you click on your location it will give you an estimated idea on what size dish is needed for your location.

The Dish 1000 series dishes may be too small for your area, that is why it's best to go to that site and see what may be needed.

[blodgee]

If your North of the footprints for those satellites it would be best to use separate dishes for those satellites, what size? it depends.

Go to satbeams.com and look up the satellites you want in the list, select the little globe to the left of the satellite, this will give you the foot print for the satellite, you can zoom in on your location.

If you click on your location it will give you an estimated idea on what size dish is needed for your location.

The Dish 1000 series dishes may be too small for your area, that is why it's best to go to that site and see what may be needed.


Having said that would the 1000 plus because it is a bigger reflector give a higher signal than than the 1000.4?
Or because the 1000 plus has a 4 lnb set up the signal wouldn't be much different?

[blodgee]

I'll try to make the question simplier so maybe I can find the answer.
If a Dishnet 1000.4 (Western Arc) sats 110/119/129 was set up beside a Dishnet 1000 Plus with the 110/118/119/129 lnb
Which dish would give the highest signal?

[Terryl]

Simple answer,,,,The bigger dish,,,,The 1000 plus is the bigger dish,,,,,



Other stuff: (not simple)

But most FTA receivers can't run the 3 headed LNB from dish, without current problems........

So the best setup is to use a separate larger dish and LNB for 129.......

[Gold]

Just a heads up bro the 1000.2 is the western arc dish, not the 1000.4

I totally agree with Terry, but in all honesty the only change you should notice is 118.

A 1000.2 is probably a little cheaper & will work just fine.

[blodgee]

I don't want cheap..........I want good as in the most signal I can get with a Dishnet Pro dish and LNB.
I live North if you know what I mean.
I have experienced all the problems that got with it so this time I want to try and avoid them with a bigger dish?????????
I know the 1000.2 is western and thats what I want as well as the 1000.4 western now discontinued.........

[Terryl]

I don't want cheap..........I want good as in the most signal I can get with a Dishnet Pro dish and LNB.
I live North if you know what I mean.
I have experienced all the problems that got with it so this time I want to try and avoid them with a bigger dish?????????
I know the 1000.2 is western and thats what I want as well as the 1000.4 western now discontinued.........


Then before you even think about what dish you get, go to satbeams.com and look up the satellites you want to receive, look at the little globe symbol to the far right, click on it, this will display a foot print map of the selected satellite, then zoom into your location, click on it with you mouse, this will give you the estimated dish size for that satellite.

Doing this will save you some headaches, if you get a dish that is too small for your location you wont too be happy with the results.

Remember the further North you go the less the signal will be, and the bigger the dish will have to be. At times even a very large dish will not work, if your too far outside of the satellites footprint.