Is this LNB / Switch Setup possible?

[sloan]

I'm having some tree issues, and with HD on SAT 119 (and 110), I'm breaking down and setting up 3 round dishes.

Picture is worth a thousand words.

But I have 2 HR10-250's (need 4 lines, all 3 sats here)
And I have other DSR704's and "normal" receivers.

I only need 3 sat functionality on the HR10-250's.
The others are ok with 1 SAT (101).

Would this work? (110 is left out for simplicity of the diagram)

http://www.reasolns.com/codeSamples/images/possibleSatSetup.gif

[JimSpence]

That should work just fine. I had a similar setup a couple of years ago before I got the triple LNB dish.

[rlj5242]

If you don't have your dishes for 110 and 119 yet, a Dishnetwork Dish500 dish with a Sat-C LNB and regular dual LNB is an option assuming both satellites are viewable from a single location.

-Robert

[JimSpence]

If you have visibilty to 110 and 119 from one location, it would be better to use a triple LNB dish for those two. Combine two of its outputs with the separate 101 round dish as you diagrammed.

[sloan]

Ok.

I already have the extra round dishes I need. And the SATC for the third dish.

Thanks for the confirmations, I have tomorrow's (sat) project lined up and waiting.

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[JimSpence]

Do you know where to align the three dishes?
I'll assume you do, but if, not go to this website and select each sat and enter your zipcode. Ignore the tilt setting.
http://emantechnology.com/lookangle.asp

[dscott72]

I'm having some tree issues, and with HD on SAT 119 (and 110), I'm breaking down and setting up 3 round dishes.

Picture is worth a thousand words.

But I have 2 HR10-250's (need 4 lines, all 3 sats here)
And I have other DSR704's and "normal" receivers.

I only need 3 sat functionality on the HR10-250's.
The others are ok with 1 SAT (101).

Would this work? (110 is left out for simplicity of the diagram)

http://www.reasolns.com/codeSamples/images/possibleSatSetup.gif


What splitters are you using, specifically the one that are going to your HD Tivo's?

[JimSpence]

That's a 4x4 multiswitch he's showing, not a splitter.

[sloan]

Yeah, the #3 input on the 3x8, I'm not using.
It just happens I had a 3x8, not a 2x8.

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Thanks for the url to the sat locations too. I had it bookmarked somewhere
(work, home desktop or laptop)?
but now I have it in this thread.

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[sloan]

I was able to use the elliptical dish for 119 and 110.
I found a "sweet spot" for those 2 sats, and without having to consider 101 in the lining up, it was pretty easy to get those at high strengths.

96 and 91 on each respectively.


I'm using the round dish for 101, 98 on that.


I wired it up exactly like the diagram, and it working great.

Thanks for input(s).

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