What equipment needed for 72.5 locals?

[allvol]

I've searched through the forum and could not find any recent postings regarding if D* had announced what equipment, besides the 2nd dish, would be needed to pick locals from 72.5? Anybody heard anything??

[dishrich]

Everyone is STILL waiting...

[dswallow]

It's mostly still just conjecture right now.

I'm guessing it will be an 18" dish and LNB and a combiner similar to what's used for the 110-degree satellite now. There's a small chance they may choose to use a new multiswitch, but that'd require considerably more manufacturing effort to occur prior to them being able to perform installations.

[scooper]

I'd agree with Doug Swallow - the point is, D* hasn't announced it yet and further conjecture is just that - conjecture...