Phase III (3 LNB) dish aiming question

[jwd45244]

I have a "friend" that currently has a Single LNB Dish pointing at the 101 bird. He wants to run at least one more drop to another part of this house. He has gotten a 3 lnb dish and knows that it will be difficult if not impossible to pick off the 110 and 119 birds (too many trees in this area of Michigan).

"He" plans on putting the 3 LNB dish where the single LNB is today (only spot available). "His" question is if he follows the aiming for this dish using the angle, elevation and skew that comes up for this zip code, will he still have good numbers for the 101? "He" only plans on using a spare SD receiver for the foreseeable future.

[bobnielsen]

If he mounts it in the same location, the angle to 101 will be the same. It would be easier to add a multiswitch to his existing dish, however.

[jwd45244]

If he mounts it in the same location, the angle to 101 will be the same. It would be easier to add a multiswitch to his existing dish, however.

Multiswitch to a single LNB?

[Racer88]

change the single LNB out for a dual.

If he doesn't want anything but 101 then setting the tilt is irrelevent.

[litzdog911]

Multiswitch to a single LNB?

Does his dish have a single LNB with two coax outputs, or just one? Most of them have two coax outputs, so he might not anything additional to run a second line.

A 2-input, 4-output multiswitch can be found at Radio Shack, Best Buy, etc. Connecting the two LNB outputs to the multiswitch will then yield four outputs.

[jwd45244]

It is a first gen single LNB single line Sony old dish.

[litzdog911]

It is a first gen single LNB single line Sony old dish.

OK. Best bet then is for your friend to install the 3-LNB dish. It has four outputs, so no multiswitch needed. Follow its aiming instructions to aim it at the 110-deg satellite (not at 101-deg W like the old dish). If the old dish got a good signal from 101, then the new dish will, too. Nothing about the dish type changes where the satellites are in the sky :)

[Racer88]

Sony dish? ugh. Non-standard LNB arm. Gotta love Sony.:nono2:

So yeah you're probably better off just putting up the Phase III than trying to find a Sony style dual LNB. Even if you don't need 110 or 119. Just choose standard 18" dish in satellite setup.

[jwd45244]

Thanks for the good information. I assure you that my "friend" appreciates the scoop.

[jdspencer]

My original Sony dish had a two output LNB. What was neat about it was that the LNB had an LED that blinked faster when the signal was peaked.