Does anybody have a "wing" dish pointed at 129 degrees?
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no, i'm not at all worried about my area. i was just curious if it had been done.
i just see a lot of people complaining that the signal at 129 is weak on their dish 1000 and it seems like throwing up a dish 500 for 110/119 and another dish 500 at 129 would allow for a better signal. but i guess the whole reason for wanting a dish 1000 is so you don't have to have two dishes and if you were going to go for a two dish solution, you'd be more likely to just get the wing dish at 61.5 instead since it has a stronger signal.
i just see a lot of people complaining that the signal at 129 is weak on their dish 1000 and it seems like throwing up a dish 500 for 110/119 and another dish 500 at 129 would allow for a better signal. but i guess the whole reason for wanting a dish 1000 is so you don't have to have two dishes and if you were going to go for a two dish solution, you'd be more likely to just get the wing dish at 61.5 instead since it has a stronger signal.
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Yeah but a lot of people (not me) find it hard to hit a sat at 15degrees elevation (west coast).
My previous setup, dish 500 for 119/110 and another dish 500 for 129 with I adaptor. All sats go to my DPP44 switch.
New setup. Winegard 30" dish for 129 with dish 500 119/110. Here are the differences in the signal levels for the 129 sat (dish 500 vs 30" winegard columns 2 and 3). Much better.
129 129 110 119
Dish500 Winegard 1xDish500
20" 30" 20" 20"
TP SS SS SS SS
-----------------------------------
01 57 87 87 -
02 78 89 87 78
03 - - 61 -
04 80 95 89 75
05 67 87 80 124
06 63 85 88 76
07 59 90 77 95
08 79 94 92 78
09 79 94 83 -
10 87 98 73 77
11 60 87 81 78
12 82 96 74 79
13 79 95 80 77
14 - - 88 77
15 - - 78 76
16 70 88 94 80
17 66 87 83 77
18 58 87 101 79
19 84 102 82 77
20 - - 107 79
21 69 84 86 79
22 62 88 95 -
23 62 92 - -
24 - - 97 -
25 - - - -
26 - - 94 -
27 62 94 - -
28 - - - -
29 - - - -
30 84 100 - -
31 89 106 70 -
32 69 87 - -
My previous setup, dish 500 for 119/110 and another dish 500 for 129 with I adaptor. All sats go to my DPP44 switch.
New setup. Winegard 30" dish for 129 with dish 500 119/110. Here are the differences in the signal levels for the 129 sat (dish 500 vs 30" winegard columns 2 and 3). Much better.
129 129 110 119
Dish500 Winegard 1xDish500
20" 30" 20" 20"
TP SS SS SS SS
-----------------------------------
01 57 87 87 -
02 78 89 87 78
03 - - 61 -
04 80 95 89 75
05 67 87 80 124
06 63 85 88 76
07 59 90 77 95
08 79 94 92 78
09 79 94 83 -
10 87 98 73 77
11 60 87 81 78
12 82 96 74 79
13 79 95 80 77
14 - - 88 77
15 - - 78 76
16 70 88 94 80
17 66 87 83 77
18 58 87 101 79
19 84 102 82 77
20 - - 107 79
21 69 84 86 79
22 62 88 95 -
23 62 92 - -
24 - - 97 -
25 - - - -
26 - - 94 -
27 62 94 - -
28 - - - -
29 - - - -
30 84 100 - -
31 89 106 70 -
32 69 87 - -
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I initially had a D500 pointed at 129°. It worked well until I replaced it with a plus dish. If you have room for a second dish it can help.
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