5 LNB's on one dish :)

[Mr Tony]

Lets see...its a beautiful Sunday afternoon in MN
12 above...0 with the windchill

LETS WORK ON A PROJECT

I have a DirecPC dish pointed at 95. If you've never seen one, there are 2 LNB's on it. One for 99 (for the internet) and a little LNB at 101 for DirecTv.
I am using it at G3 and got bored..I wanted to eliminate a couple dishes

I had a DBS LNB on 91 for a while now (for ExpressVu which I no longer have) and wanted one for 82 (for the audio). So I worked on this.

Getting the 82 to work was a little hard. I had a "Y" adapter and put 2 LNB's on it. 91 worked, but 82 didn't....apparently the "Y" isnt the true 9 degrees different.

So I put ANOTHER LNB in between it....I wanted to put a KU band in, but its aimed at 86.5...which wouldnt work for AMC3
Put some Red Green specialty (duct tape) around it and a big ol hose clamp and now I have on
95-CCTV 90-92 quality..thewre hasnt been a North Dakota game lately to see what that gets
91-84% on most TP's...99 on the N3 ones
82-70-75% on most TP's

So here are a couple pictures.

Back view
View of it not hooked up
View with wires connected (my favorite...it shows ALL my dishes)

I had it setup with 91,95, 110 & 119 but couldnt get a band clamp to fit
(I put the 119 and 110 on the G10 later in the day)

 

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Great pictures Iceberg from a "TRUE" hobbyist, I still have two or three of these beasts left time to start playing with them again. Thanks for the best pictures in a LONG time. Well done and thanks for sharing!

 

[Mr Tony]

I have some more projects up my sleeve (as long as we get no snow)

I'm just happy the camera worked that well

 

[MrMylesG]

Yikes!

Iceberg! You have dishes growing on your roof! Ha ha!

 

[Mr Tony]

There used to be a 5th dish for 91...but integrated that into the DirecPC.

I am going to try to see if I can get 110, 119 and maybe 101 or 103 on the other side

 

[GEOCOLLINS]

Mike Kohl at Global Communications has pictures of multiple lnb's on a test dish he did a few years ago. I wouldn't mind having one of those dishes.

 

[ken2400]

I have to show these pics to my wife. She will get a charge of out them. I just pulled a P* dish and LNB that a neighboor did not want.

So now I have three P* dishs to play with. I can't wait for my switchs to show up.

Thanks for the pics.

 

[Wholeshoe]

What does Mike sell that setup for? Is it just as easy to make you own? It like some electrical conduit with various other hardware will do the trick.

Wholeshoe

 

[mikekohl]

Read up on the whole concept of multiple feed dishes
on the Global website at www.global-cm.net
There is now an installation detail for a modified 84 cm elliptical antenna
(Channel Master Primestar type) that is UPS shippable in the 70 pound class
(saves at least 40 bucks versus UPS on a 90 cm antenna), and you can
decide for yourself if your pipe bending skills are up to the challenge.
We do offer a kit, and there are various options / depending upon
which - and - how many satellites you are trying to receive.
Drop me an Email if you have any specific questions on what
can realistically be expected.

 

[Mr Tony]

looks like some good stuff Mike!

I was just trying to rid a dish from the roof....actually I wanted the 82/91 dish to be moved to 61.5

I had a LNB at 91 for a while...and just added the 82 over the weekend.

 

[bogieman]

Ice,

I'm getting into this show alittle late, but, I have a DirecPc 39x23 dish and would like to get 105, 110, & 119. Is this doable???? Planning on using the DPC lnb and have two dual legacy lnbs with the y yoke to attach. If it might work, would the dish have to be pointed for 105 and then just work with the other lnbs to get a max signal?
thanks

 

[Mr Tony]

what are you trying to pick up?

 

[Mr Tony]

I reopened thread after talking with the poster....there was some miscommunication

boogieman has Dish Network and his locals came online at 105. He doesnt want to get a SD and wondered if his DirecPC dish would work for the locals and add a couple LNB's for 110/119 so in essence he has a Legacy Superdish, whcih can be done (need some wood and hose clamps).

I did apologize and explained that when people bring up old threads and ask about 110/119/105/121/61.5/148/129 we have to ASSUME its hack talk. Since he has a subscription to Dish, that makes a big difference (but since it wasnt mentioned that goofed it up)

 

[Mr Tony]

Boogieman
Which locals do you qualify for? The reason I ask is some locals moved off of 105 and onto 129, which is a stronger satellite and you can use your existing setup

 

[rkrenicki]

I currently have 5 lnbs on my Phase 2 dish.. one extra on each side.. unfortunately, I had to take it down for the impending move.. but I have 119, 110, 101 (dummy), 91, and 82 all on one dish..

I probably wont put it back up however.. I am going to try to keep the dishes to a minimum this turn around..

 

[bogieman]

Berg,

I qualify for Columbia SC (WIS-NBC) and Myrtle Beach (WPDE-ABC)(WBTW-CBS)(WFXB-FOX). That would be soooo nice if I didn't have to mess with all this.

thanks

 

[Mr Tony]

sorry
looks like they are on 105 only