Andrew 2.4m RX 110 & 119

[frankl]

I'm in the Puerto Rico and have an Andrew 2.4m type 243 offset antenna. I want to be able to RX both 110 and 119 at the same time using 2 LNBF, like Dish 500.

I read somewhere people have done it with 1.8m but I'm no shure with what antenna.

Also I went to dishpointer.com and took the numbers for my location and Dish 500.

Any one have done this? Does it work or does it have any chance of working. I intend to do some experiment this weekend. Any clue will help me cut time in the sun trying to do this.

 

[Anole]

yes !

Yes, I know what you are talking about.
We had a similar discussion with some folks from Alaska a year or two ago.
They have same problem.
I think that guy gave up and put in two dishes.
People in Mexico often use two dishes, too.
That's the easy-to-understand solution, but we might have a better one. -

If you know where to place the LNBs (angle relative to each other) and the distance between them, you should be able to set up that 2.4m and give it a test drive.
This will probably be easier if you have one of the $10 satellite meters.
You can NOT use the Dish Twin LNB, though - has wrong spacing between the 110 & 119 LNBs.

MJflash and his math to put two LNBs on a single dish:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/free-air-fta-discussion/89049-offset-lnbs-theory-practice.html