50 miles isn't too far for OTA. I'm in Eastern WV, 60 miles from Washington DC, and about the same from Baltimore. With an amplified antenna, I can get all of D.C.'s locals and many of Baltimore's.
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50 miles isn't too far for OTA. I'm in Eastern WV, 60 miles from Washington DC, and about the same from Baltimore. With an amplified antenna, I can get all of D.C.'s locals and many of Baltimore's.
I don't think there are any options for the Wireless Joey.
If you use a traditional Joey with the USB WiFi adapter, then you can use any N router you like, but such configuration is not officially supported or installed by Dish. It works fine, but Dish could theoretically disable or break the functionality at any time. I doubt they would intentionally disable it at this point, but if it isn't part of their test suite, no telling what could break.
Not sure how determined that 50 miles is too far for OTA to be an option. I suggest you spend some time in an OTA forum and you'll find you can get your OTA channels just fine from even further away. We are 40 to 70 miles away from the towers in our area and install plenty of antennas that work great. The antenna just has to be a decent one that goes outside.
Obviously there are a lot of variables in OTA reception besides just distance (terrain in your area, obstructions, etc), but I'm 40-50 miles from a couple of the local stations broadcast, and I still get all of the Charlotte locals with just a small indoor antenna...didn't even need a big antenna on the house or anything. 
HELLO, I NEED HELP PLEASE
I LIVE IN USVI , I HAVE TWO ANTENNAS WITH A DISH PRO LNBF , ONE ANTENNA LOOKING SAT 77 AND THE OTHER TO 72 , I HAD TWO VIP211K, CONNECTED VIA SW21, EVERY THING WORKED FINE, I HAD TO UNGRADE TO HOOPER-JOEY SYSTEM, SO I REPLACE THE SW21 WITH THE SOLO NODE , CONECT 72 TO INPUT 1, SAT 77 TO INPUT 2 , THE I CONECTED THE HOOPER AND JOEYS AS THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE PROBLEM IS THAT I ONLY GET THE SAT THAT I INSERT IN PORT NO. 1 ON THE SOLO NODE, THERE IS NO MIX OF THE TWO SATS, AND ALSO HAVE OTHER PROBLEM THAT IS I ONLY GET ONE TURNER , ONE TURNER, ONE SAT... ANYONE HAS ANY IDEA OF THIS PROBLEM COULD BE ??
I ALSO TRIED THE DPP44 AND NOTHING...
REGARDS
IVAN
I LIVE IN USVI , I HAVE TWO ANTENNAS WITH A DISH PRO LNBF , ONE ANTENNA LOOKING SAT 77 AND THE OTHER TO 72 , I HAD TWO VIP211K, CONNECTED VIA SW21, EVERY THING WORKED FINE, I HAD TO UNGRADE TO HOOPER-JOEY SYSTEM, SO I REPLACE THE SW21 WITH THE SOLO NODE , CONECT 72 TO INPUT 1, SAT 77 TO INPUT 2 , THE I CONECTED THE HOOPER AND JOEYS AS THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE PROBLEM IS THAT I ONLY GET THE SAT THAT I INSERT IN PORT NO. 1 ON THE SOLO NODE, THERE IS NO MIX OF THE TWO SATS, AND ALSO HAVE OTHER PROBLEM THAT IS I ONLY GET ONE TURNER , ONE TURNER, ONE SAT... ANYONE HAS ANY IDEA OF THIS PROBLEM COULD BE ??
I ALSO TRIED THE DPP44 AND NOTHING...
REGARDS
IVAN
PORT 1 I MEAN DP 1 OF THE SOLO NODE, THE SAT THAT I CONECT TO DP1 IS THE SAT I GET ON THE HOPPER, I CANT GET THE TWO SAT MIXED..THANK U
There are more sat options with DISH so the installer may need to move the pole.
This 3-step process should give you a good idea:
- Enter your ZIP code (for example, 44111) in this web site to determine what city DISH will use for your local stations -- http://www.dish.com/entertainment/channels/local/
- Look up this city (Cleveland, OH) in the following link to find out what DISH sats you'll have to receive -- http://www.satelliteguys.us/thelist/index.php?page=dishnetworkmarkets&sub=true (Cleveland HD locals are on both 61.5 and 129)
- To check DISH LOS, enter your address at http://www.dishpointer.com. Then select either "Dish 1000.4 (61.5W, 72.7W, 77W)" or "Dish 1000.2 (110W, 119W, 129W)". A green line on the map will show where a sat dish needs to be pointed. Sats 61.5, etc are called the Eastern Arc, and sats 110, etc are called Western Arc.
