need a little more signal

[cditty]

You are refreshingly not confused, only think you are .

There are no DPP LNBs. DishPro Plus is a switching method, an extension that takes 1 or 2 DishPro stacked signals, does band-translation and restacks them on a single output run to a Separator behind a dual-tuner receiver.

DP and DP Plus switches must be fed by DP LNBs. Often these are combined in one assembly as with the DPP Twin (2 DP LNBs + DPP switch) and Dish 1000.2/1000.4 (3 DP LNBs + DPP switch).

Thanks for that explanation. Now I've got it.

 

[cditty]

So, before I order, would this work? I will use 1 sat for 110, 1 for 119, and 1 for 129. Should the individual 24" dishes reduce the rainfade over the single 1k.2? They will run into my DPP44 and then an output to each 722, with a separator at the end of each run. I have dedicated RG6 for the off air antenna, so no diplexors or backfeeds. Each 722 operates in single mode.

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3 DS4061 24in Winegard Dish 135.00
3 DPDual DishPro KU LNBF 117.00

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[highdefjeff]

Since I am the installer, I can assure you both the 1000.2 and 1000+ were peaked to the absolute maximum.

A bigger pan gives more signal. End of story. Yes a single focal point dish would be best such as the DS2077, but the OP says he can only have one.

The 1000+ will give him the BEST signal for 129 compared to any of the multi-sat dishes.

That sounds great! Would you let us know what type of meter and method you use to point?

And,

Would you mind sharing your signal readings on these so that we can compare what a peaked dish looks like, and begin to rebuild a standard and database?

If you would, please provide the signal strength for the below listed transponders. Personally, I am also looking at the +/- variance in the spread of strength across the other transponders in use. I add the variance +/-(X) to the signal strength reading. (i.e. sat 110, transponder 11 = 86 +/- 8. This would mean that the largest variation from the reference value is exactly 8 points higher to 8 points lower, for the balance of the working transponders. An 86/-8 would mean that the transponder signal strength that is lowest vs. the reference, is 8 points below, and the strengths above reference is less than 8. An 86/+8 would mean that the largest variation of transponder strengths is higher than reference, and signals that are lower than reference, have a variance that is less than 8 points below.)

1000+
Sats 110 and 119 using transponder 11?
Sat 129 transponder 17
118.7 transponder 18

Thanks! Much appreciated.

And, yes. Generally the larger the dish, the larger the signal, the better the PQ, and the least downtime.