Three Dishes?

[sawmill]

I have three 1-meter Winegard dishes, one for each of the Eastern Arc satellites. Signal strength ran 70's to 90's. Got Hopper 3 this week, and the installer put up the 1000.2 hybrid dish, and tied in the 77 deg. 1-meter. That lowered the signal strength to 50's - 60's on the 61.5 and 72 satellites, and left two out of three of my 1-meter dishes unused.

Historically, I've bought my own DishPro feeds, popped off the casing and fitted them to the 1-meter dishes. If I buy my own (dual) DishPro Hybrid feed, could I do the same thing? Are the LNBF's in the casing separable? Failing that, is there a way to daisy chain two DPH's + one DP?

Right now, I only have a Hybrid Solo Hub (one RG6 run to dish). Would I need a Hybrid Duo Hub?

Thanks.

 

[kwindrem]

I have three 1-meter Winegard dishes, one for each of the Eastern Arc satellites. Signal strength ran 70's to 90's. Got Hopper 3 this week, and the installer put up the 1000.2 hybrid dish, and tied in the 77 deg. 1-meter. That lowered the signal strength to 50's - 60's on the 61.5 and 72 satellites, and left two out of three of my 1-meter dishes unused.

Historically, I've bought my own DishPro feeds, popped off the casing and fitted them to the 1-meter dishes. If I buy my own (dual) DishPro Hybrid feed, could I do the same thing? Are the LNBF's in the casing separable? Failing that, is there a way to daisy chain two DPH's + one DP?

Right now, I only have a Hybrid Solo Hub (one RG6 run to dish). Would I need a Hybrid Duo Hub?

Thanks.

Right now, what you have is the ONLY solution. There is no way to combine 3 dishes into a feed to H3. There has been talk of a DPH switch that would take the three (actually up to 4) separate dishes in and produce the necessary feed to H3 but at best, it won't be available until next year (2017).

 

[charlesrshell]

Right now, what you have is the ONLY solution. There is no way to combine 3 dishes into a feed to H3. There has been talk of a DPH switch that would take the three (actually up to 4) separate dishes in and produce the necessary feed to H3 but at best, it won't be available until next year (2017).

What is your source of info for the DPH switch not available until next year?

 

[brad1138]

What is your source of info for the DPH switch not available until next year?

I can confirm that as well, don't remember exactly where I saw it though. A few different places, including this SatGuys.

 

[brad1138]

I have three 1-meter Winegard dishes

Do you live at the North pole?

 

[charlesrshell]

I can confirm that as well, don't remember exactly where I saw it though. A few different places, including this SatGuys.

The latest I have read in SatGuys is the new DPH42 switch will be here by the end of this year, not in 2017. So hope you let us know when you find your source of information.

 

[brad1138]

The latest I have read in SatGuys is the new DPH42 switch will be here by the end of this year, not in 2017. So hope you let us know when you find your source of information.

I saw "late 2016" also, but I have been doing this long enough to know that means 2017 at best.

 

[charlesrshell]

I saw "late 2016" also, but I have been doing this long enough to know that means 2017 at best.

Understand, I sure hope not. I want to pull the trigger as soon as that DPH42 switch is available.