That depends Quantum if your locals are on the 61.5 then you would need 2 dishes. In the beginning we had to strut every 1k.4 then the came out with the w4 mast however all you south east guys wont be able to use them on those fancy mounts that take up room on my van that I will never use. we dont install 1k.4 withoutthe w4 so they sould send them out. Trust me when I say they will peak easier and better with the fine tune options. Anybody who has done a WildBlue knows about the that
Very good signal strengths. Pretty much the same as mine. I rarely get rain fade, and that's pretty much the only benefit of the 1000.4 WA is less rain fade. I'd say you have nothing to worry about.
I am pretty sure we will be using the 500/1000 plus will still be used, we are going to 1000.4 E/W and the dish 500 for non credit costumers. Tuning in the 1K4W cant be any harder than tuning in the 1K4E in the midwest.