Big Dish for Sat129

[RonDaws]

I have trees partially blocking Sat 129. With a 24" dish I can get a signal of around 45. Will a 36" dish increase my signal strength into the 70s? Will a Dish 500 LNB fit on a FTA dish? Are there LNBs that will increase the signal strength?

 

[ghia]

It will not matter how big of a dish you have if your Line of Sight is blocked. C, Ku, Ka and DBS signals can not pass through trees. You should look into relocating the dish for 129.
I have a clear view of 129 and with a .76 meter dish almost every transponder is over 100 on the dish signal meter

 

[SmityWhity]

I agree with ghia. Now that the leaves are falling, or fell, you may get signal; but once the foilage returns, you will lose what you have.

Your best bet is to either try and relocate your dish (maybe only a short distance), raise the dish, use 61.5 if it has all of the programming you are getting from 129, or cut the tree down.

 

[HDTVFanAtic]

I have trees partially blocking Sat 129. With a 24" dish I can get a signal of around 45. Will a 36" dish increase my signal strength into the 70s? Will a Dish 500 LNB fit on a FTA dish? Are there LNBs that will increase the signal strength?

My experience with E* shows that your 45 would turn to around a 55 with a 36" - roughly 10 points on the E* Signal Meter per .3 Meter Dish increase. You would need a 1.8M to be in the 70s.

For example, I had a 52 with a Dish 500, a 64 with a .9M and 74 with a 1.2M.

 

[RonDaws]

I have the dish at the best location that's available to me. I have the dish 25' up but 129's vertical angle is only at a 39 degree and I can't get completely over the trees. I use 61.5 but my HD locals are on 129. Guess I'm going to have to switch to DirecTV

 

[HDTVFanAtic]

you do realize that the dish points 22 degrees lower than the actual satellite - in other words - if it appears the dish is pointed at the trees, it is actually receiving the signal from 22 degrees higher - most likely higher than the trees?