Which is better for 129 sat

[bhamster]

Have a 1000 for 110&119 and a 500 for 129 had the 500 put up ion Sept to replace a smaller one as 129 wiil not stay in for any length of time call dish and now they want to bring out a 1000+ is this any better to aim at the 129??

 

[DirtyTurbin]

Can you point at 61.5? I have about had it with 129 and am going to try to find a way to see 61.5. My 1000.2 made no diff on 129.

 

[bhamster]

No I can't I live the the pacific northwest 100 miles north of seattle near border

 

[JAG72]

Isn't there a larger dish that E* installes for people in the Pacific Northwest? If not you might want to look at a FTA dish and put a E* LNB on it to use as your dish for 129.

Edit: This is the dish I was thinking of. It is a 24" dish where the 500 is a 20" one.

Winegard 24" Antenna without a DishPro Dual LNB

 

[DirtyTurbin]

Duh I should have seen your location. I would try the fta dish also if you don't mind the size. Let us know what you end up doing.

 

[bradleys]

bhamster,

I use a 76 cm dish for 129.

It's great.

The dish was $50 and shipping from Arkansas was another $50.

I bought it before E* started installing larger dishes for free.

I'd still probably do it myself.

Brad in Seattle.

 

[levibluewa]

To answer your ? re 1000+

...my experience was slightly worse than the 24" separate. Directv is being installed today; I'll let you know if that improves the drop-out issue

 

[alk753]

A 1000+ gives you the equivalent perf of an 18".

Get a 24" for 129W. I use one from SC pointing thru brush and it resolved all signal issues on all TPs, SD and HD. The one mentioned a few posts back has a "D" shaped LNB holder perfect for snug DN LNB fit.

 

[bhamster]

update

Just a quick update, dish was here and put up 24" dish Wow signal is running around 45-50 so it's more than double than before, was running around 17-20 this morning before they showed up..and yes I tipped the tech for a job well done..

 

[Sadoun]

For 129, I highly recommend the 24" or bigger dish. It makes the signal stronger. It will also make it easy and fast for your receiver to process the signal.