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Old 2011-08-31, 11:38 AM   #1
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If I were to install 2 dishes to improve signal by aiming each dish at its respective satellite; could I run 2 dual LNB's on each? If this is possible, I would assume I would need to combine the cables from each LNB in order to feed into the SW44. Would the power inserter have enough juice to power all 8 LNB's?

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Old 2011-08-31, 11:45 AM   #2
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If I were to install 2 dishes to improve signal by aiming each dish at its respective satellite; could I run 2 dual LNB's on each? If this is possible, I would assume I would need to combine the cables from each LNB in order to feed into the SW44. Would the power inserter have enough juice to power all 8 LNB's?

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I am a bit confused as to what you mean by 8 LNB's......but for the most part you are correct. Instead of having the dual LNB dish yoke (the Y) you can have dual LNB's on TWO seperate dishs, one dish being pointed at 91 and the other one at 82, then you would take 2 feeds from each and then connect them to your SW44, connection wise it would be like this to the SW44 Satellite Inputs 1A=91 (LNB91) 1B=91 (LNB91) 2A=82 (LNB82) 2B=82 (LNB82)


PS: Just kinda figured out what you meant by 8 LNB's outs and what your describing is impossible, you cannot have 2 dual dishs with 2 dual LNBS each pointed both at 91,91 and the other dish at 82,82 it doesn't work like that, the LNB's are spaced 9 degrees apart and only receive what they are suppose to receive and thats 91+82 and NOT 91+91 or 82+82 like your describing

What you can have is lets say two 24inch dishes (larger the better the gain) pointed at 91 and 82 to gain better signal as described up top
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Old 2011-08-31, 12:29 PM   #3
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In Georgetown, you should not need anything more than a standard Dish.

If you experience low signal or very frequent outages, I would suggest trying to re-aim the 20" Dish before looking for other alternatives.

What issues are you having.?
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