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Posted by James on September 25, 2009, 3:51 pm
I looked for a more proper group to post this in, but could not find a
better group. I figured some folks here would know about Direct TV
antennas.
Ok, first I know next to NOTHING about satellite tv and antennas, so
please be patient. I live near Atlanta, Ga, and I use Direct TV and it
works great. But, I have a fishing cottage on a lake about 30 minutes away,
and I would like to take one of my receivers there and get Direct TV when I
am there on some weekends.
I picked up a 21 inch by 18 inch dish at a garage sale. It came with an
LNB, identified as:
Eagle DTVP3
Triple-Feed, Multi-Satellite LNB
Built-in Multi-switch with 4 outputs
This unit has three mushroom looking pods on it (which point into the dish)
and FOUR coax connection points.
(I only aim at one satellite, about 215 deg azimuth, and about 40 degrees
elevation, if any of that makes a difference.)
I just need to feed one tv receiver at my very small lake cottage. Here are
my questions:
1. Do I just run one RG6 cable, from any one of the 4 ports to the Direct
TV receiver ? In other words, is that all there is to it?
2. How is this LNB powered ??? I would have thought it was powered by
the coax-feed, from the receiver ???? Is that right ??
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Thanks for any other tips in helping me get this to work. I want to go up
there next weekend, and if I need anything else I would like to know now.
Thanks Again !!
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Posted by HeyBub on September 25, 2009, 5:21 pm
James wrote:
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> I looked for a more proper group to post this in, but could not find a
> better group. I figured some folks here would know about Direct TV
> antennas.
> Ok, first I know next to NOTHING about satellite tv and antennas, so
> please be patient. I live near Atlanta, Ga, and I use Direct TV
> and it works great. But, I have a fishing cottage on a lake about 30
> minutes away, and I would like to take one of my receivers there and
> get Direct TV when I am there on some weekends.
> I picked up a 21 inch by 18 inch dish at a garage sale. It came
> with an LNB, identified as:
> Eagle DTVP3
> Triple-Feed, Multi-Satellite LNB
> Built-in Multi-switch with 4 outputs
> This unit has three mushroom looking pods on it (which point into the
> dish) and FOUR coax connection points.
> (I only aim at one satellite, about 215 deg azimuth, and about 40
> degrees elevation, if any of that makes a difference.)
> I just need to feed one tv receiver at my very small lake cottage.
> Here are my questions:
> 1. Do I just run one RG6 cable, from any one of the 4 ports to the
> Direct TV receiver ? In other words, is that all there is to it?
> 2. How is this LNB powered ??? I would have thought it was
> powered by the coax-feed, from the receiver ???? Is that right ??
Yes for #2. That's the extent of my knowledge.
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Posted by Oren on September 25, 2009, 5:43 pm
wrote:
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>I looked for a more proper group to post this in, but could not find a
>better group. I figured some folks here would know about Direct TV
>antennas.
>Ok, first I know next to NOTHING about satellite tv and antennas, so
>please be patient. I live near Atlanta, Ga, and I use Direct TV and it
>works great. But, I have a fishing cottage on a lake about 30 minutes away,
>and I would like to take one of my receivers there and get Direct TV when I
>am there on some weekends.
>I picked up a 21 inch by 18 inch dish at a garage sale. It came with an
>LNB, identified as:
> Eagle DTVP3
> Triple-Feed, Multi-Satellite LNB
> Built-in Multi-switch with 4 outputs
>This unit has three mushroom looking pods on it (which point into the dish)
>and FOUR coax connection points.
>(I only aim at one satellite, about 215 deg azimuth, and about 40 degrees
>elevation, if any of that makes a difference.)
>I just need to feed one tv receiver at my very small lake cottage. Here are
>my questions:
>1. Do I just run one RG6 cable, from any one of the 4 ports to the Direct
>TV receiver ? In other words, is that all there is to it?
>2. How is this LNB powered ??? I would have thought it was powered by
>the coax-feed, from the receiver ???? Is that right ??
>------------------
>Thanks for any other tips in helping me get this to work. I want to go up
>there next weekend, and if I need anything else I would like to know now.
>Thanks Again !!
>JJ
Never had a multi-LBN dish. Depending on the location, I mounted my
dish on a 5' galv. pole in cement right next to the short point
connection.
1st I tested the reception while the dish sat in/on a 5 gal. bucket.
Then I mounted it and 'tuned' it for reception. My point.. test before
you really mount the dish on the roof line or ground mounted.
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Posted by HeyBub on September 25, 2009, 9:22 pm
Oren wrote:
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> wrote:
>> I looked for a more proper group to post this in, but could not find
>> a better group. I figured some folks here would know about Direct
>> TV antennas.
>> Ok, first I know next to NOTHING about satellite tv and antennas,
>> so please be patient. I live near Atlanta, Ga, and I use Direct
>> TV and it works great. But, I have a fishing cottage on a lake about
>> 30 minutes away, and I would like to take one of my receivers there
>> and get Direct TV when I am there on some weekends.
>> I picked up a 21 inch by 18 inch dish at a garage sale. It came
>> with an LNB, identified as:
>> Eagle DTVP3
>> Triple-Feed, Multi-Satellite LNB
>> Built-in Multi-switch with 4 outputs
>> This unit has three mushroom looking pods on it (which point into
>> the dish) and FOUR coax connection points.
>> (I only aim at one satellite, about 215 deg azimuth, and about 40
>> degrees elevation, if any of that makes a difference.)
>> I just need to feed one tv receiver at my very small lake cottage.
>> Here are my questions:
>> 1. Do I just run one RG6 cable, from any one of the 4 ports to the
>> Direct TV receiver ? In other words, is that all there is to it?
>> 2. How is this LNB powered ??? I would have thought it was
>> powered by the coax-feed, from the receiver ???? Is that right ??
>> ------------------
>> Thanks for any other tips in helping me get this to work. I want to
>> go up there next weekend, and if I need anything else I would like
>> to know now.
>> Thanks Again !!
>> JJ
> Never had a multi-LBN dish. Depending on the location, I mounted my
> dish on a 5' galv. pole in cement right next to the short point
> connection.
> 1st I tested the reception while the dish sat in/on a 5 gal. bucket.
> Then I mounted it and 'tuned' it for reception. My point.. test before
> you really mount the dish on the roof line or ground mounted.
If at all possible, avoid a roof mount. Oh, you may have to because of trees
or tall houses, but absent obstructions, a ground mount is far superior.
If the dish is gound-accessible:
* It's easier to align
* It's easier to remove snow and leaves
* Other
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Posted by Oren on September 26, 2009, 3:47 pm
wrote:
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>If at all possible, avoid a roof mount. Oh, you may have to because of trees
>or tall houses, but absent obstructions, a ground mount is far superior.
>If the dish is gound-accessible:
>* It's easier to align
No ladder work. Less susceptible to high winds.
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>* It's easier to remove snow and leaves
Spray dish with kitchen PAM. Snow never really sticks.
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>* Other
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> better group. I figured some folks here would know about Direct TV
> antennas.
> Ok, first I know next to NOTHING about satellite tv and antennas, so
> please be patient. I live near Atlanta, Ga, and I use Direct TV
> and it works great. But, I have a fishing cottage on a lake about 30
> minutes away, and I would like to take one of my receivers there and
> get Direct TV when I am there on some weekends.
> I picked up a 21 inch by 18 inch dish at a garage sale. It came
> with an LNB, identified as:
> Eagle DTVP3
> Triple-Feed, Multi-Satellite LNB
> Built-in Multi-switch with 4 outputs
> This unit has three mushroom looking pods on it (which point into the
> dish) and FOUR coax connection points.
> (I only aim at one satellite, about 215 deg azimuth, and about 40
> degrees elevation, if any of that makes a difference.)
> I just need to feed one tv receiver at my very small lake cottage.
> Here are my questions:
> 1. Do I just run one RG6 cable, from any one of the 4 ports to the
> Direct TV receiver ? In other words, is that all there is to it?
> 2. How is this LNB powered ??? I would have thought it was
> powered by the coax-feed, from the receiver ???? Is that right ??