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**woodcreeker** · February 10th, 2007

It's obvious that each receiver will need it's own dish to view different satellites at different times. I would not worry so much about all receivers receiving all satellites, as this is a spendy proposition. You will need 4 motors equipped with a special LNB for each of the 4 receivers. I would set up a Dish 500 with a Quad Dish Pro LNB to power the four receivers with the 2 Dish Network satellites.

You can add a second 18" dish to feed 2 receivers with Nimiq1 (BEV). If need be, you can add another to upgrade the other 3rd and 4th receivers to BEV.

Then maybe add a 33" dish with a linear LNB to see how much impact that globecast makes to your viewing on your primary receiver. I do know this will receive some local channels the other satellites do not have. Considering spending an extra $400 to have these on every receiver doesn't make very much sense to me.

Check Lyngsat to see how many channels your mega setup would net you, considering there are numerous duplicate channels. I am sure just the first 2 dishes that pick up the below mentioned 3 satellites will satisfy at least 99.9% of all viewers and setups.

Rome was NOT built in one day!

I cannot find the time to watch the 1000+ channels I have from the usual 3 satellite (Echo 7 @ 119W, Echo 6,8 @ 110W and Nimiq 1 @ 91W) setup. I doubt you will need the added complexity to get just a few more channels.

Good Luck !!

February 10th, 2007	#6 (permalink)
woodcreeker Expert Site Helper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 753 Credits: 952.93 Thanks: 82 Thanked 414 Times in 264 Posts	It's obvious that each receiver will need it's own dish to view different satellites at different times. I would not worry so much about all receivers receiving all satellites, as this is a spendy proposition. You will need 4 motors equipped with a special LNB for each of the 4 receivers. I would set up a Dish 500 with a Quad Dish Pro LNB to power the four receivers with the 2 Dish Network satellites. You can add a second 18" dish to feed 2 receivers with Nimiq1 (BEV). If need be, you can add another to upgrade the other 3rd and 4th receivers to BEV. Then maybe add a 33" dish with a linear LNB to see how much impact that globecast makes to your viewing on your primary receiver. I do know this will receive some local channels the other satellites do not have. Considering spending an extra $400 to have these on every receiver doesn't make very much sense to me. Check Lyngsat to see how many channels your mega setup would net you, considering there are numerous duplicate channels. I am sure just the first 2 dishes that pick up the below mentioned 3 satellites will satisfy at least 99.9% of all viewers and setups. Rome was NOT built in one day! I cannot find the time to watch the 1000+ channels I have from the usual 3 satellite (Echo 7 @ 119W, Echo 6,8 @ 110W and Nimiq 1 @ 91W) setup. I doubt you will need the added complexity to get just a few more channels. Good Luck !!