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Originally Posted by sv1000
Thanks you guys for the replies. Being a noobie, I realize I am assuming all of Dish Networks satellites are Echostars. Please let me know if that is wrong. Below is an extract from FTA Manual.doc which lead me to believe you need a linear LNB for certain Dish sats. Anyone know this to be incorrect ?
" If, however, you want to tune into Dish Network’s 105 or 121 satellites, you will need a Ku-band linear LNB. This is because the signal type and frequency is different from the other Dish/BEV satellites."
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The 121 satellite is linear. The 105 satellite used to be linear, up until a month or two ago, but the new AMC-15 is *supposed* tp be one of those sats I mentioned that can be either linear or circular, so I'm not positive what it is. It's listed in Lyngsat as being linear, and it "seems" to be, as I can easily tune it with my linear feed, but I think that AMC-16 was listed as linear for a while too, and there was an argument about whether it was linear or circular. According to the AMC site, AMC 15 is supposed to be a twin of AMC-16.
My guess is that AMC15 is now linear because it is replacing a sat that was linear, and they don't want people to have to change hardware to receive it, whereas AMC16 went into a slot where they only had circular sats before, so they could go with circular on it.