Newbie-question about LNBF

[ddinpa]

Hi... new to all this but up and running and enjoying..
My question is this--- have 30" dish for KU (works well). Can I add a Dish network DBS single LNBF and use DiSEqC switch to pick up Echo satellite feed on a Coolsat 5000? I'm looking mostly to grab the NASA feed. If so, what settings should be used. Basicly two LNBFs pointed at same dish...
Many thanks for any help..
Dennis

[elgemcdlf]

Would be easiest to use the Invacom QPH-031 but it is a standard Ku lnbf so if you are warching anything over the Atlantic you may lose some channels.

[Powrline]

Originally Posted by elgemcdlf

Would be easiest to use the Invacom QPH-031 but it is a standard Ku lnbf so if you are warching anything over the Atlantic you may lose some channels.

What are the freqs on the Invacom QPH-031? Do they go lower then the stock LBN that shipped with my FTA order? My lowest freq is something like 11700, but I want to be down in the 4 digit (4330) range to see network feeds.

I was going to order the QPH-031 and the discuq switch, but figured that I could add on later.

Thanks
powrline

[wejones]

Originally Posted by Powrline

What are the freqs on the Invacom QPH-031? Do they go lower then the stock LBN that shipped with my FTA order? My lowest freq is something like 11700, but I want to be down in the 4 digit (4330) range to see network feeds.

I was going to order the QPH-031 and the discuq switch, but figured that I could add on later.

Thanks
powrline

The 4-digit range, ie 3700-4200 in the US (and a bit lower over the atlantic) is C-band. This is where you need a bigger dish, and a different feedhorn. The QPH-031 is only Ku band, not C-band. It does the 11700-12200 band, and the 12200-12700 DBS band, but it doesn't do the low ku band, which is down in the 10700-11700 range (not exactly sure of the lower limit here). This low Ku band is used mainly over the atlantic. Universal LNBFs do this low Ku band, but not C-band. There are lnbfs like the BSC lnbfs, that do both C and either standard Ku or universal Ku, but you need a bigger dish for this.