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Old 08-25-2012, 11:10 AM   #1
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Hello Everyone, I have a question for the Tech gurus... I am looking at purchasing a Dish Network Sat. dish. I see that their are two types, eastern arc and western arc. whats the difference? thanks in advance for your help.......

p.s. I plan on traveling the States in two years, both side of the Mississippi, if it makes a difference.....
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Old 08-25-2012, 11:20 AM   #2
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Hello Everyone, I have a question for the Tech gurus... I am looking at purchasing a Dish Network Sat. dish. I see that their are two types, eastern arc and western arc. whats the difference? thanks in advance for your help.......

p.s. I plan on traveling the States in two years, both side of the Mississippi, if it makes a difference.....
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Old 08-25-2012, 11:26 AM   #3
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Dish Network 1000.2 Turbo HDTV RV Satellite Tripod Kit for Portable Camping 1000 | eBay as you see it talks of the western arc???
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Old 08-25-2012, 11:58 AM   #4
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I think I get what your your after.

You want a 3 lnb unit which is what your looking at from the link.

Do you have a receiver then ?

I take and use my receiver from my shop and use a used take off dish I got from an installer .
Then I mounted my dish on a work light stand.

One suggestion I would recommend would be this . Tailgater portable

Search (dish tailgater) in eBay.

Auto tuning dish is a lot easier for someone starting out.
http://shop.mobileweb.ebay.com/searc...=true&cmd=SREF
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The home receiver I have is a 222k. Its a dual tuner so I need a dish that I can handle two TV's on different channels.
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Old 08-25-2012, 02:35 PM   #6
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I believe the difference between the Eastern Arc and Western Arc are the satellites it picks up. I live in Wyoming and I pick up 110, 119 and 129 for HD. I use a dish 322 dual reciever for my setup with a 500 plus dual LNB. Once you set it up a couple times it really is quite easy. I would say my setup time is less than 10 minutes total.
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I believe the difference between the Eastern Arc and Western Arc are the satellites it picks up. I live in Wyoming and I pick up 110, 119 and 129 for HD. I use a dish 322 dual reciever for my setup with a 500 plus dual LNB. Once you set it up a couple times it really is quite easy. I would say my setup time is less than 10 minutes total.
I live in Iowa and use the same three.
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I'm not sure where it changes. Obviously east of Iowa somewhere!
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I wonder if it changes around the eastern time zone ?
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I'm not sure. I searched the net and didn't come up with an answer.
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You can pick up either western or eastern with the same dish. The one on my home is turned to the eastern arc, 61.5, 72 and 77. My wineguard carryout is tuned to pick up 110, 119, and 129. I use my receiver from home when I am travelling.
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