Loosing signal on 110

[TraderA]

Is your Dish System grounded ? Most switching problems stem from a lack of grounding, especially when that 2nd receiver is added to the system. All Dishes, Cables(using a 2.5GHz grounding block), and especially switches need to be grounded to an earth ground, using solid copper ground wire.

My dish is mounted on a wooden 4x4 and the two switches screwed to its side. Would that explain why I keep losing 110 (port 2) on both receivers (119 on port 1 is fine) when connected through the switch, even if one receiver is turned off? Sometimes the signal bounces from zero to 95 as in the above post, at other times it never gets above zero. I thought it might be something to do with a flaky Ariza dual LNB, but I get the same problem even when I switch them around.

[TraderA]

Sorry, maybe I hijacked the thread. The first post wasn't mine but the symptoms were similar. If you want me to start a new thread, I will.

I wasn't very clear about the signals. Both the Signal and Quality bounce around, the Signal will go from 75 to 50 and the Quality from 75 to 5. Both LNBs are Ariza. When I hook up 110 directly, I get no problems at all. Maybe it's that wooden post?

[Terryl]

Hi TraderA,

I moved you to your own tread to get the help you need with your problem.

[Terryl]

What type are the Ariza LNB's?

Old style Legacy (requires +14 and +18 volts to switch the polarity's) with 2 outputs (1 for the +14 and 1 for the +18) uses 2 coaxes to a legacy switch ( has a SAT 1a and a SAT 1b input)

New style Legacy, with 2 single signal outputs. (take the +13 and +18 volts to switch but with dual outputs for 2 receivers)

Or Standard, uses a band stacking setup to get all polarity's on a single coax.

All of the above LNB's must be the circular polarity type to be used for the 110 and 119 satellites.



There is another type and that is the Ariza reverse polarity type, but they are linear and can only be used on the T-55 and T-90 dishes.

[TraderA]

What type are the Ariza LNB's?

Old style Legacy (requires +14 and +18 volts to switch the polarity's) with 2 outputs (1 for the +14 and 1 for the +18) uses 2 coaxes to a legacy switch ( has a SAT 1a and a SAT 1b input)

New style Legacy, with 2 single signal outputs. (take the +13 and +18 volts to switch but with dual outputs for 2 receivers)

Or Standard, uses a band stacking setup to get all polarity's on a single coax.

All of the above LNB's must be the circular polarity type to be used for the 110 and 119 satellites.



There is another type and that is the Ariza reverse polarity type, but they are linear and can only be used on the T-55 and T-90 dishes.

It's a DSS Dual LNB Model: GK532-30. Sounds like a new style Legacy.

[Terryl]

Yes that is a new style legacy LNB, you only need one coax to each of the LNB's from the switch if you had one receiver.

But you have 2 receivers so you need a legacy switch to handle the 2 receivers, it will have a Satellite 1 A and B input and a satellite 2 A and B input, then it will have 4 outputs 1 for each receiver.

Does your switch look something like this one?
http://www.satelliteone.com/legacy-sw44.html

This will allow you to hook up both LNB's to 2 receivers and have independent selection of both satellites and all transponders.

[TraderA]

Yes that is a new style legacy LNB, you only need one coax to each of the LNB's from the switch if you had one receiver.

But you have 2 receivers so you need a legacy switch to handle the 2 receivers, it will have a Satellite 1 A and B input and a satellite 2 A and B input, then it will have 4 outputs 1 for each receiver.

Does your switch look something like this one?
http://www.satelliteone.com/legacy-sw44.html

This will allow you to hook up both LNB's to 2 receivers and have independent selection of both satellites and all transponders.

No, it looks nothing like that. That's what I have on my subbed Bev system. I'm using 2 separate Diseqc switches, one for each receiver. Is that a no-no?