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    Had a Dish(Dish network) setup with two separate dishes, one for 72 other for 61.5 with legacy LNBs and a single sw21 switch and a VIP 211K receiver. Thought it would be easy to change to a Bell setup with a 6131 or 4100 receiver. Can't seem to get a signal from either sat. The setup with dish worked until the switchover so can't see why reaiming the dishes shouldn't work. Do I need new style lnbs to work with the bell receivers?

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    Bell uses the same lnbs

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    Quote Originally Posted by nobodyspecial View Post
    Bell uses the same lnbs
    thanks for that. I will try connecting directly without the switch and aim each dish individually.

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    The bell footprint is smaller than it used to be It is no longer available to most states
    Where are you?

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    And as Nobodyspecial pointed out, you must be within 200 miles or so South from the US/Canadian border to get a useful signal in the US from Bell 91W and 82W, when they put the new satellites up for Canada they moved the footprint for those satellite further North.
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    Go here hxxps://www.dishpointer.com/ punch in Location & Dish settings, it will show you where to point/aim dish etc.

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