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hackalar

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I have a satellite dish on the dock.. I am about to add a auto tracker on boat. So I will have two lines coming in. Is there a switch that will allow me to switch between the lines with out having to unscrew one and rescrew the other?
 
How about a simple A/B 75ohm coaxial switch? Just make sure the switch can pass DC voltage for the LNB. Make sure you don't locate the switch outside subject to weather.
Bill
 
Not sure it will carry the signal. Would have to be 3 gig. Also the dock dish is KA/KU SWiM.. ??
 
The LNB down coverts the IF is much lower than 3GHz.
 
out of curiosity why do you want to switch between them? Is it of HD while at the dock? I'm installing a dish an the dock this year and may add a tracker next year so I'm just wondering the reasoning.
 
I have the Intellian i2 and love it. I have been 40 miles offshore and still had a strong signal. Also gets a stong signal in heavy rain. I have Dish Network and the i2 will receive all their HD programming, just make sure you get the Dish Network version. None of the entry level units will give you HD for DirecTV. The Intellian was definitely the best value when I bought it a little over a year ago.

Back to your original question. On my dish receiver it has a splitter for the dual tuner and that splitter is a high bandwidth one. The following unit states it is 1080p rated so it might be high band width but I am not positive.

http://www.hdtvsupply.com/41015.html

You might also want to check monoprice dot com as they seem to have good pricing on electronic components. I have bought stuff from hdtvsupply in the past and the quality was good but a little more expensive than monoprice.

Kris
 
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