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I believe the secondary receiver is an add-on at some point past the RF
front end, although I am only surmising this from BMI comments. I also
note the existence of a second 9-pin port on the back of my satellite
receiver box, which might mean that it is a purely digital partner.
Allan
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A.J. Carisse wrote:
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> Allan L. Kaminsky wrote:
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> > Even if you could split the RF from the dish (you can't), the receivers
> > are still separately addressable, so no fees are saved thru this
> > arrangement.
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> If this could be done, this would spare you from having to hang a second dish,
> and while I'm not sure how the equipment rental works with this gear, I would
> expect some kind of saving over two full setups.
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> > However, BMI does have a secondary receiver (I think they charge about
> > $150/month, but check with them) that allow one dish/receiver and two
> > accounts to be used.
>
> Is this "secondary" receiver to be used in conjunction with the primary one? If
> this is the case, then there mst be an RF split here, since this is the only way
> that you can feed two receivers (primary and secondary) from a single dish. On
> the other hand, maybe this setup uses a special receiver with dual com ports,
> which would be a more elegant solution anyway.
>
> Regards and Good Trading,
> A.J.
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