You are correct hoppers wont work in this situation, however the dishnetwork 211k is a single tuner hd receiver, works fine with a triple lnb dish from them as well, I put mine on a tripod for mobility since it seems I always camp with no clear line of site, cover 110 and 129 lnb with tin foil, dial in sat 119, take foil off lnb's and run a check switch, fairly simple process. This receiver will also work with dishnetworks tailgator, which will find the signal for you, I cant justify the cost of it however.