Did exactly the same thing myself. It was an excellent combination of LNBs/channels.

I was thinking about this the other day. I know that it took me a while to finally take the plunge into FTA, and what finally made my mind up was entirely due to seeing what was available on 123 at the time (3 years ago). While I am hopelessly addicted to this so-called hobby and have no regrets, I really do wonder, with what there is available now and how it is so spread out it among the various satellites, whether I would now have taken that first step into FTA.

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My second fixed Ku dish was pointed at 123 then I added the second WSTV LNB like so many others. I had many hours of great tv viewing from that setup. At least we still have RTN on 83. I do miss all the RTN channels on G-10 with there staggered show times.

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same here
119/123 was the 1st setup I had
then added 119/123/129 for WSTV

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Winegard 76cm dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual KU LNB/DirecTv dual..... Fortec 6 foot dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB aimed at 99W... Primestar 84e aimed at 105W.... WSIDigital 4 foot dish with Sadoun dual LNB aimed at 111.1W with 2nd LNB for 107.3W.... GeoSatPro 36" dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual LNB
Coolsat 5000 on motorized....AZBox HD Elite on 99,motorized,105....Viacast DSR1500 on 99....Coolsat 5000 on 2nd motorized.... Shaw Direct DSR505 receiver on 107.3/111.1.... Pansat 1500 to aim dishes.... few receivers not set up yet
Other 6 foot Fortec dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB "ghetto moved" to various C-Band satellites

Now is the best time to get involved and try to get new FTA broadcasting avalible. The true FTA channels seem to be dropping every time I turn on my reciever. We have lost good channels like TUBE TV, Retro Jams, TVU on KU and many others. After reading an artical about the TUBE media network, I noticed how much support it had and how many people are still holding on, waiting for the day it comes back on air. Radar, you should consider getting in contact with others that have been involved with these networks. Could someone still contact Les Garland of the old tube media or members of that group, or someone from White Springs or the RTN networks. Would they be intrested in a partnership? or atleast give some direction. Other non profit stations like TVU of Sky Angle may be intersted in becoming part of a KU band channel linup. It may just be a matter of getting the word out and being real about making this happen. If we all sit back, stair at the sky and do nothing, there will be nothing left for us to look at.

Oh the good ol' days! I seldom moved my dish off 123 back then. I especially miss it when I go to watch ABC on 99W and all I get is a pixelated mess.

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10' Winegard aimed at 99W, 90cm Fortec Star, SG2100 motor, Invacom QPH-031, Coolsat 7000....and with any luck an Azbox Elite soon.