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    a better way to water proof your connections

    i use mostly snap and seals which are supposed to be weather resistant, however they are not perfect. first i got some heat shrink from harbor freight, and a 30$ heat gun from home depot. (they have 2 there, get the one in the paint department, not the tool department) starting with the cable...
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    cemented dish blowin loose

    i installed my 90cm dish onto a 2.5" 10 foot pole the pole is 5 feet in the ground there is gravel in the bottom the rest is cement probably 8" or 10" inches in diameter Went to go check it today, tried to rock the pole with my hand and i could see the entire chunk of cement rock back and...
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    fiberglass bud opinions...

    CRAIGSLIST DUDE FOR SALE..... " We have a fiberglass satellite dish for sale. It is made up of four Fiberglass sections that bolt together to form the satellite dish. When assembled it is approximately 10' in diameter. Included are the four fiberglass panels that make up the dish and I...
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    install again.... need pointing advice

    i got a perfectly plum pole installed in detroit i also got a sg2100 and a 90cm offest dist to install from what i remembered there was a true south bird at 83 somethin degrees (AMC 9?) now what do i do first set the e/w poition of the motor on the pole? set the elevation on the...
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    Getting back into FTA

    Hey guys i finally getting settled into my new place haven't been into FTA for a LONG time (years) I am itching to put up my 90cm KU dish... Don't have a motor at the moment, so i am wondering what bird do i get the most KU from ? Were Do you guys have your dishes pointed mostly ...
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    ka feeds?

    are there any tvro ka band feeds out there, and if so any one got a working setup?
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    FTA with 18" dish

    ok i admint i was bored thats a .3 invacom fyi
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    spectralook

    anyone know where to get one of these? http://www.smallear.com/spectra/ A reciever with one built in would be cool too
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    Best Eastern Satellite

    Ok so i moved into a condo and it sucks I only have a eastern view of the sky nothing west of 83 deg. is viewable Anyone have idea whats the most active sat over here? I have a FTA reciever w/ 1.2m ku dish thanks
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    Balcony clamps

    driving through nearby apartments, i noticed alot of people who's apartments face north or east that have a 8 or 10' pole clamped to their balcony railings. Of course they only have small DBS dishes, I am going to get the biggest dish allowed ( i think 1 meter? ). Since my railing is kinda...
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    random ideas

    Hello everyone. Just thought i would throw some random questions and ideas out there... wondering since BUD's have mesh for reflector, why dont ku only dishes? seemes like they would be lighter... Is it a issue with gain? Any one know what the smallest possible ku dish is? how about making...
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    pansat br1000 analog ku reciever

    nice to slave to a ku dvb system http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=9708368460
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    amc 9

    anyone know if theres a live transponder up there right now?
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    looking for antenna mast

    I am looking for a TV antenna chimney mount and possibly a rotor. Will pickup in detroit area
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    signal combiner

    i would like to put 2 satellites on cable and be able to use both at the same time is there and kind of hardware that will combine and seperate the satellite signal ??
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    Pansat 2700A feature question

    I have seen the pansat 2700 for sale on different websites They show the 2700 has this feature "Capable of Setting the Frequency for SMATV System" i can't seem to find a online manual anywhere I wonder if its a built in modulator??
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    smallest dish size

    I want to get the smallest dish available to recieve dish network programming anyone experiment with sizes smaller that the standard 18"?
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    119 audio

    Anyone know what dish networks long term plans for the muzak audio on 119 are? And i am wondering what is the absolutey smallest dish that can revcieve these. I am thiking about making a raido with small dish that i can take to the beach and listen to the music
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    G10/r Kamt

    G10/r KAMT-LP (Amarillo) TeleFutura Anyone get audio on this channel? Is it AC3 ? my Audio PID says 0 its listed on lyngsat as KAMT-LP (Amarillo) 10 52 47 E Any ideas how to get the sound working? Or any ideas where else TeleFutura network can be found on Ku? Thanks people
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    wonder whats up there

    I was reading in europe they have dvb video streams from weather satellites. do we have anything like that here yet? Also i wonder what else is up there besides tv stuff that i can get with a normal ku dish?
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    broadloguic 2030 dvb card

    I am thinking about a getting a broadlogic 2030 dvb card going to setup the card on my Linux box connected to the LNB out on my pansat I wonder Is it possible to send motor command through the receiver? I have read that people have problems with diseqc motor control with this card...
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    Amc9

    AMC9 i thought was my due south satellite i am at 83.0, 42.5 according to lyngsat its still at 83.0W but in a recent post it is mentioned to be at 85.0W !? any ideas? also is there still a full tile analog test card up there? i only ask cuz its a pain in the butt to hook up the analog reciever
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    need some motor parts

    anyone have any extra or know where i can get a mounting bracket and u bolt for my sg2100? thanks
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    diseqc switch

    has anyone tried this putting a switch before a motor? i want to put my reciever to a 2-way diseqc switch then have sat 1 a motorized dish and sat2 and fixed dish
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    quality level question

    just wonderin... as far as DVB signals go, what's the difference when my signal quality is 90% and when its 40%? the picture quality is the same, is the extra signal just redundant data?