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    99W on 6 ft dish

    Hi everyone. After a long pause (about 2 years?) I've set up my 6ft stationary dish to bring in channels on 99W again. My earlier receiver was hit by a power surge during a storm, and I only replaced it recently with a Freesat V7, which is functional but has its quirks. I can get 3720H and 4000H...
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    No Go Shaw Direct on 100cm dish

    Hello everybody I'm new to Shaw Direct and can't seem to get my HD 600 receiver to download the channel maps properly from Anik F1 (107W) and F2 (111W), although I have very good signal quality (high 90's) and decent Ecb/no on both (7.5-9.9). I get channels, but not on both satellites...
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    Tele-Satellite's Zhongwen

    This month's Tele-Satellite has a lead title "Made in Zhongwen." I haven't read the article yet, but I presume that they meant to write "Made in Zhongguo." Zhongwen = Chinese (language) Zhongguo = China
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    Sadoun PowerTech DG380

    I have just learned that I won Sadoun's PowerTech DG380 giveaway. Allow me to express my gratitude to the helpful crowd at SatelliteGuys and especially to Sadoun Satellite Sales for its support of this great website ! I'll let everyone know how the installation goes once the motor arrives...
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    FTA Awards

    Wouldn't if be nice if one of the leading FTA Internet sites (hint, hint) established annual prizes for the top 5-10 English language and the top 5-10 foreign language FTA stations available in North America? Of course, there would have to be clear guidelines for evaluating the quality of...
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    RTS Sénégal

    People sometimes ask what French-language programs are available FTA in North America. Well, not a lot. But here's a bit of good news for the ku-band crowd -- RTS Sénégal has joined the ranks of Canal Algérie and M2 Marocco on T5 ! (Right now, the news I am watching is in Wolof, though). If...
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    BEV 5100 glitch

    For the past week my BEV 5100 has been unable to lock on to even-numbered transponders here in Georgia. For a while, it wasn't even getting past the initial transponder check, but then returned to getting a few select stations on odd-numbered transponders. Everything else seems to work ok...
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    Long scan times

    Iceberg -- I seem to remember that you once asked why one satellite took so much longer to scan than others. I don't think you ever got a satisfactory answer to that question. Perhaps this might help. Today I scanned two channels on AMC4: WVGN at 11991H (20-25% quality) and KUIL at 11704 (99%...
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    Intelsat 5

    I haven't been getting Intelsat 5, transponder 11836 (NTD and TV 7) for several weeks now. Can anyone confirm that these stations are still up?
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    Two receivers / one lnbf?

    Does anyone know if it's possible to hook up a second and third receiver to a single LNBF using a JVI 35-DTV34 multiswitch to split the R6 cable signal? An A/B switch isn't a practical option.
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    2 Lnbf's at 4° spacing

    Hi FTA-ers ! I'm having a tough time getting top signal strength on my dual lnbf bracket when satellites are only 4° apart. My two lnbf's (standard ASC 321) are just too big -- both are tightly pressed against each other, but I still need a few millimeters tweaking space. Signal strength on...
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