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    Connecting dish to existing cable.

    I ran across the following diplexer: Eagle Aspen Single Port Power Passive Diplexer (D2200) | D2200 [Eagle Aspen] | PVDP2 DP2 duplexr duplexer D2200 d-2200 d-2100 d2100 It is only $5 and has an excellent diagram at the bottom of the page. It looks like you use one at each end to...
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    Connecting dish to existing cable.

    I would be more worried about the voltages. Wouldn't having the 18v running down the line cause problems for the cable company? Also, you are powering the motor. How does the motor handle running through a diplexer? If it were all passive, I would just say try it and see what happens, but...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2009

    Where in SW missouri are you located? The P* dishes are suppose to be in SE missouri (near poplar bluff) while I'm located about 4 hours away from them in north central missouri (columbia) which is why I haven't been able to completely verify their existence yet. My father in law lives near...
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    Group Buy: GEOSATpro C2 LNBF $13.00!!!

    I missed the brackets too. Where does it mention the special pricing for the brackets? I'll take two brackets with my order. How exactly are we suppose to pay for these anyways?
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2009

    Went back to ask the lady about the primestar dish on the boarded up property. She just said no, wouldn't give a reason. Tempted to send a postcard offering to buy it for $10. Found out that the Cband dish is a sami. Are these any good? The lady said she would ask her sister if she...
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    Clearance Sale: SG2100 Digipower Motech motor

    Wow, cheaper than ebay/froogle and guaranteed to not be a clone. Any reason why you are discontinuing them? I'm looking to buy my first motor and the sg2100 seems to be a popular one but doesn't seem to be quite as heavy duty as the other ones on your site.
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    Enter to win: Sadoun Powertech DG380 HH Motor - End 2/28/09

    Unless you only care about 1-2 channels the chances of them all being on the same satellite is slim to none. A motorized dish is the easiest way to capture multiple satellites.
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    Ku Band Program Packages

    Skyvision has packages for Cband (big dishes): C-band Satellite Digital Programming Packages not for sure if they sell anything for ku band or not. And of course there are alot of free to air channels on both KU and C band but skyvision is the only place I've seen that will sell you premium...
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    I was wondering ?

    blind scan can be software or hardware. PC cards don't usually have hardware blind scan so their blindscan tends to be slower than the set top boxes that usually have hardware blind scan.
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    adding additional columns to "The List"

    I think "The List" would be more useful if it had a few additional columns like: primary language(s) primary category(s): i.e. religious, sports, news, weather url to provider's homepage whether the channel is always on or not. Also, why are there encrypted channels on "The List" I...
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    adding additional columns to "The List"

    Sorry, I looked around and it seemed like this would be the appropriate forum. I will repost in FTA. Might get more input from other members that way as well.
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    adding additional columns to "The List"

    I think "The List" would be more useful if it had a few additional columns like: primary language(s) primary category(s): i.e. religious, sports, news, weather url to provider's homepage whether the channel is always on or not. Also, why are there encrypted channels on "The List" I see alot...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2009

    options for hidden dishes Not too worried about it. They haven't collected dues in about 5 years and instead collect donations once a year. They apparently tried to start the HOA back up a few years back because someone wouldn't stop draining down the lake to water their lawn. That...
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    NEW and considering FTA- is there a difference in LNB's

    Oh, and for four tv's, you will probably want a quad output LNBF. Here is one: Universal Quad Ku LNBF - Wideband Fortec - 4 outputs of course that also requires 4 receivers, not for sure how much money you are wanting to invest. With only one receiver, all the tv's would have to be on the...
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    NEW and considering FTA- is there a difference in LNB's

    There are TWO channels you can pick up with the circular LNBFs on the slimline (which is I assume what you have), they are actually dishnetwork channels, one is angelone which is some kind of religious station, the other is the nasa channel which is a mostly raw feed straight from the control...
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    36' Dish to hit 123 and 125 satellites

    A quick search on ebay found this: New! 2 Degree Monoblock KU FTA Linear LNB / LNBF - eBay (item 330279155845 end time Mar-14-09 14:14:12 PDT) Which looks strangely homemade. :) Anyways, it might give you some ideas.
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    36' Dish to hit 123 and 125 satellites

    I thought that I saw an integrated 2 degree dual output lnbf, but with a quick search was unable to locate it. I did find a 4 degree bracket at one of our sponsors: DUAL LNBF CLAMP - 4 DEGREE ROTATING - SatelliteAV, LLC.
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2009

    The room isn't the problem, I live on 3.75 acres with a lake due south and no trees, so I should have no problem with the whole southern sky thing. Unfortunately, I also have no trees to hide the dishes and lots of nearby neighbors in my homeowners association. I have promised my wife that I...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2009

    What do I have here && best way to harvest Ok, brand new to dish hunting, found a primestar on an abandoned piece of property on my route to work, finally located owner who took my number, so will hopefully have one of those soon. In the mean time I have located two BUDs, the first one I have...
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    recommendations on good LNBFs

    A quick search on google, showed an answer to my first question: http://www.satelliteguys.us/free-air-fta-discussion/30890-universal-vs-standard-lnbf.html http://www.satelliteguys.us/c-band-satellite-discussion/100160-whats-difference-between-universal-lnbf-standard-linear-lnbf.html and if I...
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    I need some help please.....

    Every station that you get from directtv/dish are technically ppv. The only difference is you pay once a month for unlimited viewing versus paying for a one time viewing. You need to determine what station(s) you are wanting and see if they are on the list above. If they aren't on the...
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    recommendations on good LNBFs

    Any recommendations for/against any particular LNBFs? The "redheads" seem to be popular on this forum. I finally figured out that this was referring to the techsat tracker II which I found on ebay for about $20 each. Any reason that these are popular? Ebay has alot of $10+freeship...
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    I need some help please.....

    Oh, and if you say your friend has a "big fta setup" and it is a legal setup, he is probably the best person to ask as a legal "big fta setup" usually means someone has multiple satelites and alot of know how.
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    I need some help please.....

    Here is a list of the channels you can get LEGALLY from FTA: FTAList.com Master Channel List The only subscription dish that can pick up anything but NASA and ANGELONE is the superdish but even it is a bit on the small side and has some quirks. What you need to buy is a 31inch or larger dish...
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    Is the superdish fully retired?

    Is the superdish fully retired? I have spotted dozens of them all over my town. Is there an easy way to tell if they are active or not? I saw mention of a "repoint kit" they were using to retrofit them. What does the repoint kit look like? Is it safe to assume that if they don't have the...