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  1. valdelocc

    Anyone know why there's no audio on Al-Jazeera??

    all other transponders working ok.
  2. valdelocc

    is Al Jazeera down?

    tried to tune in and got the black screen.
  3. valdelocc

    would you pay $100 for this dish?

    some guy offered me the 7 foot dish and a Legend receiver Cipher II plus $100, good or bad deal what do you think?
  4. valdelocc

    RG6 cable run max lenght?

    that was also my first question in this forum. I ran 270+ feet of RG-6 to my SG2100 located on my barn and so far so good, I used the double shielded type I bought from Lowes, ran it underground inside plastic conduit, I ran 3 cables , one for the motorized setup, another for a fix dish and last...
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    digital converter box for FTA???

    with some of the FTA channels going digital I was wondering a digital converter box could be use with a FTA receiver to watch digital HD channels.
  6. valdelocc

    is MegaTV still free in 127W Horizon 1?

    Lingsat shows MegaTV on 3800 V tp5, for some reason I cant get that tp and I was wondering if the channel is still there. thanks
  7. valdelocc

    no audio in most of AMC 21 (125º W)

    re-scanned it a couple of times and still only one of the channels has audio, anyone experiencing the same?
  8. valdelocc

    Unused BUD Dish? Any value?

    whats the average value of a used wineguard 7.5' and a 10'?
  9. valdelocc

    Is Russia Today showing?

    its working now:up Don’t want to highjack the threat, but someone is selling a 10' mesh dish and a Uniden Model HCC - 9400 receiver for $50, does it seems like a good deal? thanks
  10. valdelocc

    Is Russia Today showing?

    dont have audio in al jazeera English, how bout you Ice?
  11. valdelocc

    Is Russia Today showing?

    I just blind scanned 97w and Russia Today is back 100%, try 12152/H/20000
  12. valdelocc

    Is Russia Today showing?

    seems like the big satellite companies are buying and encrypting pretty much everything worth watching.:mad:
  13. valdelocc

    Fortec Star Dynamic Installation Results

    Radar can you pick Satmex 5-6 from your location? by the way great thread, thanks.
  14. valdelocc

    Sadoun Offer: 120 cm Dish $199.99 delivered

    what do I need to do in order to get the fee shipping? I tried to order one but the shipping came up to $140+, I'm in NY.
  15. valdelocc

    Dishnetwork Dish

    I tried the superdish today with a 10750lnb I was able to pick Amc-5&6 and Hispasat, the signal came very strong at 90+ but the quality was in the low 30's.
  16. valdelocc

    Dishnetwork Dish

    I was wondering the same thing, I have a couple of dish 1000 and I was thinking about rigging a fta lnb to the arm and see whats happens, those dishes are very well built, would be nice to use it for something.
  17. valdelocc

    How far can I mount the dish be from the receiver?

    I nailed it today:up but lost most of the signals in the rest of the sats, in order to pick Spainsat 30WI changed the inclination a bit locking the signal at 92 and the Q at 56-62, picked most of the Spanish channels I was looking for including 6 from Cuba, I dont understand whats going on cause...
  18. valdelocc

    How far can I mount the dish be from the receiver?

    sorry, mispelled, I was refering to 30.0W Hispasat/Spainsat
  19. valdelocc

    How far can I mount the dish be from the receiver?

    ACW thanks a lot once again!! You have a wealth of knowledge about satellite stuff, I’ve been blessed with HVAC-R if you ever need help fixing your furnace or air conditioning drop me an e-mail OK, as far as the contest for free stuff the wife and I make a decent living so we let the free stuff...
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    How far can I mount the dish be from the receiver?

    Guys finally I’m getting some channels, I put the TV on my tractors loaders raise it up where I could see it from the roof and by changing the dish angle I was able to pick AMC and a few more transponders, unbelievable how sensitive the signal are to very minor changes to the position of the...
  21. valdelocc

    How far can I mount the dish be from the receiver?

    well, changed the LNB type also moved the arm closer to the dish and still nothing:mad: I'm about to pick a rifle and use the danm thing for target shooting.
  22. valdelocc

    How far can I mount the dish be from the receiver?

    Thanks I’ll change the LNB type tomorrow and see if it works. Something else caught my attention while analyzing my pictures I think I mounted the LNB arm the wrong way, I’m not 100% sure but I think the arm goes inside the bracket and I mounted outside closer to the motor, the freaking...
  23. valdelocc

    How far can I mount the dish be from the receiver?

    Well today wife and I played with the system again and still nothing, the signal stays around 40% and no quality at all, I took some pictures for you guys to take a look and advise me from there, so far I followed all the instructions to the letter with no results, I most be doing something...
  24. valdelocc

    How far can I mount the dish be from the receiver?

    AcWxRadar and Ice thank you very much for your help, it was crappy here today I woke up to 3 inches of snow this morning most be that global warming or something:D I'm hoping to do some more testing this coming weekend I let ou nkow how it goes. thanks again.
  25. valdelocc

    How far can I mount the dish be from the receiver?

    Yesterday I finally got the dish mounted on the barn, I followed the instructions that came with the GG-2100 motor, pointed the dish to azimuth 191 magn. (True south) for my location 43N 77W and 0 the motor. I didn’t touch the elevation cause the motor and dish are set per manual and assumed...