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I see that Irony is dead but the God Complex is alive and well. (shakes head) Some things never change.

Hello all, Back when I used to hang out in these parts, a perennial question was where to get an AC3 decoder on the cheap. That's why when I saw a killer deal at woot.com I figured I'd stick my head in and let you guys know. Complete 5.1 surround system including receiver, sub and...

It seemed faster but I didn't get far... Home:receivers:FTA receivers:Fortec Classic Na - BOOM! Reload and page is OK It seems faster (but that might be a placebo) but the rendering was about the same. I can't get 6 pages before it blows. Sorry Sadoun, wish I had better news. EDIT: 2 pages...

Apparently in the wonderful, wacky world that is the FTA business, both Fortec and Pansat use the exact same model number (FC90P) for their 90cm offset dishes. The 2 dishes are very, very different. Not that buying FTA products could be confusing or anything. :confused:

Or just get a high stability LNB for 10 bucks (maybe 20) off ebay. You get a good LNB on the cheap and no worries. Well unless you decide you DO want to change polarity on the fly. ;-)

The page IS written such that downloading Fortec's own software voids thier warranty. I assume it is written as well as the rest of the documentation and they MEANT to say third party software voids the warranty. But Horizion if you load it, let us know what it does or does not do for you.

You know... Perhaps the best advice is to skip all the books and gradated scale on the dish and use a 10 buck angle finder from Home Depot. Set the HH for Lat and use the angle finder to get it dead smack on. See also for a mostly related issue...

FYI- From memory that is real close to what I was getting on my X-Treme II when I was playing with it on IA 5 down here. I might try it later today if I get a minute. All things considered, skew seems to be the most forgiving of the parameters. Trying being plus/minus 8 degrees on Az. :devil:

Unless I missed it (when I search like 5 times) none of the gold sponsors sells that dish. Vendor not withstanding, I like the looks of that dish.

Well.... Since it is the "Northern Radar Air Defense" one would think radar. ;-)

BTW- Where did you get that dish?

It is AC3 and you need to pump it thru a receiver (stereo) that can decode it. EDIT: Montana should have audio

;-) OK worded poorly... I know skew is not determined by lat but I was wondering if being way south gave me more fudge factor. (ie: dish size in Canada vs here)

Well, I've wondered if it makes much difference that I am so far south. -- AND because I'm waiting on a new motor, I have my dish on a tripod and can only see near TS on the arc. I don't have the experience to tell you how much each factor effects the performance. Ice is considerably north of...

Ok then my results must be more typical than I thought. I can move 5 degrees EASY and the NA can't even measure the difference. One of these years, I'm going to borrow a friends Birdog and see if it can see much difference. thanks

Extending the original question a bit.... I've been wanting to ask... While ghetto moving my dish from AMC3 (87w) to IA5 (97w) I see basically no difference trying to peak when I change the skew. (I have an Xtreme II) In fact if I forget to change the skew it doesn't seem to matter that much...

Please reread Tron's post. We both looked at your pics and even talked about it over the phone. If your elevation is still the way it was in picture #1 it looks like that is probably the problem.

BTW Tim, Here is a site with a 3D model of all the sats http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/JTrack/3D/JTrack3D.html NORAD had a great site too with everything listed that is orbiting the earth including space junk. (There is a wrench up there that as I recall has been orbiting since like the late...

I dunno, but I live about 8 miles from an airport and when the big jets fly off the east runway, I lose the signal for a second. I must be just in the right spot.

I can see all the Arab channele at 9am central. Some others (weaker) were missing but I have no signal due to heavy rain and bad dish placement. (I'm on a tripod under a tree)

I've heard it "die sick" but I've also heard it "dis ick."

Wall, NJ 07719 Latitude 40° 10.458'N Longitude 74° 2.832'W Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m) El Skew ------------------------------------------------------------- *** Of Particular Interest *** EchoStar 3 61.5W...

yup EDIT: That would be "YUP" to the last question, not the title.

At least it looks like they are doing frequent updates... Even if you get a bug or two, I'd rather that than abandonment. (IMO anyway)

>My question now is what eles do I need except a motor? A plumb pole. >Do I need some switch or gear box or something? Nope >What is the most popular motor you guys use? Around here the SG-2100 probably wins. >I only have my dish pointed to Galaxy 3C which is CCTV-4 position. Is that ok...