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    SALE OF THE YEAR, in TEXAS i wish this guy ships stuff but he wont

    Wow! that's a deal for all that and too bad it's over 1,000 miles away to pick it up for me. I would be a little suspicious of the low price though for all that.
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    Cozi

    Kind of a strange situation. The Munsters air from 6-7pm CDT (two 1/2 hour shows) and a few of the episodes had the black levels stretched causing the video to be washed out. Either someone encoded that way into their playout servers or that's on the master and cannot be tweaked. I realize...
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    Holy Ku Dish!

    Nice work on cleaning your dish, looks almost brand new!.
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    AMC 124.9 W KU Band

    Probably would just leave it on 125KU for PBS if you can. Trying to get ku signals on that 6 footer are kind of tough. That's why 90cm or 1.2m dishes rock pulling in ku signals. I have a dedicated 90cm for Montana and PBS and signal qualities are fantastic. I would recommend the dedicated ku...
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    103° KU

    Thanks for all your replies. Got busy and forget about my original post, must be old age. Anyway I will try to get my 90cm to work on 103 for Cozi so we will see. I would really like to motorize the dish but trees prevent that. I have multiple dishes in areas where there is LOS for a...
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    103° KU

    Have my spare GEOSATPRO 90cm dish. Thinking at pointing it at SES-3 for mainly Cozi TV, and wildfeeds, etc. I definitely want the ability to record shows on Cozi using my MicroHD with an external HD. I do have a local affiliate of Cozi, but can't do anything with my AM21 since it's not in the...
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    Lost 97 and had to re aim the dish

    That would be a little unnerving to be working on a dish and Yogi the bear happens to show up!. It gives new meaning to the phrase crap on TV.
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    Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started transmitting again

    Charlie plans on renting transponder space for 4K. A new dish would have to be developed that would track the satellites it's called the super duper dish. :)
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    Smallest EMWIN antenna

    Well it's good news that a 1.0 or 1.2 meter dish can be used, but NOAA still hasn't decided where GOES-R is going to go. Another issue is the stupid FCC making available frequencies to cell phone providers that may interfere with the new GOES-R frequencies. Hopefully a commercial system...
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    125w transponders that are not DVB-S2?

    Can't afford one of those fancy meters myself. Have an old VGA LCD monitor and using a composite to VGA converter from Monoprice, I take it along with my receiver and peak away. Since I no longer had any small CRT sets and did not want to purchase a small LCD TV, the VGA monitor and the...
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    Smallest EMWIN antenna

    So it might may make sense to purchase a commercial system for the current EMWIN. Problem is one is no longer selling systems to new customers and the other one doesn't respond to e-mail inquires so they may not be selling either. Guess it's time to build one with an SDR , grid antenna with an...
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    Raspberri Pi and Outernet

    Yep, I just read that. Satellite distribution will be discontinued very soon as it makes financial sense and as we all know, transponder space ain't cheap. It's kind of too bad for us that can dedicate a 90cm on Galaxy 19Ku and have the higher data rate. The L-band setup is perfect for people...
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    Raspberri Pi and Outernet

    Going from 1GB to 20MB, that's a huge difference. A webpage or some documents transmitted would easily take up the 20MB!. Looks like they are not even selling the Lighthouse on their website, just the L-Band receivers. The only place I have seen sat receivers that Outernet recommends is the...
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    Smallest EMWIN antenna

    That is a great setup!!. If I did not have a 100 things to do, would like to build a system like yours. PVC, what ever does the job for a bit. When I had a 8 foot dish, used a wood post since it was the correct diameter, it worked except when it was windy then the dish let's say moved around...
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    Smallest EMWIN antenna

    That is a great setup!!. If I did not have a 100 things to do, would like to build a system like yours
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    Smallest EMWIN antenna

    Supposedly the new HRIT/EMWIN transponder frequency will 1694.1 MHz (400Kbs data speed) and no firm decision where GOES R is to go, either E or W. Llike the previous poster said, East would be be more logical. EMWIN server goes away December 2016, ByteBlaster should stay fine. If the server...
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    Smallest EMWIN antenna

    What a mess this is. I was going to bite the bullet and purchase a professional system from Zephyrus Electronics model WX-14. With all the changes coming up I decided to wait. Sent an e-mail to them and asking what are they going to do when the new stream is live and the old one gets...
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    Lightning go BOOM!

    Glad you were safe and nobody was hurt. Equipment and damaged structures can be replaced, lives cannot. Lightning strikes mean business because they strike randomly and can cause problems even when the strike is a mile or two away. People claim they have all their electronics are on surge...
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    Complete FTA system for both cband and Ku Band must be sold

    That sucks you have to give it up. Lot's of great equipment and I would love it but the drive from Minnesota to Texas would be a long one. Good luck selling it. Man what a deal for all that gear!!.
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    125ku reception with 90cm??

    No issues in Minnesota using a generic 90cm dish fixed along with a Titanium LNBF. Signals are hot, near 90% quality for PBS, around 50-70% for Montanna PBS and 75% for OETV, well at least when it was around. Not an endorsement, but when I switched to a Titanium LNBF, it did help the signal...
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    OETA - Gone?

    Yeah it's puzzling but they been running a thank you spot thanking the donors that gave enough money to help make this happen. They showed a map of the state and the stations location with lines to each station. I believed the main spoke was at their Oklahoma City station but they did not give...
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    OETA - Gone?

    Unfortunately this is the future. Fiber is cheaper than satellite time. I believe OETV was leasing it from PBS they themselves who be using fiber at some point to link up their stations. There technology guy said more fiber, IP delivery is the in the works. The whole mux will be changing in...
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    Disappointed in Sadoun Satellite System

    Your 100% right on that!. It takes some time an patience so take a break to clear your mind. As Raine pointed out that a plumb pole is very important and the whole motor and dish somehow have moved a bit on the plumb. A couple of years I installed a 90cm dish on a Stab H120 to move the...
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    C Band Dish Installation Update

    Is that your current setup?. It's freaking awesome and good job with your getting your satellite dish farm going. I am jealous! :)
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    What Is Most Important to You in a FTA Receiver

    The MicroHD is a great little receiver. No frills and it works like a champ!. I like the size and mine is on 24/7 pumping out glorious HD. Wish I had bought 2 at the time.
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