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    What Happened to Everybody?

    I'm not uninterested, just unable to participate. I'm still in a nursing home, recovering much slower than I'd hoped. My view is to the North, and not much of that. I've no real chance of any kind of satellite access, so I'm keeping quiet and biding my time.
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    Satellite publications

    Well, if you can get the PDF version, download it and print it yourself (on archival-grade paper, no less).
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    Can a Digiwave DWD60T pull in FTA?

    If I might suggest, the Florida heat wouldn't be so bad if you were outside at night. There's a full moon now, so there's some light, and of course the satellites are always there.
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    Future moon base TV station?

    Given the distance, and reasonable power, it'd probably be on Ku band to keep the tx/rx dishes to a reasonable size. The Earth dish would also have to be automatically aimed, as the Moon's direction changes through the day. And the station won't be available when the Moon is down, so maybe not...
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    Commercial Hughesnet 39” Score

    Umm... "Maybe" I'm just dense, but why "only one polarity"?
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    Big Weird Dish

    Well, a feed arm. But the waveguide, if there was one, would mount to that; and we don't know where the end of that was relative to the dish: axial, offset, ??? . Maybe Mr. Wry will clarify the shape.
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    What attenuates the signal coming to LNBF

    What about regular (tarpaper) roofing shingles? Could I put a dish in the attic, and "see" through the roof?
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    Big Weird Dish

    Well... It looks like a straight parabolic dish. It should be easy to find the focal point on that, where the lnb, etc. goes. At that size, it's probably intended for C-band; but would be sweet for K-band. Is it steerable? What kind of mount? I'd find out who it belongs to; and try to acquire...
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    Are Canadians nuts?

    I'm really tired of the commercials featuring the ostrich, or whatever. Same company has a few featuring a giant dollhouse - can't change the channel fast enough for those! OTOH, the play-on-words commercials, where people have a problem with their neighbors fencing :fencing, or the pipes making...
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    CNBC TV channel original feed signal

    Why not just watch 2 (or more) at a time, and choose the earlier one? Work through all the feeds, you'll find the earliest.
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    replacing reed sensor with hall sensor

    Concrete patio pads aren't that thick. He probably pounded the ground rod way in, then poured the patio around it. My guess is the ground under the patio has dried out, and lost conductivity. Your "ground" isn't a ground any more, and needs to be replaced. This is something you'll need an...
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    New TV season to start

    I thought noone else remembered that show. I miss Petticoat Junction, too.
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    Pbs ending service on amc21 in 2020?

    Well, write (snail mail, with real paper) them and tell them you watch and appreciate their FTA service. They may not know anyone's watching!
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    115 West.

    Any ol' excuse will do. Besides, you may find other signals to pursue. BTW - What station is "Montreal"? I used to enjoy CFCF-12, some thirty years ago...
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    Lyngsat down?

    Lyngsat is up at 02:55 EDT. Just checked. Lyngsat
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    Having issues setting up ibravebox v8 HD with Galaxy 19

    Well, there's always the brute force approach. Unplug the receiver, and force a reset. If there's a reset button, you could try that too (while the power is on). Good luck.
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    Help! GT Media

    And Happy New Year to you (and everyone else) too! I got my dish and receiver back in early 2000, when I was driving truck. I upgraded when they changed encryption systems, and introduced HD programming. Never upgraded to the multi-satellite, oval-shaped dish. It worked for me.
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    Help! GT Media

    Wait, I'm confused. I thought I posted on the "Merry Christmas" thread? :what2
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    Help! GT Media

    I stand corrected, sir. (I've always used a single-satellite DirecTV dish; to receive DirecTV.)
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    Help! GT Media

    Ah, I see. I stand corrected, sir.
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    Help! GT Media

    It might be helpful to point out that almost all FTA satellite signals are either vertically or horizontally polarized. Pay systems, like DirecTV, Dish, etc. are circularly polarized. The two are not inter-compatable! The difference is in the construction of the thingamabob at the end of the...
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    Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas, everyone! (Is it snowing in here?) :wtf :rain
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    97W - can’t get good signal quality

    Might I suggest the diagonally-opposite corner of the house? If you're at the South corner, the North corner could be good. Maybe the West corner, and look around that tree?
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    getting xfinity and worried installers might trash my rig.

    Don't ask them. TELL THEM not to interfere with your existing satellite system. It's not theirs! Let them figure out the work-arounds.
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    Eutelsat 8 West B

    Doesn't anyone make a dish aimer that will go 180°, horizon to horizon? You'd think at least some users would appreciate that.
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