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Another thing to consider, to increase the number of foreign channels available. Get a Roku device and connect to WiFi reception. There are many hundreds, if not thousands of channels available from around the world, and many are free of charge. It will supplement your satellite reception and...

Just out of curiousity, was that one of Bob Luly's umbrella antennas? Lots of site surveys done with those back in the early days of C-band (1980s). I also recall some people in places such as Palm Springs, CA trying to deal with crazy ridiculous restrictions on C-band dishes during that time...

A simple way to confirm that you are clearing 13 degrees elevation would require 3 things. 1. A piece of rigid pipe (3 or 4 feet long would be sufficient) 2. An angle finder / inclinometer to place horizontally on the pipe (digital angle finder would be most accurate) 3. A second...

Patriot has been out of business for about 15 years. Wherever you find a 1.2 meter antenna, it will likely need to be shipped via Motor Freight (too large for UPS), so expect to pay a sizeable amount for transport between the supplier and your destination. I would give the local rooftop...

Good morning Joe, Magazines such as The Spectrum Monitor have paid circulations in the low thousands. There are no massive profits to be made, even with exclusive use of monthly PDF files. Have you mailed anything lately? The post office is no longer the bargain it once was, making it cost...

Yes. Look for more starting in September.

As a writer for The Spectrum Monitor, I can attest it is probably the best hobbyist source of information out there. Ken Reitz has been putting this out monthly since January 2014, and offers it by the year in PDF files. Those are typically $24 per year ($2 per copy when you purchase a year at...

As a former distributor for PICO MACOM, and heavy user of Quad, Tri Shield, and Dual RG-6 (foil/braid) cable during the 1980 to 2010 period, I remember specific sizes for each cable. F56-324 was for dual RG-6 (typically braid and a layer of foil) F56-342 was for Quad RG-6 (two layers of braid...

But it's funny in a twisted way, in a continuous feedback loop that always returns to FTA.

My bad. I made the mistake of confusing details from adjacent thread about FTA systems. Recent analysis of C-band reception shows a huge number of Latin American channels, especially on the satellites listed. There are probably more feeds on C-band than on Ku-band from Mexican sources, so as...

97 West C-band (Galaxy 19) is becoming a very popular place for Mexican channels as well as temporary uplinks such as the Guadalajara one referenced. Would recommend a 10-foot C-band antenna, assuming that there is no 5g interference in his area. If he truly wants FTA in Spanish, I would...

Enjoy the reception while ambient temperatures are lower than room temperature. For the summer, consider a plastic cover to minimize direct exposure of the metal outer portions of the LNBF, to stabilize frequency drift and give slight performance improvements. A muffin fan would help during...

139 should get you public radio from around the state of Alaska, plus the 4 TV channel ARCS signals (may be transmitting locally if you have operating digital TV transmitter in McGrath). Check the elevation on the dish you mention for NPR. 105 West would be about 8 degrees @ 126 true azimuth...

Suggest you verify...the Alaska feeds are probably on 139 West, which is your closest sat to due south on C-band. I would suggest that NPR may be on 91 or 99 West, but Anchorage elevation for 91 is about 5 degrees, and your dish looks slightly higher than 5 deg elevation. Take an angle finder...

I did not see any temperature rating for the recommended red stuff to replace your existing grease. Experience in Alaska as well as the U.S. Upper Midwest gave me info on the use of lithium grease....so will suggest confirming whatever you purchase has the lowest operational temperature rating.

Still more news. Yours definitely looks more like an AJAK Aimer. Pls see the attached file from Satellite Guys website (2008) https://satelliteguys.us/xen/attachments/ajakaimer-pdf.27858 The AIMER was a bit lighter duty than the H-180, and depending upon the weight of your ten foot dish...

There were at least three for the consumer market: Heavy Duty AJAK H-180, Medium Duty AJAK Aimer, and a smaller unit known as the AJAK Patriot. Yours looks very different on the attachment to the back of the dish (each antenna manufacturer made a matching mount adapter for the specific AJAK...

You are on the right track. It is likely that the original grease in the motor assembly is partially contaminated (dirty) from years of use, or possibly never designed for subzero temperatures (F). I would check with local auto parts suppliers and see if they have recommendations and...

Here's an odd twist from the height of c-band terrestrial interference: study the placement of feedhorn scalar rings purposely slightly off the highest signal level, but also working in tandem with a perimeter screen mounted roughly perpendicular along the outer edge of the dish. Without an...

Might have missed this subject, but suggest that you confirm that there is not a Videocipher II module still inside the receiver. They have no useful function any more, but if left inside a receiver, have a bad habit of releasing battery acid into the innards of the box. If you have one still...

Prodelin was sold to General Dynamics several years back---and the above was discontinued by G.D. You are probably looking at information that is at least 5-6 years old. Sorry!

Hi Gary. I did an inventory of Bob's magazines two years ago this month, and located one missing issue of CSD that was not available in the rest of the collection and personally saved in it electronic/PDF format. Bob has been making arrangements with a new website to gather as many...

One additional note..tipping an offset dish upside down does give you a much more manageable elevation angle compared to normal position when tuning in low elevations, but it does have one disadvantage. Higher pitch in elevation upwards tends to catch more rain, which stays on the dish for a...

A simpler way to check things out is to compare Metric as European vs. Japanese. I once had a Volvo, which of course had European threads on their metric bolts. My next car was a Subaru, which had Japanese metric hardware. I found that the least costly source of Japanese hardware was a Honda...

That is an early subscription receiver strictly for the European market. Note that OP mentioned two decoding systems not native to North America. It's not DISH (American DBS service), but Echostar (a distribution company and hardware manufacturer) that in this case sold equipment for the rest...