Recent content by aliensporez

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    Two dishes in Series?

    Just curious, has anyone ever hooked up two dishes in series to improve reception? Two small dishes act like one large dish, so I was curious if anyone has ever tried it?
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    Just installed new Shaw system... zero signal. What next?

    Dude, I f**king LOVE you. It works!!! I used your suggestion of the multi-LNB on dishpointer, then reassembled my dish to make sure everything was tight and plumb. Entered the settings exactly, wired it up, and BOOM, 84% signal strength on the first try!! I never would have figured it out...
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    Just installed new Shaw system... zero signal. What next?

    Just brought the LNB inside to see if it gets warm, and I noticed on the inside of the translucent cover what appears to be a small scrap of paper wedged in there (see the picture). Now, also, how long will it take to warm up, and how warm will it get? I've had it plugged into my receiver...
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    Just installed new Shaw system... zero signal. What next?

    Thanks for the reply The dish is pointed according to dishpointer.com Below are the settings I used. Dish Setup Data Name: 111.1W ANIK F2 | WILDBLUE-1 Elevation: 51.5° Azimuth (true): 209.4° Azimuth (magn.): 206.2° LNB Skew [?]: 25.3° Note, I haven't dialed in the skew yet, was waiting...
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    Just installed new Shaw system... zero signal. What next?

    Hi all (or since I'm in Texas, I should say "Hi y'all") Anyways, Canadian living in Houston. Had Bell for years. That went away, so now just brought back a Shaw system from Canada to hook up. Have the dish up, and pointed correctly (206 Magnetic, 51.5 Elevation, 104 Skew), have brand new coax...
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    ExpressVu in Houston... can't find Nimiq 1

    I had been an ExpressVu subscriber for years down here in Houston. Then about 2 years ago, I switched to AT&T, but have sorely missed my Hockey Night in Canada, so I decided to set up my dish again. Now from Houston my azimuth should be 171.15 and elevation 54.94. So I have my dish set up, got...