Recent content by bill190

For the GeosatPro receivers, how many satellites max can be stored? Can the satellite list be edited? Can satellites be added? The reason I ask is that I have a motorized C/Ku dish and can see from 58 deg. to 148 deg., and need to list each satellite position twice in my current Fortec...

Actually the reason I got into FTA to begin with was I had paid satellite TV and they sold me a piece of junk receiver. It was underpowered microprocessor wise. Took forever to scroll through the TV guide, etc. I felt like I was ripped off! There was no way this receiver could work properly...

It says they want a jury trial! In the past when I have been on jury duty, they always selected juriors who knew nothing about the subject. The dumber, the better seems to be the thinking of the lawyers. So this would be interesting - discussing such a highly technical subject with a group...

See "TERRESTRIAL INTERFERENCE" at this link... http://www.geo-orbit.org/sizepgs/Noise.html#anchor31113 See "PROTECTION FROM INTERFERENCE" Section 4-17 http://www.afrts.osd.mil/tech_info/handbook/pdf/handbook.pdf

If it was a "prime focus" dish with the LNB in the center like big dishes, then the angle the dish is tilted and pointing toward the sky would be the same if upside down. However with an "offset dish" where the LNB is mounted below the dish on an arm, then the angle the dish is tilting toward...

The BSC621-2 is a "C/Ku LNBF" meaning it is the whole works (feed horn, C-band LNB, and Ku-band LNB). It also has a built in diseqc switch and operates polarity (H/V) via the coax cable and 13/18 volts. You would replace the entire feedhorn with this. So this will work for C/Ku connected to...

Basically lightning with a nearby strike can "make electricity" in wires running nearby (without actually "touching" the wires). The longer the wire run, the more electricity which will be "generated' inside the wires when lightning strikes nearby. With a satellite receiver, in addition to the...

I wanted C AND Ku all along and to be able to click on a channel and FTA receiver moves dish and I get a C or Ku channel. But this was not possible (with most FTA receivers) until they recently came out with the BSC621-2 C/Ku LNBF. This controls polarity with 13/18 volts and works along with...

The surge protectors installed at the main panel are called whole house surge protectors. An electrician can install these and they do work with most electrical surges. You also should have an excellent grounding system up to "code" which is 2 ground rods placed 6 ft. apart and a cold water pipe...

Very good idea! List sources of where to find additional information. Or better yet, in the printed instructions, provide one link to a page on your web site which lists other sources of information. Web sites come and go. Links change, etc. So you could change this on your web page and not...

The full file name on my V0151 is... 20070604_MERCURY2_V0151.bin ^Date^ Also keep in mind I am not going to download the software, install it on my receiver, find the bugs, then post a message about it here all in the same day! More likely I'll download the software. Install it when I...

Sorry I don't have the time right now. I'm busy cutting firewood in the mountains and have to get this done before they impose fire restrictions and no longer allow the use of chainsaws.

I have a 12 ft C/Ku wire mesh dish with a BSC621-2 C/Ku LNBF, a VBox II diseqc to 36 volt positioner controller and a Fortec Star Mercury II receiver. I get the BBC as well as hundreds of other channels.

I see people buying FTA systems and having the same install problems over and over. Basically the instructions which come with FTA receivers, diseqc switches, LNBF's, etc. are little or none. Then no one knows the difference between C and Ku and no one tells them. Sats are listed in the...

I reported the above bugs to Fortec, perhaps they have fixed them? I went back to 045 and it is working OK. so I'm leaving my receiver at that version. (If it works, don't fix it!) Note I also saw a problem with V0151 where the diseqc switch was not switching (in addition to the above bugs)...