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    Equipment Question

    Thank you for your comments. I am thinking of trying one of those GT Media UHD receivers, too.
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    Cheapest FTA receiver ever?

    Hi all, I did not have a chance to return to the forum before now. Yes, I was referring to ham radio Amateur TV (ATV) digital signals in the DVB-S format. When I mentioned "a lot of people watching", indeed I meant other hams who are not yet able to get involved with two-way TV operation but...
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    Ethernet disconnect switch

    For lightning protection, I would just go ahead and unplug it each time. Buy spare cables and/or 8P8C/RJ-45 couplers for if/when things wear out. Forget using any kind of switch to protect against lightning, probably not worth the risk.
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    Ruff Install

    LNBF: Low Noise Barking Fido. "His Master's Transponder".
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    Cheapest FTA receiver ever?

    Some of us ham radio operators are setting up our own digital TV stations, and one relatively inexpensive way to do so is with DVB-S equipment (but on land, not through satellites). $25 a receiver means we could get a lot of people watching our signals locally.
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    Newbie without much to show after 40 hours setup time.

    If I was doing this right now, switching between the satellite finder (TV-screen device) and your regular receiver would seem to just confuse me as I tried to remember what I had last tested. After stepping away and returning as kodaz suggested, maybe try this: When you received 100+ channels...
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    Big Dish in new condo

    He is in Canada. I wonder if they have an equivalent of our OTARD law?
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    Ethernet disconnect switch

    Monoprice product #1373 is a two-way RJ45 (or 8P8C) mechanical switch that will do what you need. It sells for less than US$10. I can post a link if needed.
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    Semi-old-timer upgrading system-how does this setup sound?

    Hi all- I bought and installed an ESX242 dual-output C-band LNBF and an Ecoda 22 kHz switch, and everything is working well. The DSR-922 is happy on Digicipher and NTSC signals, and the X2 Premium is running the Ku dish/motor fine through the Ecoda switch as well as C-band through the other...
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    ESX242 C-band LNBF skew on motorized dish: 90 degrees off?

    I thought about it more, after reading more comments elsewhere, and I realized that if we think of it in terms of elevation (which is what vertical versus horizontal is), then horizontal is indeed 0 degrees and vertical is 90.
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    ESX242 C-band LNBF skew on motorized dish: 90 degrees off?

    Thank you for the confirmations, waylew and Anole. I looked for a dual-band, dual-output LNBF but could not find one, and I saw comments saying that smaller dishes are better for Ku reception anyway.
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    Kijiji, eBay, and Craigslist dishes for you to take a look at

    I think you described it very clearly. It is the satellite-dish equivalent of "fish-tankers", people who destroy antique TV sets by ripping out the chassis and using the cabinet to hold liquor, or a flat-panel TV, or a fish tank.
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    ESX242 C-band LNBF skew on motorized dish: 90 degrees off?

    FaT Air- Thank you for the quick reply. I did exactly that, and it solved the "problem".
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    ESX242 C-band LNBF skew on motorized dish: 90 degrees off?

    Hi all- I bought an ESX242 dual-output C-band LNBF, and since my dish (10-foot KTI, I think) is motorized, I set the skew at 0 with the dish pointed at its apex/southernmost satellite (121 in my case). To me, zero meant "straight up" with the dish at the top of the arc. I connected one output...
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    Kijiji, eBay, and Craigslist dishes for you to take a look at

    Wow, that was the ultimate "dream" dish in the late 80s and 1990s. Those are the ones that lived through hurricanes in the Bahamas and similar places.
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