Recent content by hobbie2000

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    primestar setup

    any special settings go in the box other than 4x1?
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    primestar setup

    Need a little help on switchs here, I have 2 primestar 1meter oval dishes. Both have the v/h 2 connector style lnbs, I have a multi switch on one. but I would like to connect the 2 together to one wire, should I buy a bigger multi switch. And what if I would like to add on later down the road ...
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    WildBlue Dish Converted to FTA

    Sorry, What I meant to ask was does this pick up most of the birds? I picked one of these up a few days back, and looking to use one as a back up, the motor on my primestar don't want to move the right way anymore. I don't think I`m going to replace it, since I got a c band dish, but I think I`m...
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    WildBlue Dish Converted to FTA

    So this dish picks up most of the satellites,I just picked one .
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    unimesh 7.5

    unimesh yeah that's what I was thinking on the pole, how high can I go, before I run into problems? the pole really didn't look in good shape, looks like the rust got the best of it. I don't have anything into this yet anyway.
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    unimesh 7.5

    I just took a unimesh 7.5 dish down, is this dish really called a 8 footer? Its in pretty good shape other than me injured one of the panels taking it down, but I think it should be a easy fix. she didn't have any boxes for it, lnb is fixed, came with motor. I left the pole, my saw broke on me...
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    anyone using a sami 7.5 dish ?

    how much are the new lnbf cost? the dish looks in pretty good shape, mostly sun fade, one spot has paint chip, but if I buy it ,I`ll repaint it anyway, But I just don't want to put a lot into it, I`m hoping the guy takes a little less for it.
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    anyone using a sami 7.5 dish ?

    I found a Sami 7.5 mesh dish, everything looks to be there, guy wants 100 bucks, he said he has the boxes to it, the lnb looks to be fixed. the motor is there, just wondering if it will do a good job of picking up most of what`s left of c band channels. I`d like to put up a bigger dish, but I...
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    anyone have muck luck with a star trak dish ?

    Well its a 6 footer mesh, not to sure on lnb , I know it has 2 lines coming out of it.
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    does anyone know if this is a good dish ,6 ft star trak

    just wondering if anyone had one at one time, I found one for 20 bucks. I could not find much about it. I know it does not have a motor, looks to be all there, no boxes. will it pick up much?
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    anyone have muck luck with a star trak dish ?

    I was wondering if these dishes are any good, I found one for 20 bucks and was planning on using it. I don't know much about it. will it pick up most of c band channels, I know this does not have a motor, any info would be nice.