Recent content by Inno

I have acquired a few extra receivers from people who no longer subscribe. One of them is a 6131 which I wanted to activate but I was told by the CSR that I could not use it because the smart card was out of date. This model has the internal smart card but still has a card slot on the front of...

Correct that there would be no downconverter etc. I had planned to fabricate a mount for a LNBF.

Not quite like that, but similar. I believe this one had a "radome" on it prior to being disassembled. I will post some pictures when I get to it. Just had some time to kill at work and figured I'd pose the question. It's getting to that time of year when I think about thinking about moving...

I have obtained (through legitimate means) an approximately 3.5' Andrew microwave antenna which used to reside on a tower to provide point to point communications for a remote community. It still has the feedhorn in tact although it used a waveguide to feed the signal from the equipment in the...

I remember being able to buy replacement Acme nuts for these things maybe 20 or so years ago.....ahhh the good old days. I think at the time you had the choice of nylon or brass......but I may be remembering incorrectly.

Yes I had mine set up on the deck, a 1m dish on about a 8' pole, definitely pointing downward. Didn't look so good! I'm thinking of setting something up behind my garage where I have made a room for working on electronics and listening to music. Might have to get out the chainsaw again, we'll see!

Good advice. I was getting 30°W but had to cut a path through the bush for that. Might have better luck in another location I'm thinking of. I recall some good stuff there. Pretty much had a wide open sky for most North American satellites.

Pretty sure I have a 4 way diseqc switch maybe a couple, and the Ecoda 22Khz switch I'm sure I have. Maybe I don't need that much after all.........just some time to get things set up.

Been out of the FTA hobby for a few years now but I'm thinking of diving back in before the snow hits and getting something set up again. I have a few Ku band dishes, and know where there are a couple of other free ones. I also have one, maybe two 10' C band dishes and the space to set them up...

Has it really been 2 years since all that started? How long have I been gone for? I think it was probably just a person or group of people with the right idea without the knowledge/finances to pull it off. In North America with the mainstream media being so prevalent and things like pizza dish...

Thanks for that. I told her to have a look at the schedule for OETA and see if she is interested in it. I think she would probably spring for a S2 capable receiver if she could get what she wanted with it. Cyberham, she does get BBC Canada but it seems there are shows on WGBH that are not...

I asked her what shows she was looking for and this was her response "British dramas and detective shows. Such as Inspector Lynley, Dalziel & Pasco, Frost, Midsomer Murders etc and also Brit-Coms". I don't see any of those on LPB. I will have to check the feeds on 125° for those.

I'll have to find out which shows she is looking for. All she told me is that on the main channel she sees ads for shows on 44 that she would like to watch. I should be able to catch either of the previously mentioned satellites from her house. For 125°W I might have to go off the garage roof...

I would like to find WGBH 44 which is a secondary Boston PBS station for my Mom. She gets the regular WGBH feed on her Bell satellite system but 44 is not available. I'm wondering if it is available on satellite, I did check The List but didn't find that channel directly. There are a lot of PBS...

Here's 30°W thru my welding mask on Saturday morning. Didn't focus all that well because I had the flash off and it was thinking it was too dark for the pic so the exposure was too long.......well that's my story.