Recent content by justask'n

Thanks to all for the great suggestions. I'm feeling a bit more confident about the install now that I have the equipment endorsements and experience of others to draw from. I will be checking in as I price out and build my inventory list!

Anole: I will heed the advice for sure, and I think you were reading my mind when making the comment about which FTA receiver to look into. Gonna do a little research of my own and will post on that topic a little later - unless there is a previous thread out there that I can be pointed to that...

You guys are awesome! You're giving me enough knowledge to be dangerous, hee hee. I don't know how soon I will actually get to setting this up as a move may be in the near future, but having all of this knowledge ahead of time is a great help. I will be in touch as I progress. Many thanks!

Based on feedback from an earlier post, I plan to pick up a 30” to 36” dish for FTA. Given the size, my understanding is that this will restrict me to the Ku band only, which is fine – since a 6’ dish would probably be impractical for me at the moment. I live in the Midwest, by the Wisconsin /...

Thank you to all for the great feedback. For now, I think I am just going to look into a new dish entirely, but hold on to the one I have just in case I might be able to use it in some fashion down the road when I get more experienced with FTA.

Thanks for taking the time to help me understand 'why' that dish will not work. My gut tells me to just abandon this dish, as you suggest. But just one quick question before moving on, 30" to 36" dish size seems to be the magic number for FTA, and the AUS is 22.5 in. x 32.5 in. First, does...

I am a newbie to FTA, but I have researched many posts and read all the FAQ’s I could find to keep the following questions from being too naïve, so thanks in advance for your patience. At the moment, I am only concerned with getting the infrastructure setup and want to make sure I have that...