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I have a customer who has a Globecast World TV Ku Antenna. The LNBF is going south. It's a New Japan Radio model NJR2162F which I can't seem to locate anywhere to make a direct swap. Does anyone know if the feedhorn on this antenna will only accept circular LNBF or can any decent one be used...

It seems that every online vendor of FTA antennas is gone. I did reach Sadoun yesterday, but it sounds like he's downsized substantially. So, point me in the right direction to a distributor. I've got a customer who has an old Channel Master but it's missing the mounting hardware. I told...

Odd that the station would put their HD signal on a dot channel instead of the main one.

I've been a Sirius/XM subscriber from nearly the beginning of XM Radio. Back then, I think it was about $7.99/month for the service. Anyway, fast forward to present day. I know have 4 radios. One in my work truck (I travel a lot), one in my personal vehicle, one in my wifes car and one in a...

I did some contract field work for Sirius a few years back replacing defective HPA's they were using for their terrestrial repeaters. It was a pretty slick system as I recall. There was a 1.2m antenna that snagged the signal out of the sky which in turn fed a proprietary receiver. The output...

I have 4 radios and realized that I'm paying nearly $600 a year! That's insane.

There are lots of esoteric modulation schemes out there. As someone who uplinks signals for a living, I've run the span from analog to DVB-S2 8PSK. We have very few requests for higher order modulation. ESPN is one exception who continues to push the envelope.....there looking to push 32...

I have 40 Directv CDSR-6199 standard def rack mounted receivers that I just pulled from an upgrade. These were manufactured by Blonder Tongue and feature a single video output along with a stereo/mono terminal strip for audio. $30 each plus shipping depending on how many you purchase. Please...

$5.99! I'm getting nickeled and dimed to death. Just realized that for 4 XM radios I was paying over $600 a year!

Brand new in box. $200 + shipping. PM me if you're interested.

Appointment was between 8a-12p. Installer showed up at 8:04am! Replaced SL-5 with SL-3, installed 4 way splitter, power supply and the Deca stuff. He was here about 90 minutes. Installation was flawless. Loving the Genie. Except the "TV Shows" category in the search area says check back in...

It was $99 (Cinema connection kit) + $49 install. I imagine the Cinema connection kit covers the SWM splitter, power supply, possibly a new antenna and SL-3. I think it's still a bargain.

I've been having some minor issues with HD reception on 99 & 103 so I called Directv to see about a service call. After a brief exchange of chatter between me and the CSR, I asked about the Genie. He said they had some special offers running and would see what I could qualify for. Turns out...

Some of those early BH shows are in the public domain with underlying music rights that are still enforceable. This is why they changed the opening theme music.

Odds are they will broadcast what is fed to them without modification, other than insertion of any local commercial spots or promos they may insert. This is not to say they may "bank" some shows and broadcast them at other times. Unlike the network that has multiple pre-feeds, COSI it...