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    What was your first satellite you got when you started with FTA?

    I'd think many may not want to honestly participate in this discussion simply to avoid bringing up former quilty pleasures like ?????????????????, ###########, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and ************* which is where many of us I suspect learned to aim a Ku dish. My linear experience started...
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    Is there something in the air that effects signal strenth (Q)? excluding rain or snow.

    May also want to consider the atmospherics at the uplink location. We might have a clear sky for the downlink but still get pixelation due to a weak or attenuated signal sent up to the sat.
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    USALS on Openbox S9

    One comment about the Openbox manual - maybe its better than having nothing but but the manual I got with my S10 was the same as what was in the box with the S9's I looked at. The pictures in the manual were not my S10 (or the S9 for the one in the S9 box.). It appears the manual was simply...
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    Would you pay subscription for a satellite transponder listings?

    Haven't seen it mentioned but isn't this something that will be availabe to the buyers of the new micro hd box when it comes and that has the added feaure of giving you an automatic update to your system?
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    I need help getting a True South on dish motor

    First thing to understand is your S10 may be one of the good ones so it will work fine or one of the bad ones that will drive you to pull your hair out. The meter readings are subjective so consider 45 and 5 as a baseline and the reading must change when you hit a sat. S is simply the power in...
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    Ku FTA signals between 30W and 72W

    From the Toronto area I can get Amazonas at 61W. A bunch of encrypted stuff but also a looped sat service commercial you can fine tune on. Useful as a reference in setting up a motor/dish. Its my eastern limit as I have trees stopping me from getting anything farther east.
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    Has anyone got U.S channels on Ciel 2 Satellite 129W

    There are numerous FTA sat and channel lists online including at the top of this forum and on lyngsat.com among others. Do a little googling and you will get your own answer quickest.
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    Is 93 W really 121 Dish ? I'm confused

    Pretty much the same for me. Don't have a due south reference sat anymore after 79w moved so tried compasss, google maps for my house, etc. Ended up guessing for "close enough" and used 125w and 60W as bookends with 83W in the middle to optimize the arc. Eventually got there by brute force...
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    Is 93 W really 121 Dish ? I'm confused

    For me when doing a first time set up the best news was that I actually was able to find a sat (any sat will do) so at least I know the hardware actually worked after what seemed like hours of chasing ghosts. Looks like you got over that step. Can't stress enough the need to have a vertical...
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    Will any satellite finder do or should I spend $?

    I have a cheap but old RCA meter that I use because my Ku dish is up on the roof. It would be really difficult without something up with me on the roof to get any sat. It gets me close and then its up and down the ladder to fine tune using the STB but the meter helps as a go-back reference when...
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    Urgent can Satellite R6 cable interfere with internet cable?

    So its not interference from other cables, sat or not .... Has your download speed changed at all? There are a few speed test websites you can use that will do both upload and download speed. If your download speed is still as fast as it was but your upload is now slower, it can be your PC...
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    Which satellite system should I buy?

    I'd have to think its more Newfie than Blue Noser in origin but who knows....
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    Which satellite system should I buy?

    It may come down to how you want to set up the two rooms, are you watching only one tv at a time or both, same channel on both or different channels, the quality you want etc. etc. You can simply go with a fixed 36" dish if all you want is the one sat, a cheapest possible STB (find a used one...
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    New GEOSATpro microHD Receiver

    Not to argue but this isn't exactly true. The European FTA community seems to be quite robust and dare I say it, its that market that seems to drive the toys we get to use. As such the manuals need to be German, French, Swedish, Dutch etc. etc. And even in North America there is a legal...
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    New GEOSATpro microHD Receiver

    Do you accept and fulfill online retail orders shipping to a Canadian address?
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