Recent content by Perfesser

WVGN et al are on Galaxy 4 C-Band: 3947 H 7239...as a bonus I found NBC Casper WY at 3776H 3253. Don't know about the rest of you but I watch more FTA on C-Band than on Ku. NBC (all 4 time zones) is on AMC 4 3860H 26689.

They are on C-Band. Galaxy 4 3947H 7239. KCWY NBC out of Casper WY is on G4 3776H 3253.

It seems silly to see people who were happy with C-Band for 20 years quitting altogether over a $30 lnb and a receiver. Not quite the whole story...in a lot of cases like mine it becomes a $400 receiver, +the 4DTV package to get that price, + another $200 or so for a dual horn (mine is C Band...

The total number of net authorizations over the past several months looks like this: August, -7,589; July, -15,935; June, -29,743; May, -8,531; April, -8,306 and -11,160 in March. I just recently got my renewal notice from NPS. In the survey they claimed 99000 C-Band subscribers TOTAL and...

I'm running a Uniden receiver (C Band only) and feeding a Fortec Ultra on the C-band side. I put a splitter with one side power pass in the line to let the Uniden power the LNB, (and control the polarity servo) and feed the Fortec with the isolated side. For C-Band only you can turn the LNB...

Only problem with the latest version of SatFinder (4.0) is that it requires Sun Java to run - I have a lot of trouble with Sun Java. The older version, 3.8, runs fine without Sun Java (didn't check if it even uses Java - I think not). If you can't find it let me know and I'll put the .zip on...

Probably a combination of things... One, the initial cost of a C-Band setup runs over $1k unless you 'inherit' one as I did; it was left behind by the owner of the house so I got mine free - can't beat that. Repairs cost a bunch because it's all yours; $150 for a positioner. Two, the best...

"Azimuth headings are TRUE, not MAGNETIC" That's trhe reason. a compass does NOT point to true north except along a narrow band in the Central US. The difference is called declination and it is due to the difference between the positions of the magnetic and geographical poles. Check this...

I use a Fortec for C-Band and I hear it's similar to a Pansat. I program new sats for C band with the LO set for Standard, LO freq of 5150. Enter a known active TP from the list for starters. Be advised that some of the stuff Lyngsat shows is NOT there any more. Aim the big dish at the...

That's correct...since you are directly under the sat your azimuth would be 180 TRUE or due south; if you are using a compass correct for the difference between true and mag north (probably about 3 to 3 1/2 degrees with true north being east of mag north). When I set my antenna up I probably...

The plastic owl works for a while until they figure out that it's fake. Fort Worth put them up on billboards and you'd see little birds sitting on the top right next to it. The smaller chickens perch on the horn struts on my BUD and I've had a total signal loss on Direcway from a chicken...

Don't know about Dishnet data but SetEdit WORKS! I'm still trying to resolve that issue with the satellite positions ;got one cured and haven't done another data dump to see if the other is fixed. Ny receiver is really flaky today; it pitched a major fit just as I was starting to test SetEdit...

Man, that was QUICK! Already got the registration file for Setedit so I have some work to do...I'll put up a review later.

I'm a bit north of you (Arkansas) and I get 76/76 on everything I checked on T5. I have about 90 feet of RG6 and a switch in the line . You're probably off a little on tilt. Once I got T5 spotted - a signal meter out at the dish helped - it was easy to get the rest located. 90% of the...

I just ran across this looking for something less flaky than GTools (details of THAT later as I need some input on it). It has a limited demo life but it worked fine for the short trial I had; will follow up as soon as I get my reg number for it (shouldn't say the 'K' word around here!!) OK...