Recent content by Satgeek

I've made a few changes in my programming since Saturday with nothing but thank you messages from D*.

I was with Dish for about 4 years, over time I had grown increasingly dissatisfied with the hardware and software in the ViP622. The DVR ran hot because of a poor hardware design and scheduling programs for recording was needlessly complex and obscure. You could have baked cookies on the top...

These are Palm Springs, CA local stations

We just had Dish Network installed in the Sonoran desert in Southern California on Monday. We got the HD Gold package. I am very highly impressed with the 622 receiver, The video quality of recorded HD programs far exceeds my expectations. The installer was competent, and put in a Dish 1000...

Galaxy 10R at 123.0 West is just down the street from me, with a C-Band system I could watch Southern Entertainment Music on the transponder at 3954 MHz using horizontal polarization on transponder number 11, with a symbol rate of 6620 and an excellent forward error correction rate of 3/4.

I've posted some photos of our install on my own photography site: http://www.stevesphotos.org/Dish/ Enjoy!

Success! I'm watching an international new program on Telstar 5 right now. Woo Hoo! So far I've only set up SatMex5 and Telstar 5. Definitely a cool new toy.

Well our equipment arrived this week, and we have started preparing the hardware and planning our installation. The system kit we ordered includes the very common Winegard 76cm dish and a rotor. The dish came with a universal bracket that includes a flat plate for mounting to the structure and a...

Thanks Pete! A primary reason why I chose FTA as a new hobby was my interest in world news. I'm especially interested in network news feeds. I have the impression that some english language news feeds from other than US sources can be found. English is my only language. With this in mind...

Hello folks, Thanks to everyone that has posted in this thread. I'm the next newb that will need help with a Pansat 6000 HXC, my setup just shipped this week. I should be getting the seemingly very popular Winegard 76cm dish with rotor, an Invacom QPH-031Quad LNBF and a 4 x 1 Diseqc Switch...