Recent content by satguyohio

Yep, receiver and no power supply. It uses a DB-15 for power, I just don't know the pinout. I might stop by today and try to check the wall-wart box, but just in case, a pinout would be helpful.

Does anyone have a pinout of the power connector? I scored one from the local Goodwill store.

How likely is it to fit most mesh dishes into an average coupe? I'm familiar with are Patriot 3.1 meter dishes, which would be amazingly easy to remove due to their design.

Assuming I find one, how hard are they to dismantle? In other words, I'm not a body builder -- will I kill myself or my back trying to take down one? Any tips?

Oh yeah, and I cleared the vacated wasp nests out of the feedhorn. :-P

OK, I tuned some more today. The focal length all screwed up.

Do you have a magic decoder ring for those sat names? I've figured out T6 is Galaxy 26 (93W) and G6 is Galaxy 16 (99W) just from looking at the shows.

That GI IRD is a DigiCipher II. What is most useful for FTA is a DVB IRD. Your Uniden receiver is analog. Here's a link to the manual: http://www.uniden.com/pdf/UST4500om.pdf You might have to deal with the satellite names not matching current birds. Try scanning around Galaxy 26 C-band...

Help peaking Patriot 3.1m dish / Birdog ? I'm seeing aprox 206 signal level on the Birdog meter. I can't seem to get it to lock on the satellite using the CH AMC 18 setting. I'm using a 17K CalAmp digital ready LNB. The only bird I seem to be able to lock on nearby is CH Galaxy 16, which...

Anyone know if we could get WNBC with DirectTV? Right now, we have a free DirectTV card to monitor the signal our station provides to DirectTV. I'm not sure if they'd give us another free Direct TV card or not. Is WNBC on any C band bird in DVB? Thanks!