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Wow! Thanks guys...I have given up for the night, but I will be at it again tomorrow and I will be taking your advice on tuning this thing in. Again....THANKS!

I have been trying to find the Telstar 6 (aka Intelsat 6) for FOX News. Been banging my head...I have found the G-3C/Ku sat several times. These two are next to eachother. What the heck? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Have a PanSat receiver and a 90cm dish. LNB is 11.7 ~ 12.2...

First time tuning in a 36" dish with a linear LNB to the AMC4 sat for new customer this coming monday. All I have at this time is SatBuddy meter for DTV/DISH installs. What is the best way to tune these dishes? All advice appreciated to make this go smoothly! :confused:

Diplexers are signal COMBINERS, and work in pairs. Your incomming lines are labled SAT and ANT, and on the other side of the diplexer is IN/OUT. You can run your sat and cable feed into the correct labeled side of the diplexer into on cable...make sure your cable is atleast RG6 grade. Behind...

Remember one thing.....service, service, oh and service. If you're ordering for the "best deal" you may get free DVD player or something in six months... that is if they remember to send you the form that you MUST have to receive your "free" gift. The bottom line: The programming pricing is...

Upgrade dishes for Directv come in 24inch and 30inch sizes. Both have the same size mast socket on the polar plate as a standard 18inch dish. 1 5/8" dia. However, these dishes are heavier and come with longer masts to compensate for swinging the dish left to right for alignment. Anchoring...

Ad...or no ad. View it how you wish. After all, people here are asking questions, seeking answers. I provided an answer regarding upgrading dishes. And yes...for those who wish not to tackle the upgrade themselves, I offered my services. If you look at this whole site, everyone offering...

I agree that Directv/DISH should offer some credit for upgrading to larger dishes. However, they don't, and it is business for us as a company. The standard 18" was the choice due to asthetics with actually an acceptable level of performance....for customers in "most" states. All were trying...

I have read questions regarding bigger dishes vs. smaller dishes pertaining to rain fade. We upgrade our customers to 24" for $65 installed, and 30" for $95 installed. Our prices are very fair, and we do this due to the extreme weather in central Florida on a daily basis. It helps with outages...