Recent content by thetractorking

This is why you're frustrated... I might be able to shed some light on why you (and many others) have been, and will continue to have installation problems. DTV wants to get away from 3rd party "subcontractors", as we've been told. I went to work for one of the mega installer companies that's...

Sounds like a grounding problem.

I think that right now, the Phase III or "triple sat" dish will give you everything you want, at half the size. And, it doesn't weigh 37 pounds like the Ka/Ku dish. Here, around the Houston area, if you look at the noonday sun, and move over just a tad to the right, you'll have the 101, 110, and...

Thanks! Thats just what I was looking for. Had to gulp hard at the price, though.

This may be the wrong place, but I figure this is where the smart guys are. :) Is there a meter out there that will give me the signal from a dipole (regular over the air) antenna, in the same way that a bird dog will give me sat signal strength? Thanks ahead of time, and if there is, where...

Yes. And dual shield is fine, instead of quad.

Thanks. I think I'll just leave it alone. I mostly watch the G10R anyway.

Don't know the numbers for your location, but here's a trick for the AT9. Find the 101 first. Tweak az and el. Then, do your skew to find the 119. At that point, you will probably lose the 101. Leave the skew alone, but readjust the elevation to bring back the 101. Then, go back to the 119...

I was reading some of the posts the other day, and someone mentioned loading the Kround. I've never hooked up my computer to my box. Should I do it? What will be the benefit of loading that software?

how is it? Nope...can only afford a motorized dish right now. But, how do you like that T90? I was thinking about getting that one instead of the motor, but I couldn't find anyone to tell me anything definitive about it. You know, I was the one asking about what you could get with a small dish...

Yep. You can only run one receiver off of each cable because of the 13 and 18 volt swithcing signals each receiver sends back to the lnb. If you ran two on one cable, there would be electronic confusion down the line.

I read some posts a couple of weeks ago about the geosat? dishes for c band, I think. Anybody heard anything more about that?

I have a question.... If I were going to try some used dishes for fta, 1. would they work? 2. which would be the best? How about lnbs from old primestar, dish or dtv? Are they good for anything?

In case you are going to rework, you can use dual rg6 (3mhz swept is the new stuff)--it has a #17 ground built onto it. Go from your ground block (you MUST have one) with #10. Preferable grounds are in order: 1. house common electrical ground 2. air conditioning main cutoff 3. cold water pipe 4...

Nope....still down here, simpsons and daystar on, but UofW and research channel down.