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Thanks for the explanation. I'm easily confused. Can you tell? I've got a knock off FTA that came with realtively no understandable instructions. It's an sbox supposedly a canada version of coship 2300B. Was a gift from someone who thought they were doing me a favor. I can't get any help from...

I live in zip 18655 Shickshinny PA south of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Scranton is about 45 minutes away. I was told if its a SG2100 motor then the motor elevation should be 49 deg. and the dish elevation would be 24 deg. PSB advised the same setting perviously in this post. Can you explain why...

Aargh! I knew that page was there but never connected it to this discussion DUH! That's just like me, trying to make something harder than it really is. Thanks for using common sense to get me the answer and thanks so much your your help. I'm new to this site but it sure seems like a nice...

If its a SG2100 motor then the motor elevation should be 49 deg. then the dish elevation would be 24 deg. Everything else looks good! Checked you lat+long to your zip so thats fine! __________________ It is a SG2100 HH motor. Would you mind answering another question? How do you get dish elev...

Please help me. I'm using invitro2's instructions in another post to find true south satellite. I have a dish motor so I need the true south satellite. Another thread on that post uses a zip in NE Pennsylvania zip 18447. I am also in Ne Pa at zip 18655. Using invitro's instructions I don't get...

So, using invitro2's instructions and zip code 18655 I get Lat N 41.176674 Long W 76.167096 with declanation of 12 degrees 8' changing by 0 degrees (don't know how to get the degree symbol so using words) 1' per year. Would my magnetic declination be +12.1 and my closest south sat be SBS6? and...

I've had DTV for about 3 years now but want to go to FTA. Can anyone save me, shaky when off the ground, from going up on my roof to find out what type of LNB I have? I need to know if it is linear or not. I have not upgraded the LNB or dish to what DTV now needs to get locals, it's the old...