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I need some help on a no signal problem, that I cant figure out. But first the background; The FTA system in my shop is made up of left over C and KU band equipment. The Dish is a C/Ku 10 footer with chaparral co-rotor, chaparral C and Ku LNB's. I use the Chaparral Sierra analog receiver as a...

I have watched NBC News at 6:30 PM est on 72 West for many years. Been home a few days from assignment and no more NBC news with Brian Williams. Instead of News, they are running some of their 'show' type programs. Did NBC News move to another Sat ? Is there and ABC or CBS news, FTA on in...

Once in a while from late afternoon till much later in the evening, LPB 2,3, HD on 87 West are off the air. There is no signal whatsoever. Then around 9pm or so, it comes back on with a great signal. I know its not my equipment as NewsourceHD on 87 west is always up with some picture. As...

Does anyone know if Macys Thanksgiving Parade will be available on FTA. If so, what Satellite/Transponder. My family with the kids are coming for Thanksgiving, I would love to let the kids watch the parade Thanks 8Valve

I have been out of the US for almost a year on assignment with my company. Prior to leaving, I received PBS on 125 West. Now I dont receive any of their programs. The "LIST" still shows PBS on 125West. My Openbox S9 always worked well on PBS. Any help appreciated. Thanks 8Valve

Has anyone found the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade ? I cant find it, the kids are crawling the walls LOL 8Valve

Where do you find the Program schedules for PBS on 125 W. I go to PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. They require you enter your zip code for programming. It then defers me to Vermont Public TV. Very little of VPT programming match what I find on PBS/125W. Thanks 8Valve

I have a question, so I dont blow anything up. Equipment in Question; GeoSat Pro 200 Receiver, Coolsat 5000 Platinum Receiver, DG 380 Dish Drive using USALS, Please keep in mind that at NO TIME will both receivers be turned on. I have the Geosat 200 in my Living room controlling the Dish...

I made a post yesterday in the FTA Shack forum. I noticed it was marked as 'MOVED'. But moved to where ? I have search all over the forum and cant find where it was moved to. I can only get to my post by clicking on my email notification which is...

Are the NASA feeds up during non mission times ? I have my Coolsat 5000 Platinum hooked to my 12 foot Paraclispe C Band dish trying to receive NASA on AMC-3/C at 87 West. Doing a Blind Scan all the Coolsat finds is; Palm Beach 3.753V no audio or video but a signal quality of 85 Palm Beach...

In 2004, my Dad went to Best Buy and bought a Direct TV Receiver and Dish package. It was a single LNBF, no movie packages, just basic service. He followed the directions and got it installed and working. Called Direct TV and subscribed and has been happy since. This past summer/fall, he...

What is the Signal bar showing, what is the Quality bar showing. You can have a very high signal level and yet a very low quality level. I would like to understand what each term is telling me. Thanks 8Valve

Please bare with me, I am still trying to learn FTA KU. I am a old early day C Band guy. I cut some more trees today and picked up AMC-21, SES1 and Echo 121. I now have 15 Birds, not bad for being deep in the Adirondack Mountains and lots of forest. However, I have a confusing problem. On...

I bought a Coolsat 5000 Platinum for my shop. I down loaded the manual from the manual section on this forum. However, I have 2 questions that dont appear to be covered in the manual. 1. My new FTA system with the Geosat receiver displays the actual channel numbers. However the Coolsat...

I have just finished installing my FTA System with motor drive dish. I am very pleased with the amount of satellites I can hit due to the heavy forest around my home. Presently Galaxy 18 at 123W is as far west as I can hit. I would like to receive AMC14 at 125W. I have a signal of 60, but...

I would like to switch over to Dish Network as they offer much better pricing on basic package than Direct TV that I have had for the past 6 years. A few questions; I want to do a site survey to be sure the Dish Satellite is in view as I have a lot of trees to contend with. What Satellite...

Thanks to Google, I have found this wonderful resource. Please forgive me for not doing a lot of search/read. I live very remote in the Mountains and connect to the web via 24.4K Dial Up. Its basically useless. A little background. In the Mid 1980's I bought my first C Band system and over...