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I've recently acquired a Winegard Pinnacle 10ft dish and the JGS Engineering brand actuator needs to be replaced. A few years ago I had a KTI dish with the Venture actuator that came with it. It was made in such a way that I couldn't take it apart and re-lubricate it properly. This actuator...

Found this for a buck in a pile of old electronics the other day, and it appears to work.. however, I don't have any information about it, or how it's supposed to be hooked up. Figuring out how to hook the actuator up will be simple, but sensor and skew servo might be a little harder. Bonus...

So, I suppose this is actually about messing around with a mini-BUD.. hope it's ok to post in this sub forum with the big-guns! I've had a Prodelin 1.2m fiberglass dish for quite some time, but never did much with it. Hated the BUC sucking up my other polarity on the OMT. I was curious what...

I've acquired an old 1.2m VSAT dish that has an OMT, with an LNB and a BUC from Hughes. There are two ports on the BUC, one is labeled 'IFL' and the other 'AP.' I know what IFL is for, but what is AP for? Is that just a test port? Note: I have no intention of actually using the BUC for...

Does anybody know of any FTA satellite equipment dealers in San Francisco or surrounding area? Would I be better off just buying online and biting my tongue at the shipping costs of a new dish? I'm just looking for a simple 90-100cm Ku offset dish and motor.

What DC2 receivers are capable of being sub'd to 4DTV services? I hear a lot about the DSR-410, DSR920/21/22, 905 sidecar - but what about the commercial receivers? the DSR-4200V, the 4410, 4800, etc etc? Can I get one of these authorized for use on Sky Vision/SRL programming packages? And...

I recently found what appears to be a C-Band VSAT dish with the BUC, OMT, LNB and reject filter available for me to pluck off a roof for free. Owner says it has been unused for 17 years, and was previously used by a Farmers Insurance agent/agency. It is a large not-quite-fully parabolic...

The quick part: If an input port on a multi-switch is not plugged into an LNB (say, the 13v one is disconnected, and the 18v is connected to an LNB) - will this cause physical damage to the multi-switch, or will it operate normally? The extra info: My scenario: I have a corotor with a...

All right, I'm back to playing with my DSR-4200V that I bought a while back for 5 bucks. When I originally hooked it up, I was able to get Music Choice - audio, but no video. I tried the mux that had NWCN and the same thing happened, audio but no video. My searching (then, and just now) seems...

Has anybody heard of "Diamond LNB" brand LNBs? I just got a C-band one for free, the sticker is halfway peeled off. It says it has a 20K noise temp, 65db gain. Another label has "NII5200G" on it. Does anybody know if this is phase stable or if there's any way to check?

Does such a thing still exist? I see some listed on Lyngsat, but they all have really really old sighting dates on them. Is it still worth it to scan certain satellites for analog feeds (C or Ku)? Are there still news stations out there that use analog mobile trucks?

Has anybody seen a DVB-S2 receiver in the wild that has a TDA10071 based demodulator? It appears that NXP (Philips) released info on the chip back in May of 2009.. but I can't find the part at distributors yet, or any devices that make use of it. I'm trying to get a development sample to make...

C-SPAN and C-SPAN 2 are going digital here in a few weeks. According to the person I spoke with on the phone C-SPAN 2 will be first. With C-SPAN and C-SPAN 2 there will be "dual illumination" of both the analog and digital transponders initially.. and then the analog ones will go away. Oh...

I've seen various lots of Wegener Communications' Unity 4000 IRDs on eBay. The cheap ones all seem to be branded for FX/Fox/Fox Sports.. I bought one of these a little while back because it was quite cheap and thought it would be fun to play with a commercial receiver. I found out after...

I just got my DMX741U LNB in the mail a few days ago, and installed it on my 10ft KTI dish.. It didn't come with a manual or any papers telling me which port on the diseqc switch went to what band :( -- but this forum had the answer :) The issue I'm having now is that... Ku band reception...

I've got a chaparral feedhorn assembly with two c-band LNBs attached on it (no polarotator) - one for horizontal and one for vertical. How do I configure my Fortec Star Lifetime Ultra (Pansat 2700 clone) to realize that horizontal is on one LNB and vertical is on another LNB? I've got a 2x1...

I recently obtained 3 10ft Kaul-Tronics metal mesh dishes from a local business that wasn't using them anymore (for free, of course). Since we finally had some nice weather, I got the dish set up, wired back to the house, and aligned to the arc :) This is my first ever venture into C-band...

I have a General Instrument DSR-4200V and it has a "high speed serial" interface on the back. After some searching, it appears to be called a "Multimedia Access Port" on different models, and is some serial interface for sending data to an HD decoder box such as the HDD-200. Now, the HDD-200...

Are there any German TV channels available FTA in the US? I see plenty in Europe.. but I'm fairly sure I can't get those ;) The best I can find is TP14 on Galaxy13.. which is on C-band.. Speaking of which, I will be getting a 10ft metal-mesh dish soon, with motor/actuator/mounts for $70...

I'm pretty new to anything satellite related, but heard about Free to Air and "wildfeeds" and such, and it peaked my interest in the subject. Since then I've been looking to get a satellite receiver box that will work with my current satellite dish. I have a DirectTV AU9 Slimline dish that...