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thanks for the info! thanks, sorry to hear that - but glad I didn't waste a lot of time. jeff

Info on UTR on Intelsat 3R @ 43W thanks for the information guys! I am lucky to be sitting on a ridge overlooking town with a totally clear view South from horizon to horizon. But, as I said, when I try to put 43W into my STB I get a 'USALS calculation error'. I get that error message from...

Can anyone tell me if UTR (Ukraine TV) is currently up and running on Intelsat 3R at 43W? I am really interested in this programming, but my motorized dish just won't swing that far East. So, I am thinking of getting another dish dedicated to this satellite. But I wonder if the station is...

Thanks to ALL! hi guys! thanks again to all - i seem to have all my major problems solved and now have a (pretty much) operational motorized system. (!) i've still got a few issues and some channels i can't get - but i think i'll organize my thoughts and start a new thread for these...

Coolsat question? thanks Lak7 and all, I looked all the chain-link fence fittings at the local Lowes and decided they all looked to flimsy for my needs. But a muffler clamp from the auto supply - that looks like it will do the trick nicely. At the moment I seem to have a pretty secure...

Success!! (i hope) [fingers-crossed] well, things are looking pretty good. i have gotten a nice firm lock on my 'true west' and a great picture for Macy's TV. And, I've been able to find and load programming on 4 other close-by satellites. And, most importantly, been able to go back to 105W...

splitter vs switch hi Lak7, well, my terminology must be wrong - but the device looks correct. i had just done a blind scan looking for AMC15 @ 105W and came up with a whole long list of channels that i identified as Dish Network programming from 110W. so, my Circular feed seems to work...

mechanical issues... hi AcWxRadar and all! well, i think i am narrowing down my possible problems. i am going to look into the 'splitter' issue - anyone out there combining their Circular and Linear feeds? but, i think my real problem is with my poor workmanship and careless.... well...

switch vs splitter? ok, on the advice above, I am going to remove the 4 into 1 DiSEqC switch (which I don't need and was just in case I ever decided to hook up the little 'pizza' dish that the previous owner left on the house). Now, is there any reason I should disconnect the 2 into 1...

direct from the LNB what you see in the photograph, that's combining the Circular and Linear and then going into the house. inside i have the dish hooked up to a COOLSAT 5000 that I just got off eBay last week (without a manual or anything). what i've been doing all day is running another...

photos of the Fortec hi guys! thanks for all the help! thanks to AcWxRadar, I am using his post as the "howto" to get this thing set up. as of today, still problems. i am pointed at 105W trying to get a good strong signal from Macy's TV. i have been getting 90 Strength, but can't...

no joy in mudville... well, i obviously have set up something incorrectly. i had the viewsat look for 125W for the PBS stations and it found nothing. when i exited the setup menu and went back to Russia Today or BelarusTV on Galaxy 19 ... nothing. :eek: a look at the dish shows it's moving...

all is not well... hi guys, well, not everything is perfect, I set my Viewsat to look for AMC 15 at 105W and a blind scan found... NETWEST FOREST LAWN PATH Vyvx Atlanta Encoder 1 hmm, I wonder where I am? When I ask the dish to swing back a little and go to a channel on...

True South Sat... I would do that - I've read that's the Sat to look for during install and setup. But, I've spent the last two months finding and tuning in the programming on Galaxy 19 - so I thought I'd have the best chance to find it (cause I have a good idea of where in the sky it is)...

it's moving - just not finding! thanks for looking! yep the dish IS moving - i just told it to look for Galaxy 18 at 123 W and it swung over there - it just had no signal and couldn't find any channels. so, i asked it to look for Intelsat 5 which the Viewsat thinks is at 97W (but I know...

thanks - somethings working thanks guys for the help. i managed to bring my Viewsat Ultra back to life and hooked it up. i have the disk and motor aligned as suggested in the earlier posts (motor to 41.9, dish bracket to 28.6, and azimuth to 170). the Viewsat lets me enter USALS, so i...

thanks! hi guys! :) thanks for the quick responses! i used those settings, am am next going to check the Sadoun site and see what it says. i am going to have some problems checking my handiwork as i see that the satellites stored in my ancient (2002) Samsung receiver are almost all out...

hi guys, After all the good advice I've gotten here - I bought a DG380 from one of this sites sponsors :) and it arrived today. Now a couple of questions. When I go to another one of our sponsors, Dishpointer it tells me ... Address: [my address] cheyenne, wy 82009 Latitude: 41.1718°...

thanks - Fortec "Lifetime" thanks for the advice. I am looking forward to putting a motor on my dish and all the new challenges that will bring. From what I read on the Forums, these are tough days for lots of users and many have decided to dump their FTA boxes because they can't get...

Coolsat clones? Thanks for the info! Are the Coolsat's online plagued by the same clone problems as Viewsats? :mad: thanks, jeff

thanks for the advice - Circular feed? Thanks for all the help! I saved that Coolsat information. I can see, from reading the Forums why the Coolsat's are going cheap. But, it looks like they'll do all I want - FTA programming. Anything special I should know about the Coolsat...

straight or null? which type of serial cable will i need? I've got some old serials in boxes in the garage (along with some parallel printer cables), but not sure what they'd be. thanks, :) jeff

motor on a 120cm dish Thanks for the advice! That's what I was looking for, a voice of experience. I'll do some forum searching and see what people say about the DG380 and how it runs a 120cm dish. I think I had read some advice against putting a motor on that big of a dish, which was...

Hi guys! A month or two ago I was, with a lot of help from this Forum, able to find Galaxy 19 and have been enjoying a LOT of foreign language programming since. But, now I'm getting a little bored and am ready to see what more I can find in the way of English language programming. I...

is there a setting that says 13v/18v/both or something of the nature? No, nothing like that, just the 22khz - that I have turned off. I am just back from a week away and will be seeing if I can get these other channels to come in, so I'll most likely be posting again soon! thanks, jeff