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Okay, well here's one: the receiver doesn't seem to know about AMC-9 - there is no 83° bird in its list. Which begs the question... could this Coolsat be running ancient firmware, and if so what might I do to get it up to date? I already went looking on my own, but it seems Coolsat's website...

Yup, it's quite similar to the one seen there. It's identical to the 1.2m CMs that Primestar used, aside from the color of the fiberglass (I have one of those around, too). But my NPRM isn't quite as beefy as that one - the only one I had was originally used with a .75m CM dish and thus is...

Well, this evening I got tired of trying to pull in AMC-1. So I aimed the dish due south (or so I thought) and played with the elevation and skew until I was peaked on... something. Turns out the "something" I peaked on was Galaxy 3C, or so my research on Lyngsat would suggest. Guess it's...

Yes, seems to be. I took it off the feedhorn to see how it was set... seems that the "slot" is turned so that it's taller than it is wide, I assume that means vertical polarity? DishPointer said to twist it 9° clockwise, which I did... is this incorrect? Perhaps I should aim it at another...

Hello all! I've been collecting up surplus satellite gear over the past few years, and lurking here on and off in an attempt to keep up with FTA goings-on. I've installed my own DBS setups on several occasions, but that's about all the more experience I have with installing satellite...