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One more thing to note: even with strong signals from every other TP on that satellite, EWTN was invisible until I got the LNB spacing, rotation, and pointing precisely adjusted.

A quick followup: Based on the advice here, I picked up an old 10' mesh and finally finished the installation yesterday. It took many hours of pointing/adjusting/tweaking, but I now (as of midnight) have a very good signal from EWTN's transponders. Between the dish, rental truck, pole...

Thanks all for the comments. My receiver is the Openbox S9. I tried both manual entry and blind search. I can kind-of see a hint of a signal on 3808 (42/10), but nowhere near strong enough to lock. On transponder 8 I get a strong signal (82/72) but of course all of the transmissions on that...

Well with EWTN finally completing their move to Galaxy 15 last week I was forced to repoint my dish, and my fears were confirmed. I can see only one transponder on that satellite, and it is not EWTN's. Here's my dilemma - I have a 6' solid dish now; if I upgrade to an 8' mesh will I be able...

Thanks for that link putney! I spoke to the owner and he is willing to let the 8' mesh go for $85. Hard to estimate the condition - it's been sitting (unmounted) for some years. I'm thinking it should buy me at least 3 dB over my 6' solid? The 10' would also be a good score but it has to be...

Thanks all for the comments. I don't think we have the math quite right, as it is not quite the same as an offset dish, but I agree that it would be much more practical to simply go with an 8-footer. If one can be found! After a couple of hours of searching I only found one for less than $300...

Actually I was thinking that the ideal configuration would involve using only the top half of the dish, mounted on a flat platform just a bit off the ground. I generally only watch one satellite, so it would not need to move once pointed. The main difficulties might be: - Maintaining its...

I've been wondering if anyone has tried to see what they can do with half a dish. The reason for doing this would be that half of a 12' dish would be only 6' tall (and therefore below my fence and out of sight), but would still have twice the effective area of a full 6' dish. ??? Tony

In fact they have already begun the process of moving everything from Galaxy17/91W to Galaxy15/133W: Catholic Television Network | EWTN Unfortunately dishpointer doesn't have anything for Galaxy15/133W yet. I'm just hoping they go with a transponder as strong as they have been known for in...

Just a quick update: after repointing to 91W I had clear signals within a few minutes. I will ask EWTN whether they have any plans to make the HD channel more accessible. For now I'm going to call this success - Thanks for the help!

Thanks for all the input - yes, I did try manually entering the transponder info, with the same results. I did have the TV out there with me while I was doing this (so that I could see the strength/quality bars from the receiver), but I don't think it will let me see anything unless I'm already...

Yes, the receiver is set to 5150. Yes, EWTN is the channel of interest. According to the EWTN website, their HD channel is at 3904 Mhz. I tried it both with and without a transponder entered. I'm assuming that I should be able to see something on the signal strength bar if anything at all...

I looked at a couple pointing websites, including dishpointer.com. They all seem to give the same result. However I found one website that said that the actual pointing angle would be lower than you would expect from the angle calculators. I set the angle using a level and protractor, then...

Thanks for your reply. The LNB came with the dish; the mounting plate says 'Digiwav', dual polarization, 13 degrees noise temperature. The box it and the dish came in appeared to have been sitting for a long time. The dish had some rust and was a little dirty. I believe I have adjusted the...

I picked up a 6' dish and openbox receiver. Everything seems to be working ok, but - no satellites. I used the pointing info from gosatellite.com to get the azimuth and elevation (Galaxy 12 at 133W). The receiver says 41-43% strength and 5% quality, pretty much regardless of where the dish is...

Thanks photoman76. Can I ask what what your setup is (receiver, LNB, etc). Is the picture quality on HD what you would expect from an HD feed? Thanks!

Lyngsat does not mention the HD channel, but there is information on the EWTN website: EWTN's North American Television Schedule It seems very unlikely that it would be encrypted. Is anyone able to see it?

Hi all, I am interested in receiving the HD feed for EWTN on Galaxy 12 / 133W. I am thinking I would like to do this using a 1.8m (or if possible, 1.2m) dish (to minimize any conflicts with the HOA). I am on the west coast. It looks pretty straightforward. Is there anything special I need...