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I've had my FTA system up-and-running for a couple of years now, and love it. My primary dish is a Birdview perforated dish with H-H motor, scanning C-band and Ku-band satellites from 72°W to 139°W. I also have a dedicated, fixed Ku dish pointed at 30°W. But, I have acquired some extra things...

How many members here currently use the Digitrans DTE-7150 and HDD-1000 (or 1100) HD decoder combo? What do you use to move the dish? I'm thinking that this should be the next project for my FTA system. I would slave this setup off of my AZBox Ultra using a GBOX mover. Although if I found a...

In the last couple of weeks, I had added 72°W C-band to the list of satellites that my (H/H motorized) perforated Birdview dish could receive. I had used Dishpointer to position this dish on my property, which on initial setup using its NPRM, had allowed me to receive satellites from 79°W to...

So, I've been slowly working on getting the Birdview solid dish that I bought from Linuxman up-and-running. I picked a spot just to the south of my deck and set up the NPRM there. I got the mast plumb, had a neighbor help me lift the AJAK horizon-to-horizon mount to the top of the mast, and...

I spent my 4th of July down at linuxman’s house, disassembling and packing up the two Birdview dishes to bring back to Iowa. I borrowed a pickup and a trailer, and hit the road at 4 AM on Monday. It’s about a five and a half hour drive to linuxman's house from Des Moines. I pull in at 9:30...

Hello everybody! I've been researching my first FTA setup, and this site has been a valuable resource. A big "thank you" goes out to everyone that contributes here. For my setup, I was thinking I'd have two motorized 120cm dishes, one for Ku and the other for C-band, along with an AZBox...