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Analog and Satellite enthusiasts. It’s heartbreaking and sad to hear that the last North American NTSC analog satellite tv channel CSPAN will forever disappear, in fall of this year (2021) on the cband satellite system. This marks over 40 years of analog cband satellite tv transmission coming...

Hey all, thought i'd share a few commercials of old cband satellite ads. I really wish I was around in the 1980's and owned a cband dish. It would've been a dream cometrue to watch analog wildfeeds. Have a fun look at these old commercials for nostalgia. the satellite ranch commercial is...

Looking for a 10 foot dish for my friend who wants to get into the BUD hobby as well. I have a quadstar 10 foot but keeping that for my own install. Looking for a reasonably priced 10 foot dish. Preferably within the GTA. Around Mississauga/Brampton/Richmondhill/oakville area. Preferably...

I’m taking down a system today and I thought I’d hook it up and tune into analog cspan or leash attempt it. I have some wiring here and I don’t want to short anything. Have I plugged the actuator wiring in correctly ? Are there supposed to be two cables for it ? Also where does the polarizer...

As we know ribbon cable is no longer sold and the existing stock is probably 15 + years old. I’m having a difficulty to figure which kinds of cables I will need and how many. Wiring for the actuator and polarizer and servo and sensor etc. How many cables what kind and where to buy? Home Depot...

I’m currently looking at lyngsat and there’s some analog feeds in both ntsc and pal on 1. 3720 H TP 1 2. 3790 V TP 2 3. 3790 H TP 3 4. 3810 H TP 3 5. 3854 V TP 4 6. 3870 H TP 5 7. 3890 H TP 5 8. 3910 H TP 6 9. 4010 H TP 8 10. 4010 V TP 8 11. 4030 H TP 9 12. 4070 V TP 9 13. 4130 H TP...

I know I cannot properly setup my bud on a pole cemented in till I have and have a good view of the south however I got bored today and started assembling my bud. A 10 foot wineguard to see how big it looks in the backyard. Almost done assembling the panels but it got dark outside and the...

My local former cband installer guy has a rather unique 4.5 foot cband dish which is a red aluminum dish. I still have my 10 foot packed away till the move so there’s no chance I can set that up. I do want to still see analog cspan because who knows by the time I setup my 10 foot it might be...

Hello. I am looking for a 5 foot mesh or solid dish. I do have my unassembled 10 foot wineguard quadstar but I can’t install that at the moment. I wanted to experiment the AMC 11 131W satellite with the last remaining NTSC channel. I’m in Toronto, anybody have a 5 foot dish they’d like to sell...

I missed out and wasn’t around during the days of free to air cband when hbo and nbc and the other big networks were unscrambled I believe encryption started around 1986 right ? What was your favourite memory of an analog unencrypted feed or channel before the scramble happened ? Some of your...

How big are cband uplink satellite dishes ? Are they usually solid white dishes or can they be mesh dishes as well? How is a signal transmitted? like is an amplifier connected to the dish ? How powerful are uplink dishes? whats the difference between analog and digital uplink dishes? Are the...

So I picked up the big 10 foot winegard dish it’s currently disassembled in 4 pieces till I can put it up. The mast is very heavy but panels seem light enough. Anybody have this dish? It’s a gray color. Looking for a picture of it when it’s assembled if anybody has one! Also how is this dish? Is...

I am aware most of the cband feeds are digital now, however i'm wondering does anybody know if there's any analog feeds left on cband ? occasional and full time feeds. I'm aware about cspan as it's still analog but is there anything else that someone has seen in the last year? I still have a...

Hello all, I would like to install a 10 foot c band mesh satellite. I would like to use a pole and use two clamps and use 3/4 screws, I would like it to be as secure as possible, this will be done on a commercial plaza building, I would just like some advice on installing the pole, the diameter...