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  1. Mike1234

    Congradulations...you have a dish 5000 system

    Congradulations...you have a dish 5000 system :confused: What satellite am I on? I keep hitting it, and cant seem to find it on lyngsat...(not sure what to look for) It's a STRONG sucker! Hard to find anything near it when your trying to point manually!
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    C-BAND Feed Question...

    .. I was handed a C-BAND LNB that is marked 3.7-4.2 Ghz...(other equipment is listed with my signature below) and have a few questions: 1) Is the frequency setting for the coolsat still 5.150? Any other settings? 2) The LNB makes a 90 degree turn into a small white box...can the grey...
  3. Mike1234

    Katrina on it's way!

    Hurricane Katrina is headed towards the gulf, and right behind it is the weather channel's live reports! Can someone post if/when they find the feed? Thanks!
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    Best time for news feeds?

    Hello all... Wanted a few comments from the fourm on the best time to look for wild news feeds. Around local news timel? 10 minutes before hour? 10 minutes after the hour? Etc... Thanks!
  5. Mike1234

    Dish is up and running!

    Dish is up and running!...now questions! Got the Coolsat 4000 pro this week :) Have the P* Dish and KU LNB :) Got it on a fixed mount, ran the coax, and am getting some channels! :) I do however, have a few questions that I hope the forum can answer... :confused: ...perhaps you...
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    Fixed dish and the Clarke belt

    Question for P*star dish users... :confused: How difficult is it to hit satellites when using a P*star dish? Will the fixed pole mount on the dish allow a few degrees of movement before loosing "the belt" and having to readjust the elevation? I have not installed the dish yet, but it...
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    DBS FTA question!

    Someone at work gave me a D*RECT TV receiver/dish/lnb. I successfully pointed it at the satellite shown when I enter the zip code and am getting the PPV channels, etc. zip is 39211 1. What satellite (on lyngsat's web site) am I pointing at? 2. Can I reposition this LNB to get the...
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    LNB Question

    Hello All... I was handed a P-Star dish yesterday with LNB. LNB is marked with an H and V (assuming this is horizontal and vertical) connections. Model is njr2119f (if that helps anyone)... Does this LNB have ANY use in a FTA setup? I'm hoping to put a C band LNB on the P-Star dish soon...
  9. Mike1234

    ISS Question

    Why do I keep seeing these frequencies posted for the ISS? DNLINK: 463.000 (TV-1) DNLINK: 436.000 (TV) And what is TV-1 and TV? anyone know? Thanks in advance!
  10. Mike1234

    Another great satellite program

    Just downloaded SATSCAPE v2.02. Incredible program, but you must have a good video card. Check it out... :yes www.satscape.co.uk
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    Was handed a receiver over the weekend...question...

    Someone gave me a Panasonic Videocipher II CRD-4500-R over the weekend. No remote control, only 4 buttons on the front (EAST,WEST, CHANNEL UP, CHANNEL DOWN). Can anything be done with this unit without a remote, or should it be tossed? Was hoping to get a C-band FTA system together with...
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    Another (newbie) FTA question - Local TV stations

    According to eyeinthesky's FTA channel list there are tons of local stations on GALAXY 4R and 10R. These stations are marked CDVB and others are marked 75+. What does this mean? Are they all available with a basic FTA MPEG system? Thanks in advance (and sorry in advance if this is a dumb...
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    FTA question

    I am considering a FTA system. I am mostly interested in wild news feeds. Do you catch many live or wild news feeds on the MPEG2 FTA systems? Thanks