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    RG-6 coax - straight run or splice?

    Bought a 50' coil of RG-6 coax from Walmart to run to the new dish location, but fell about 20 feet short. It was a pain in the *ss to get it to where it is now - down inside the wall into basement, along stringers, up the chimney cavity into the attic ... was planning on going out the gable...
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    Getting closer - Shaw setup in US. Got signal but is it the right satellite?

    OK, so I'm a couple hours south of the QC-VT border - central VT. Got a 60E dish and a Triple Satellite Quad Output Switchable xKu LN BF. Today I finally had enough time to sit on the roof and move the satellite millimetres at a time. I had my iPad inside pointed at the screen, and my iPhone in...
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    So, what's inside an LNB?

    I'm up on the roof of my 2-story Cape-style house the other day, sitting on the peak by one gable end, mounting a new 60cm elliptical dish to a mast I have up there. The LNB is an XKU 4 port LNB. I thought I had the LNB tightened into the arm with a screw, but apparently not. It slipped out...
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    Help - any tips for aiming (skew) Shaw Direct dish in Northern New England

    Hi - so I live just over the border in VT, about 2 hrs south of the QC-VT border. I should be far enough north to tune in the 3 Shaw Direct satellites without any problem, I'm HOPING!! Much of southwestern Ontario is further south latitudinally than I am. For equipment, I have an ARRIS...
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    Can't get any Channels on Transponder 2 - trees ?

    Hi there : Have had BEV for 2 years now. 4 days ago, starting losing channels, turning all blocky etc. Message comes up saying can't find satellite signal and it always shows Satellite 91, Transponder 2. I can't get 5 channels, and coincidentally, or not, they are all on Transponder 2. My signal...