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    Lightning Struck My Dish Last Night !!!

    Well I woke up this morning, turned on my Pansat 2700 and no lights. It appears that lightning struck my 8 footer sometime during the night. I'm not sure how much damage has been done yet. The TV and all the other equiptment in my living room (except for the Pansat) seems to be OK. The dish...
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    Help !!!! Feedhorn Problem.

    I'm in the process of changing out my Chapparel c-band feedhorn for a Chaparrel C / Ku feedhorn. I bought a used unit and I have been getting it ready to change it out. I painted it, installed new Lnb's and decided to replace the servo motor. Anyway, when I started trying to take out the 4...
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    Need to Clean / Paint feedhorn

    Just picked up a used Chaparral Corrotor 2 with C & Ku lnb's to replace my old Chaparral c-band feed horn. I have a couple of questions I hope y'all can help me with. First of all, there is some corrosion (white powdery) down the feedhorn throat. What can I use to clean this out with? It's...
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    Levels on AMC 6

    Just wondering if anyone is having trouble with AMC 6. I have always noticed that this is my weakest satellite. I get AMC 3 fine and Panamsat 9 fine, but AMC 6 has always been weak. I'm getting around 25% on the Nasa channels and PCN. I can't even get a complete lock on the two UPN channels. I...
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    Help ! I really GOOFED !!!!!!!!!

    Well, a couple of hours ago, I did something really stupid ! My wife bought several new roses and naturally I got the job of digging the holes and planting them. She set them out along the fence where she wanted them planted, and I started digging. All of the sudden, I hit something I thought...
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    Euronews on ia13- audio issues

    Audio on Euronews and IMF Hi, I'm having a problem with the audio on 2 channels on IA- 13 . For the last week or so, the audio on Euronews and IMF (V-3900 1250 3/4 27.684) has been screwed up (at least on my equiptment). The picture is great , but I can't receive any sound. All my other...
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    KXLA & KJLA on Galaxy 11 Problem

    Hi, Is anyone still able to receive KXLA , KJLA, and KVMD on Galaxy 11 ? Lyngsat still shows them active and in the clear at : 4075 H 6380 I am in Tennessee and was getting these channels fine up until about 6 weeks ago. My wife liked watching the Japanese programming on KXLA...
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    PAS 9 Problem

    Hi, Is anyone having problems getting the channels on PAS 9 ? I have never had any problem getting NHK, CCTV, Arirang, and DW TV. Today, I can't seem to get most of the channels. I did a blind scan, and got NHK back in fine, but CCTV and the others are either really choppy or gone. Also...
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    FTA With BUD & Pansat 2700

    I just finished hooking up my new Pansat 2700A to my 8.5 ft Bud. I am using a Corrotor 2 feedhorn with an older California Amplifier Mini-mag LNB. I have the polarizer connected to the 3 terminals on the back of the Pansat, and I am using my old GI analog receiver to move the actuator. I have...
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    Want to replace analog with DVB

    I currently have a 8.5 ft BUD with Corotor feedhorn and California Amplifier LNB. I have a GI analog IRD connected to it. I am interested in replacing the GI with a Pansat 2700 A FTA box. Will the pansat work by itself with my dish and feedhorn ? I really don't want to slave it to the GI. I...
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    C-band Problem Bad LNB?

    Hi, I have an 8.5 ft BUD with a GI analog receiver. I recently hooked it up, got it all alligned, and everything was working great. All channels were coming in fine. Now here is the problem: I have noticed that I can tune in certain channels and they come in fine. If I change channels...