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Hi everyone. Just curious if anyone knows if there has been any success (or failure) with Ku-band FTA reception with a 60 cm dish. The other day I was browsing Winegard's website and noticed that they have a 60 cm dish, the next smallest dish after their 76 cm dish, so I'm curious if it might...

Hi all. This evening, I stumbled upon a website advertising the SelfSat, a flat, rectangular satellite antenna that evidently can be used for Ku FTA reception. Has anyone ever heard of this thing? Judging from their website, it doesn't look like it's available in North America, but it...

Well, I've hooked up my new analog receiver and have tried tuning in the Ku analog test slate on AMC 2. I was able to tune in the channel, so I'm at least happy to see that my receiver is working, however the video does have quite a bit of snow in it. I did try adjusting the AGC and IF...

Hi all. I just received my new (well, new to me) analog receiver, and I was curious if anyone knows of any analog Ku channels that are ITC and up 24/7, as I'm planning on testing the receiver tomorrow. I'm already aware of the analog Ku test slate on AMC 2 and will probably try hitting...

Hi all. I'm thinking about picking up a Ku analog receiver to use along with my Fortec Mercury II. I did a search and read through a number of threads regarding analog Ku reception and found some great information, but I just wanted to confirm something. If I were to hook up an analog Ku...

Just curious if anyone has toyed with the possibility of using an RV dish mount with a small Ku FTA dish (like the Winegard 76cm.). I know that some RVs have Dish Network/DirecTV dishes mounted on the top, and as such, the RVs are equipped with a mount which appears to allow the azimuth and...

I was checking Fortec's website this afternoon and noticed that they've posted a new firmware upgrade for the Mercury II receiver (the update is v1.09 and dated June 27th). It was mentioned a couple of weeks ago that Fortec may start including revision notes with its firmware upgrades, however...

This afternoon I've been playing around with my Fortec Mercury II, and I seem to be running into a bit of a problem with its Power Scan feature. When running a power scan on AMC 5, for example, I found that the receiver skipped over KTEL-TV (Telemundo Carlsbad). Keeping the dish in the exact...

Just curious if anyone knows of any constant FTA signals on Anik F1R or F2. I've tried tuning in signals on both of these satellites but blind scans have yielded nothing. I'm using USALS to aim my dish and have picked up signals from adjacent birds, so I think my dish is aimed properly. I...

Well, after reading all of the great reviews about the Fortec Mercury II receiver and all of its neat features, I decided to order one and should have it in the next couple of days. Although I probably won't have a chance to tinker with it until this weekend, I'm curious if anyone has ever had...

For those who have the DVB World USB box, I'm curious as to the complexity or ease of transferring any recorded standard definition video to DVD. Is there any type of lengthy re-encoding process that must be run as part of the process, or is it a pretty straightforward procedure? Also, in...

With my Pansat 3500, if I run a satellite scan and the receiver detects an existing channel with new PIDs, it will create a duplicate channel listing as opposed to just updating the PIDs of the existing channel listing. That said, I'm curious if this is how most receivers handle a change of...

When scrolling through the full channel list with USALS enabled and switching from a channel on one satellite to a channel on another bird, do most receivers automatically start moving to the satellite of the newly selected channel, or are there receivers that give a bit of a delay or some kind...

Just curious if any FTA receivers currently on the market have some form of one-touch or quick access channel modification (delete, rename, etc.) feature. With the Pansat 3500SD, for example, I need to go into a couple of menus in order to rename or delete a channel, so I'm curious if there...

From what I've gathered, it appears as though most, if not all, reported FTA HD feeds are on C band. I'm not terribly familiar with the finer points of FTA HD reception, so can anyone verify this, or are there occasionally Ku HD feeds as well?

I've been tinkering with my FTA system for close to two weeks now, and I've realized that while the overall process of aligining my dish and motor for FTA reception has gone surprisingly well and relativey easy, the process of finding a way to efficiently manage my channels has proven to be the...

Hi all. I think I may have asked a similar question a while back in a previous post, however now that I understand my Pansat 3500 receiver and Channel Master software a little better now than I did previously, I think I can ask the question in a little more of a straightforward and simple...

Just curious if any analog Ku FTA receivers are still in production, or if anyone might be able to recommend a particular receiver that's now out of production but might be available second hand or on eBay. Also, do most analog FTA Ku receivers have the equivalent of a "smart scan" like many of...

On my new Pansat 3500SD, I noticed that b-70 shows up on the receiver's display for a few seconds whenever I flip on the receiver's rear power switch. I've read that the b-70 can indicate some type of error with the firmware, however the receiver seems to be working without any problems. Out...

I touched on this issue in the thread regarding my FTA system installation, but I thought that this might be a specific topic twith which others might be familiar and have some interest, so I thought I'd start a new thread for this topic. I seem to be having an issue when uploading channel...

Just curious if flat coax cable couplers as shown in the attached thumbnail are generally considered ok to be used with FTA satellite setups. The reason I ask is that on account of its thin profile and flexibility, I'm sure that its insulation and shielding aren't nearly as good as typical coax...

With my new Pansat 3500SD scheduled for delivery tomorrow, I wouldn't mind first upgrading its firmware to the most recent version, assuming an upgrade is available, prior to setting up and experimenting with my FTA system. That said, does anyone know if firmware upgrades for the Pansat 3500...

In trying to find additional information regarding the motor and dish angle adjustments for a motorized dish system, I was looking through the motorized dish setup tutorial on Sadoun's website. While it appears as though the motor angle setting is simply equal to the latitude value of the...

Just curious if anyone might be able to give a quick explaination of the difference between USALS and DiSEqC. From what I've gathered, USALS seems to be a specific dish positioning method that uses part of the DiSEqC protocol, but aside from that I really don't know much about the difference...

My New FTA System is on the Way...A Few Setup and Dish Alignment Questions Hi all. Well, after thinking about buying an FTA system for the last couple of months, I finally decided to place an order this morning for an FTA system. Based on the many excellent product reviews and...