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Thanks Scott Thanks Scott for contributing to the Holiday Party. I've never made it to a SatelliteGuys chat before but hope to join you next monday. I've learned a lot from browsing the forums here and hope to put it to use soon when building an FTA system. Merry Christmas everyone!

I'm currently saving up my pennies to buy my first FTA system. I had C-band subscriptions several year ago but constantly had problems with it (not the least of which was my dog repeatedly digging up my ribbon cable and chewing it in half) so I switched to DirecTV. I had that for several years...

I've got an un-wired B.U.D. sitting out in the back yard just begging me to bring it back to life. I'd go with the following to get started in FTA: Lexium DBS8000+PVR DMX741U LNBF Powermax PMA24 Actuator PVRG6 Dual BLK Cable RG6 Coax Stripper F Connector Compression Crimp Tool 24 F...

mmewrench & tbropro, Thanks for your responses. I'll admit I'm a bit comfused. You both indicate that (some of) the subscription channels I want are on W5, yet according to Lyngsat, w5 is only visible in Europe (and I'm in midwest U.S.A). mmewrench said "W5 (AMC18)", but Lyngsat doesn't say...

Back in the early 90's I had a big C-band dish that I had some a-la-carte programming on through NPS. I had tons of problems with it ranging from the polarity switch getting fried repeatedly, the motor/jack constantly needing calibrated, it freezing in the winter, etc. I also really HATED to...

I heard about FTA this past weekend and am interested in getting started. I used to have a c-band BUD a few years back, but gave up on it after lighting zapped a few lnb's, my dog dug up and chewed through the long cable run several times, and the old actuator kept giving me grief and making me...