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    Do You like This Dish

    I have a chance to buy this dish set up , its supposed to be an 8' but does not look that big . Comes with receiver and motor . Its over 15 years old . Is this worth it to buy this for C Band and will the dish work with any FTA unit ? I'm new to C Band but am interested in getting it for mother...
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    AMC 9 with 39" Dish ?

    Getting back to my original questions , is it normal for a 39" Digiwave dish to be egg shaped ?
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    AMC 9 with 39" Dish ?

    I was using a 30" dish for AMC 9 but lately it was getting very weak sig and unwatchable .. I then put up a 39 x 36 " dish and now i cannot get a signal nohow . Are all 39" dishes oval as this one is 36" wide and 39 " bottom to top ? I even tried changing out the lnb from the 30 " dish on...
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    SC 60 E dish

    I am near Guelph Ont
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    SC 60 E dish

    Hello I dont really know what is proper but standing behind dish i turned it clockwise to hit it .. I could not hit it the other way .. I tried every skew degree upward from 90 and would not get better .. The channels that have 45 work ok but others are pixelling terribly .. I tried...
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    SC 60 E dish

    I'm thinking that my windguard is a 39 " not 33 ".. It is at moms and i will measure one day ...
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    SC 60 E dish

    The 33 was much better on all tps but cant remember the numbers . Likely in the 70s if memory serves ..
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    SC 60 E dish

    Update The best quality on certain tps was 45 and others were 15 .... Dont know why i could not get better quality reading .. I tweeked everything many times and it refused to get better Q ... I did not go by any dish pointer info for SC dish , only what i used on my 33" windguard when it was...
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    SC 60 E dish

    Thx Ice , I'll try that ..
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    SC 60 E dish

    I have a Star CH 60 E dish and want to hit G10 R - 18 and want to know which side of the lnb to use .. It is not the pop bottle lnb , it is the smaller dual unit and has 4 ports on bottom ..Thanx.. :)
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    G10R old movies channel

    Thx Tron The only thing is , is AMC-9 is not listed in the sats list for some reason ? I see 7,8,10,4 that i can remember when going through list several times and likely a few others but not 9 ? Thx
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    sat description when aiming

    Is it normal that it does not show which sat you are locked on with a sonicview ? I do know that a Pansat will not show this . I was locked onto G10 R but it did not show any info on antenna setup screen , just the S / Q reading .. Now i am going to try to aim at AMC9 soon and i think that...
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    G10R old movies channel

    Which of the 2 sats are the best one for channels G10 or AMC9 ? English channels that is ..
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    G10R old movies channel

    Hello I just put up a 33" Winguard and hit G10R in about 3 min flat .. Credit goes to all the great info here on this site ... I have a question in regards to a channel that has all of the old shows like Ironside and Hawaii 50 ... What is the channel name and TP if you dont mind .. I have...
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    33"Windguard and G10R

    Have another question .. Is the lnb supposed to be tightened closest to the dish or pulled back all way away when tightened ? Also when skewing , does it need to be turned clockwise standing behind dish ? I dont see any markings to know where a zero reading should be but the numbers are there...
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    33"Windguard and G10R

    Thankyou for all your ideas everyone .. I knew i came to the right place for helpfull folks .. :):up:wave Hey Pedro , i really like that GeoSatFinder , its one of the best I've seen thus far , thx a lot ..
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    33"Windguard and G10R

    I was hoping one of you pros could give me some tips before i get started with aiming a winguard dish at 123W . I have only used dishes with skew adjustments on the dish but never have skewed an lnb like what is on the windguard .. My question would be , would i hit the 123 sat then skew the...
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    Is an HD stb needed for more channels

    Thank you gentlemen for the help , wish me luck .:)
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    Is an HD stb needed for more channels

    Ok Thankyou , but could you help on the other questions in my post as well ?:)
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    Is an HD stb needed for more channels

    Was wondering if there is an advantage to using an HD receiver for TFTA ? Also is there a need for a motor for english sats as this is what i would want ?I have seen Galaxy 10r before with a SC dish but signal strength was not to good so i dont know if i was getting all channels .. I now have a...
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    Star Choice LNB

    G 10 I tried to rescan G10 today with clear skies but still only got 32 channels .. I got about 10 (H) and 22 (V) .. I did not get the 11720 .. :( What would i have to adjust to get a better sig. strength , would it be the skew ? I could not get better than 45% by adjusting the elevation...
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    Star Choice LNB

    Thanx Iceberg ! Howdy Iceberg Thanx is in order for your help hitting G10 .. I was real happy when i heard the signal tone .. It is very heavy rain clouds tonight but was still able to blind scan though ! I picked up all the 11800 V 26.657 .. Looks like i did not receive any of the 13...
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    Star Choice LNB

    Ok , I changed the DFreq from 11799 to 11800 and the SR from 27.660 to 26.660 is this ok ? Was not sure if you wanted the DFreq changed too ?:)
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    Star Choice LNB

    Thanx again , we'll giver a go !:up
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    Star Choice LNB

    Hey Ice The third TP is the closest to the one that you suggested and it is 11799 V 27.660 Would this be the one ?The one that you suggessted was 11800V26660 ... Also , cant seem to find the blind scan option in the antenna set up with the factory bin ? Maybe the 3500 does not have this ...