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Is it an HD feed now? I know Lyngsat says it's DVB-S2 in MPEG4 on a different transponder now. No information on Deutsche Welle's website as it seems like it's "protected" information due to their silly agreements with Dish. I hope they never encrypt it.

I suppose you could say personal vendetta.

I don't want to reactivate anything, I just want the account owner to be charged for the PPV purchases still on the access card and receiver, and I want to make sure they get dialed in. Right now it's powered on without the satellite dish connected to it, but it's connected to the phone line...

I have a Directv Receiver that has been used for years, but the phone was never plugged in. 4 PPV purchases (they might be adult, it really doesn't say) were made via the remote, probably around 2003 or 2004, and never gotten called in to Directv, so they stayed in past purchases for years. The...

I won't be able to mount anything that requires a pole, that's why I want something with a ground mount like I have. Sadoun doesn't seem to sell one that is ground mounted, only pole.

I'd like to get a 2.4m dish to replace my 1.8m dish that won't pick up DW-TV anymore. I want a 2.4m dish with a ground mount like the one on the left, to replace the one on the right: I am not able to find a reseller that sells the Fortec Star 2.4m. I know there are equivalents, just rebranded...

DCII is still used for a little over half of the SD channels on any cable or pizza dish system. Most are unfortunately encrypted as you already know. There are a good amount of HD channels available on cable and pizza dish systems that still use DCII split and combined mode. HBO, Starz, and a...

If you use an offset dish you need a conical scalar ring for your C band feed. A 4 foot should work, but a 6 footer would work much better. I only got QVC on my 8 footer, and I know the bit error rate was very low, and the signal is easy to lock. I can receive it now very easily, actually. This...

It's schedule matches up with my local affiliate, I think each PBS affilliate simulcasts it and timeshifts it. Charlie Rose is timeshifted an hour after NOVA, but NOVA was on schedule.

The breaks on 12140V are previews of upcoming shows and PBS advertisements. No black, no test pattern, it's as if everything is completely packaged for home viewing. When it shows previews for upcoming shows, it even gives a time for them which match when they show them. The TV listings are on...

I could never receive it in my 6 footer, no matter how hard I tried. I do want to get an 8 foot ground mount. Anyone recommend a source for a Fortec or equivalent with a ground mount that will support a sponsor and this this forum?

I used this same LNBF and on my 1.8 meter, and just like many on this forum, it was either C or Ku. It worked very well for picking up DW-TV (this was two years ago). I decided I wanted a commercial feed and LNB, so I got a Chaparral dual polarity output feed horn with a Norsat LNB for DW-TV and...

Since Wikipedia mentioned PBS's Ku services, does that mean 12140V and 12180V are for us as well because they are prepackaged with breaks, etc? Ku dish antennas are easier and cheaper for people to install, where C is more expensive and harder, but much more reliable when it comes to rain fade...

After being spoiled by Norsat and Zinwell, they are the only LNBs I'll ever use. I love commercial LNBs.

Sandbags aren't a bad idea. :) For my 1.8m I used cinder blocks as weights. It's on top of a wooden pallet. It's been there for 3 years, and now NASA TV lights up. :/ The 2.4m was originally on a smaller pallet with more weight. Apparently it wasn't enough because this happened: So I put more...

I'm still trying to figure out in my mind if a 2.4m dish would work. With it I'd be able to pick up PBS as well as DW-TV, ION, and some other rare goodies. I peaked it for DW-TV so other stuff never came in, but I just wanted DW-TV. The outside of the larger reflector would stick out about 4...

This answers my question. I do apologize for my silly posts. NASA TV is to blame for our reception issues. The only solution would be to get a bigger dish antenna. Hopefully the replacement of AMC 1 would make a difference in the future. All I can say is it sucks, I cannot fit a 2.4 meter dish...

Looks like there was a slight increase in BER on Tuesday, and Friday the BER jumped up to what it is now, from what I can see on the graph. So it might have gone full power Friday night. What's interesting is that I can pick up the last two vertical HITS transponders on 105 with enough signal to...

Something went wrong somewhere because it worked before. I know the signal went bad on December 2nd. Before that day, the signal was good enough for decent reception for over 3 years. Did NASA TV come online on December 2nd? You do have a point, and if NASA TV is the cause of this, then...

For those who use 1.8M dish antennas to receive DW-TV on AMC 1, please let Deutsche Welle know that your reception went to crap on December 2nd. Since Deutsche Welle has no interest in encryption and encourages viewers to watch it's programming, let them know about your reception issues at Send...

Unfortunately I couldn't obtain one this way. Plus you need to deal with missing parts on occasion too. These kinds of dishes typically contain BUCs as well because they are tx/rx dish antennas. Whether or not the BUCs transmit at the same or opposite polarity as the receiving signal, I really...

I agree with loose lips sink ships. Never contact an uplink NOC. In a case like this, Deutsche Welle wants DW-TV to be open, and they want you to contact them with any reception issues. I'm a regular watcher of DW-TV and was a regular listener of Deutsche Welle Radio before it was discontinued...

Because of where it's pointed to (125W) and the dish is offset, it's almost 90 degrees so snow doesn't collect on it at all. Why thank you! I went to Prodelin's web site and contacted a sales rep. There is a wall mount and ground mount available for this dish, as well as single or dual...

I e-mailed Deutsche Welle about it and am awaiting a reply. If it's NASA then they would have had to start up Friday, December 2nd.

Two years or so ago I got a 90cm Prodelin offset dish antenna for Ku reception. It is built like a tank and works way better than any of those crappy Fortec Star or similar offset dishes. If you have any of those, just throw them away like I did mine. It cost me almost $300, and I think $60 or...