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Is that a typo? I thought the larger dish gets the weaker signals.

Not so much as a shadow from the LNBF, the shadow from any trees or hills cast on the dish when the sun is in direct alignment with the dish on the worst outage day. In theory I can get 166e here but I have a shadow cast over my dish from a distant hill about 5 minutes before the outage. No line...

I've used the SatFinder Lite and also Satellite Positioner apps and when compared, both are off from the actual satellite position. One shows the satellite being particularly high in the sky so you may still be able to actually "see" the satellite from your location. My best results were from...

If I remember correctly, I had some breakup using a .76 meter dish with an older LNBF. I won an Amiko L-107 from a contest run by Hypermegasat Casey. Using that LNBF I had a stable signal. All I'm saying is that it's marginal with a larger dish so I doubt you will have much luck with a 60e...

20 degree Chaparral C-Band P-HEMT Low Noise Block Downconveter is what’s on the label. It’s and old one.

Some time ago I lost Decades, MeTV, Movies, etc. on 101. Others were having problems too. I ended up moving the entire feedhorn closer to the dish than what the manual and calculations said and have not had any problems since. I’m using an LNB.

The simple answer to your: Who is allowed to take part in the FTA hobby? Anyone with some time and money to spend plus a quest for satisfaction from a DIY project.

From your second picture “Record” I don’t see where you are getting a signal quality. No signal means nothing to record. Maybe this locks it up?? I don’t know so I’m just guessing.

The link below is my project on my 1.2 GeoSat dish. Getting 87, 91, modified two lnbf's to get 99/97 and finally 103. I really have to fine tune it as PBS on 99 and LPB on 87 are hit and miss. InfoWars on 99 is fine as are some feeds on 87. It can be done...

A couple days ago my DW TV EPG finally ran out of cached data. Now, it usually shows the current program and sometimes the next but never over a half hour in the future.

No, didn’t clear it. About a year ago I couldn’t get any listings after midnight but it worked the next day. No problem because I download a .pdf from their website with the listings for one week.

Here it is for tomorrow, Friday.

Here's a screenshot from a couple minutes ago. It's the only EPG I get.

But, for only a dollar? Maybe the actuator it has still works. My old $1 Paraclipse mesh has holes that are too big to perform well on Ku but I also have an older 8 1/2 foot one piece fiberglass dish pointed at 99 and use it for WVGN and it works well. This depends on how much time you want to...

I’m getting it using my plain old Edision mio4k. Seems to be working as usual.

I agree, Brian (Titanium) knows what he is talking about. You said it is a 39” dish but your instructions are for a 33” (85 cm) dish. Also, 12060 H with a symbol rate of 22000 just to be sure you have the polarity and SR correct.

My 2 cents worth. I’m not familiar with your LNBF but trust the receiver settings are correct and you have an active transponder saved and are tuned to it. First thing I would do is work on it on the ground especially if you already fell off the ladder. I’ve picked up a 2 1/4 inch fence post...

Couldn't get a watchable lock on Montana PBS yesterday afternoon and no lock at all at night but today, Saturday afternoon, I have it back here in California.

Montana PBS came back for me the beginning of October. Just returned from a two week vacation and I don’t have it now. Is it possible the satellite is drifting a bit? Or, maybe they are playing with the power levels.

May I make a suggestion for a first time user? Bring that dish back on the ground. Then, using a temporary pole that is plumb and a TV that is nearby (or even in the house where you can see the screen through a window or door), you can play around until you find what you want. When you transfer...

My coax looked just like that. Gophers, I think. Right now I have some cables in black ABS pipe and I have more to do. I saw a slit in the pipe length so I can just slide the wires in instead of disconnecting everything. Same with elbows and couplers.

Take a ride up I-80 to Rocklin. They treated me right when I bought my 1.2 meter dish.

I saw the sleeping quarters described in the story but was wondering what that unit next to it is, the orgasmatron as featured in the Woody Allen movie “Sleeper”?

Hey, that last picture was my first receiver, a Luxor 9850 installed in 1984. C-Band with an LNA and block noise downconverter if memory serves me correctly. That’s 35 year old technology. I didn’t have the positioner but was sold an MTI 2800A which I still use to position and peak my fixed...

The short answer to your post heading is no. On a very, very rare occasion a feed may be up for a short period of time and include the subchannels but you can’t count on this if you want to watch a station full time. OTA is quite different than free to air (FTA) satellite. As mentioned, Lyngsat...