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So, I've been looking at moving my current satellite setup (36" antenna and motor) but I've realized that I do not have any C brackets that you can attach to the mast... The ones that have the "spikes" on the other side to prevent the dish from flopping all over the places. In any event, I...

With the FCC requiring everyone to go digital, and me already owning FTA equipment, is it possible for me to receive the new digital OTA stuff with my current FTA setup? Antennas aside (I have the UHF/VHF antennas needed), I have a fortec star lifetime ultra with an input for the dish, as...

Good ideas, I never thought of removing the reflector. I'll have to do that when enough of the ice has melted on the roof. Thanks!

So, after several recent storms here and strong steady winds, and even stronger gusts, my dish was eventually knocked out of alignment. SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH When I first put it up, it took me days (it was the first time I had ever set up a dish by myself, and the only help I got was...

Yeah, right off the bat, I know 12060 freezes up on IA6. You just have to remove it when you do a channel scan.

Sweet Cuppin' Cakes. I think I know what might be a good Christmas present. :)

Well, I've used 12004 V 3979, but I don't know if that's active at this point in time.

My guess was that, if news channels can't use satellite transponders all willy-nilly, they must have to rent, or own them for when they have live feeds. And in that case, I was hoping there was a place to find that information. But I guess not.

Well, does that mean that satellite trucks can uplink to whatever satellite they feel like (that has a beam in their area)?

Does anyone know if there is a database that holds information on how local news agencies uplink their data for news feeds? Sort of like all RF broadcasters need to register their freqs with the FCC?. I was hoping I could find what satellites local news channels use, without working to...

An FTA starter. I've been wanting to get a setup for more than a year after being a utility/shortwave radio listener. And finally, last month I was able to get my gear.

Yeah, when I got my fortec dish, I didn't use it either. There wasn't enough room with the LNB, so now the place holder is in a box in my basement.

Sweet, I'll be ready and watching!

I found that the altitude I was told to set my dish at, was actually off by a little bit. Now that you have the dish pointed at T5, you should only have to move the LNB arm a wee bit to get a better signal quality. When you get up near 70-80 percent (give or take, depending on how much...

Wait, did I miss something? What time will your show be on, Sadoun?

Hmm, I have an ultra too, and when my thing doesn't want to move the motor, I turn everything off, flick the switch on the back, and then it works correctly when I turn it back on. What about playing with the LNB power? Maybe you could turn it off (the LNB power), and then shut down the whole...

If you click on "Edit TP/Satellite" on the installation menu the list of satellites comes up. Scroll all the way to the bottom (or just hit the up arrow on IA 5/Ku) and the "New" option will come up.

I was doing a little research on the launch of IA 8, and I read that along with C and Ku capabilities, it had Ka transponders. I haven't found any LNBs for the Ka band for FTA. I know the military uses it for their new satellite communications (which some is watchable with the equipment we...

Bummer! I just scanned it in, and it had the space walk (which was on ABSAT1 too). Oh well, at least I have it back.

Yeah, if I'm bored, I will scan each TP after the one that freezes, but if I'm in a hurry, I'll just delete that one and rescan them.

I've discovered the transponder that has been making the receiver freeze: 12060 V 7.957 on IA6 Can anyone else receive that? Is it scrambled, and is that what is confusing my receiver?

Holy Fast Reply Batman. Thanks, PSB, I'll see if that works. I'm just really sad I lost ABSAT NYC 2 and I can't get it back. As a side note, lyngsat shows there to be oodles of feed TPs, but I can only find a select few. I guess that's just because the networks aren't broadcasting...

I have a Fortec Star Lifetime Ultra, and I was doing a blind scan on IA6. Finding all the transponders works fine, but when it switches over to find the individual channels, it gets to either 50-something percent, or sometimes 80-something percent, and just gets stuck. For instance, I had...

I'm not familiar with the coolsat, but under the antenna setting menu, there should be an option for "positioner" or maybe "motor". You can choose there, diseq 1.2 or maybe USALS, and then click enter. There a menu should that comes up saying to move it, nudge it, or go to the reference...

OK, thanks PSB.