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    Alphastar satellite dishes after termination

    The AlphaStar dish is very well suited for Ku-band. My first encounter with AlphaStar was an FTA receiver tuned to receive Chinese programming and GlobalStar in the 1990s and 2000s.
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    Dish Reflectors - non-metal?

    I'm very suspicous of this. It's usually embedded inside the plastic of the dish. I own a couple of this kind of dishes. I would think any sort of paint coating would not work reliably and it would be embedded, instead.
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    Coolsat loader

    Got it, thanks for the info!
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    Identify UBL's satellite receiver

    His on-screen channel grid is way better than my Fortec Lifetime Ultra which I always kinda suspected was a clone. I got it with a Winegard 36" off "Overstock.com" of all places.
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    Coolsat loader

    What's this Coolsate loader used for?
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    Need help with motorized FTA

    If you're using an off-brand or cloned H-H motor the metal mounting brackets may be soft or stamped incorrectly. I peak at east, west, and true south. It will take a while to get it right. The tricky part is to get the elevation of the dish and the motor set up correctly. The article that...
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    Identify UBL's satellite receiver

    What kind of satellite receiver is UBL using? You can see blurry on-screen menus and a blurry shot of the unit. Pentagon releases videos of Osama bin Laden I'm still a little puzzled why anyone takes a home video of someone watching television.
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    G15 troubles

    I can't believe it woke up finally. Was "safe mode" supposed to take this long? I can't imagine that's what it was supposed to do like all the news outlets are saying. Sounds to me like Orbital is playing "safe face" with "safe mode."
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    Audio services on FTA Ku-band

    Thanks again. I'm have no shortage of FiOS channels even with pointless URGE gone. I am just happy to enjoy the FTA hobby, from multi-LNB 36" dishes to motorized monstrosities and multiple DiSEqC switches I miss it but with so much scrambled it just became not so practical anymore. Thanks for...
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    Audio services on FTA Ku-band

    Thanks for all the information. I don't have a lack of audio--I have FiOS which has two huge groups of audio channels, plus I have both Sirius and XM satellite radios. I am looking at restarting my FTA hobby, and thanks to you all for the information!! Looks like I need an AC3 receiver, too...
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    CONTEST - Enter to Win: GEOSATpro DVR1100c w/15GB HDD, 90cm Dish - Complete System

    Fall move to a house with a satellite dish It was the fall of 1986 and we were moving in a new house. It was way deep in the sticks of upstate New York, about seventy-five miles from the city. Cable TV would not hit this area for years, so many of the houses had satellite dishes. My...
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    Audio services on FTA Ku-band

    I originally installed my Ku-band system for some excellent music services. I haven't used it in a few years even though it's staring at me from my deck railing. I used DiSH Network music for a few years and now don't have DiSH service anymore so I'm looking at re-activating my Ku-band dish...
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    bad influence?

    The video part of White Springs is there to help local stations tune the audio programs. That's the reason for the huge FEC on that channel.
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    Old Equipment Info Needed

    Thanks, this is really useful information!!
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    Old Equipment Info Needed

    I searched high and low and only found a couple of pictures. I'm pretty sure I know someone with one on the roof of a townhouse, but I cannot see the roof. I only know that because I saw the manual and the analog receiver they were using to get CCTV-4 before they went digital.
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    Building a 1.2 meter dish with 2° Spacing

    That's really awesome. Hey, SatelliteAV, are you reconsidering the monoblock option? I recall there were production quality issues that made you guys decide against producing a monoblock.
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    AMC 21

    I've used most all of the multi-brackets, even the SatelliteAV dual with ultra-micro LNBFs and the best I've gotten is 4 degrees on a 76cm dish. I still haven't set up my 100cm dish, but I did manage to procure a shipping pallet for it to sit on while I tinker. This was 3 years ago, however. A...
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    AMC 21

    I've used most all of the multi-brackets, even the SatelliteAV dual with ultra-micro LNBFs and the best I've gotten is 4 degrees on a 76cm dish. I still haven't set up my 100cm dish, but I did manage to procure a shipping pallet for it to sit on while I tinker. This was 3 years ago, however...
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    Galaxy 11 to Galaxy 17?

    The new bird has the new higher-powered C-band transponders installed on it. I don't think G11 was recent enough to have these new transponders. .
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    CCTV leaving G3 soon

    At the moment, the Great Wall package from DiSH Network carries all the regional/provincial channels. CCTV E&F is actually Espanol and French. There is no English on that channel. CCTV 9 is English as you said. I might suspect that CCTV and the provincial channels are not going to give you...
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    Poll: T90 dish or dish on a motor?

    I like motorized dishes for some key reasons. The most important reason is that I like to change my system around alot. With the Toroidal dish I will spend a couple of weekends, get it perfect, and then be tempted to break it down again. That is a big amount of work. I like the motorized and...
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    LNB for Winegard 2076

    I use the mini-bullet LNBF from SatelliteAV. It is amazing and impossibly small. It comes in both Universal and Single models, and you can use the 4-degree bracket with your 2076 and some hardware. The 2076 was my first FTA dish and it is still the best. Here is the link: LNBFs -...
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    Can this LNB pick up 118.7/119

    Yes, unless they are outside the United States. Circular in that band is not a domestic allocation. The one DISH Network uses, from what I've read at the FCC, is a Canadian allocation.
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    took the plunge today

    I am compelled to bump the thread to sing the praises of the cheap analog meters. Since the birds are co-located it's often enough to use the cheapie meter with the antenna aiming screen on your receiver. The trick I always use is to turn down the sensitivity so the tone goes away, then move...
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    Muzak no longer FTA?

    Oh, the Beethoven estate is still taking payments? :eek: Sorry, couldn't resist! :) The first time I saw an iPod Nano plugged into a charging dock and then plugged into the music jack of a small office PBX I nearly lost my mind at the elegant simplicity. They used to go through CD players about...
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