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Been intermittent here in Central Florida past few weeks. Could not find anything this morning but now I'm getting L84 Q 64 on my Amiko Mini HD

If you found 118w and can confirm then you can use the elevation listed for this sat for your location to double check the elevation scale on the dish. For example if dishpointer says it should be 40 degrees but the scale on the dish reads 45 after you peaked it then you know you have abt a 5...

Most people just find and use an old C-band dish. They can often be found on craigslist or maybe just driving around. Back when I wanted a big dish I saw a listing on craigslist and went to check it out. It was a 10 footer up about 25 feet. The property owner just wanted it gone and I was able...

It might be a little useful for learning how to setup a receiver and dish aiming practice. Don't know if dish still has one open channel. Best I can remember is they used to leave the info channel (dish 101) in the clear. You could use this to quickly find the very strong Dish transponder...

Let me add if you main interest is simply saving sub cost and you have broadband internet you might want to look into Sling TV. If you want to learn about how satellites work and how to setup to receive them then FTA may be for you. Orby TV is a good way get many sub channels if you do not...

Thanks for getting it shipped quickly. Also liked that you updated the firmware and sat list before sending it out. That was one thing I did not like on my old AZ box. It had the full and old sat list and seem to always start at the other side of the planet. Never did figure out how to update...

Update: the new receiver box came in this morning. That was fast! Hooked it up and put in the wrong sat - SES 2 C-band instead of Ku. DOH! After I sorted that out I was able to enter the correct LNB info and get things working. It found the LPB mux on a blind scan but missed the patient ch and...

Thanks for the info. Was on the fence over the Amiko vs the cheaper GTmedia V7 plus HD. Saw a good youtube review on the Amiko last night, really like the small size and simple layout. Should fit nicely under the new TV next to the Roku and Orby TV boxes. Then I saw your reply - done! Just...

Thanks for the help, tried like heck to get the AZbox to find anything with no go. All menus work, had 13 volts on V and 18 volts on H but could not find anything at all. The quality bar stayed at zero. Tired different LNB settings 9750, 10600, universal manually setting all the transponder...

Thanks, now that I found 87W I think I want to try and see if I can pickup LPB on 11811/H/11150 Have an old AZ box that can receive DVB-S2 but it does not have blind scan. Can anyone confirm the numbers for LPB? Thanks, Dale

Hi all, got up early this morning and setup on the roof top to try and bring an old FTA dish back to life. Had a bad LNB (lightning) and installed a new universal LNB and got busy trying to find something. Was aiming for 87W and found something. Tried looking up on LyngSat but can't find a...

Makes sense as Orby TV is on 117W and Dish Network has a torch at 119W. When I was setting up my 76CM FTA dish for Orby TV I was a bit surprised that I was able to lock onto 117W. It has been working great but I did spend time getting every last bit of margin I could with little skew and focal...

Not trying to high jack but I would love to go into more detail and theory on LNB vs dish skew. What got me thinking is take a look at the dish Orby TV uses. It's a dish that is wider then tall. Orby TV only uses vertical transponders for their service. The whole dish is skewed instead of just...

Good job! Glad you got it figured out. Now the fun begins :)

No I have not used the any flat cables. I would think if you can match the ohm (75 not 50 like ham radio) (double check as I'm going by faded memory) it should work fine. I have an old block house and a $200 1/2 inch hammer drill. Takes about 5 seconds to drill for the round cable. If you have a...

Thought a picture of a 76 CM dish next to a Dish Network might help with your decision on what to start with. Just happen to have a 76 CM (think it's a Winegard) next to an unused Dish 500 (21x22.5 inches) Something I find interesting is the 76CM is in use and locked on 117W for Orby TV. I think...

I just measured my old Dish 500 21 x 22.5 inches. The Dish 500 is the oldest Dish network dish I have seen. Perhaps you have an old Direct TV single LNB dish. In any case that is a very small dish for FTA. It is going to be a real change to pick up any FTA with it.

My work around is to setup on the strongest transponder you can find, works best if it is near south. Play around with the location of the LNB, skew, focal and mounting until you are sure you have all you can get out of the little dish. After that you should be able to figure out a correction...

I do not know as I have never used a meter to check the elevation. Because the Dish 500 uses full dish skew with multiple LNBs the elevation would vary depending on skew I would think. I missed this on the first round, this was posted in the FTA forum so perhaps you trying to set it up with a...

I just checked mine, not in use and has not been in a long time but I think it was setup on 110/119W and most likely still is. I'm located in central florida and dishpointer says 110 needs 44.2 El and 119 needs 37.1 With the dual LNB my dish reads abt 47 el so it looks like the dish has some...

Dish 500? if so I can check mine and give some feedback.

Thanks for the reply, I was thinking of trying 91W but it looks it will be better to try another sat. I need to get up on the roof and try and sight the dish - may be able to get near full arc with just a little trimming. From the ground it looks worse but offset dishes point a lot higher then...

Hi all, I have an old 80 cm Ku dish up at roof level and I'm thinking of bringing it back to life. It has clear sight from about 15W to 90W with a tree that might be in the way from 90W to maybe 115W then clear again to near the west horizon. It's not real easy to access and I would like to try...

Looks like they may have moved AMC 18 TP 5 encrypted via digicipher. Bummer!

Hi, there is tons of stuff up on C-band - only thing it is almost all digital now so the old analog receivers will not work for anything more then moving the big dish. You will need a new digital FTA receiver, one that can receive HD will add lot's more to what you can receive. The old big...