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Very cool site. Thanks!

Looks like that should work. Thanks.

I'm looking for software or a calculator for satellite locating. But, I need something that works in reverse. That is, instead of giving me the azimuth and elevation to point my dish at a specific satellite from a given location, I need to enter a location, azimuth, and elevation and find out...

I haven't been here in years. I was planning to do some FTA stuff, but never got to it. I got a new Coolsat 6000 receiver. Are these things still of any use? Or has technology passed me by? I don't know whether to keep it and try in my new location (moving soon) or put it in the yard sale or...

Has anyone tried using a multi dish array of small dishes instead of one large dish? I know they do it for space communications and radio astronomy. Instead of having one humongous dish, they use an array of smaller dishes all pointed at the same place. That way, they use three or four 40m...

If I understand this thread correctly, NASA is no longer "free" on DishNetwork? Rats, I just got a dish and receiver specifically for the purpose.

I haven't read all the pages in this thread, so forgive me if this is a repeat. Promotion costs money. Newspaper space, radio spots, billboards, etc. are not cheap. There must be a return on investment. Sure, promoting FTA will help Sadoun and other vendors, but to stay in business, the ROI...

I was recently visiting a location that uses a lot of FTA stuff. One of the monitors showed the Pres Seal and said "Presidential Event Channel." Unfortunately, I was not in a position to get a better look at equipment or ask questions. Apparently, this is a feed by the White House...

I finally got a dish up. It's an old DirecPC, the bigger one. It is fixed and a real pain to get to it to aim. So, if you had one Ku satellite to point to and see something worthwhile now and then, which one would you recommend? Please, no extensive recommendations on adding LNBs, etc...

I think the word you are looking for is cross-talk. But you've got the right basic idea. Pick up a line tracer set. It has a little box with clip leads and puts a strong tone on the cable. The other part is the "wand", usually about 8" or so with a point at one end and a small speaker at the...

It appears the owner of Viewtech, the company that imports FTA receivers and sells them under the Viewsat brand has been indicted for "conspiracy to violate the Digital Millenium Copyright Act." He allegedly hired a couple guys to hack the new Dish Network encryption codes for Nagra 3...

I was looking around thinking of getting a new meter. I found the Channel Master 1008IFD. It is actually a pair 1007IFDs in one case, so you can measure two LNBs at once. Now the curious part. Some vendors have them listed anywhere from $179 to $305. Then there are a bunch listed for $89...

I know this is an old thread, but I just ran across it while searching for something else. Here's some FWIW info. CRC program providers like USA, Moody, etc. on the CRC carrier almost never know their PIDS. They have no need to and have no control over them. The providers backhaul their...

Most of my favorite oldies I never see listed anywhere. Every now and then somebody will carry some old Lone Ranger episodes. But whatever happened to Whirlybirds, Ripcord, Rescue 8, Casey Jones and Wild Bill Hickock? They sure don't make good shows like that anymore. BTW, Mary Ann was my...

If you're concerned about bandwidth, then use a text type browser (like w3m or lynx) from the command line. I've got DSL and in w3m these pages load in about a half a second. On a dial-up, I imagine some of the pages might take 3 or 4 seconds, but your bandwidth usage is minimal. You could...

Any contest is worth a shot to me. I used to take care of a lot of satellite and related equipment. The most common problem I ran into was bad F connectors. There were always different makes and they all used different crimp tools. The outdoor ones always needed to have coax seal all over...

If you had one dish, no motor, no extra lnbs, preferred whatever you got in English, which satellite would you point to? First, second and third choice. Thanks.

Is there a place on this site that discusses satellite stuff other than TV/Radio? Like weather sats and other satellite activities? I couldn't find anything, and figured this was the best place to ask. Thanks.

Another DFW guy here. Will you share the address?

I will respectfully disagree with part of your comment. The spectrum analyzer is a great tool, but the LNBF will only do one polarity at a time. I have used spectrum analyzers many, many times for dish alignment. Personally, I like the AVCOM units. They are battery powered and you hook them...

I've seen comments about some channels using AC3 audio and decoders for it. If you have something that will play AC3 audio, how do you take it from your receiver? Does it come like garbled out the audio jacks and you feed it into your AC3 decoder? Is it a digital signal you take from the...

What is available and what do folks recommend to get or stay away from these days in PC satellite tuners? I know there are some PCI cards out there. Anything in PCIe? How about outboard tuners that connect via USB? I am a Linux user, so I'd need something that has Linux drivers available...

Actually the term "Charlie" or more often "Uncle Charlie" has been used for many years (long before DBS) to refer to the FCC. But quite often terms get changed around to different meanings. For instance, consider the word "hacker". Used in its proper definition, I am quite proud of my...

A good, stout HH motor, properly installed allows you to scan all the available orbital slots in your range. It allows you to just switch channels in your favorites list and automatically go to the right bird. Under manual control, you can easily locate unadvertised satellites, either new ones...

I have always been intrigued with finding and listening to other than broadcast signals. I got started in the 60's when I got a shortwave radio. While I did listen to many broadcast stations like Radio Sweden, HCJB, Radio japan, etc. I also look for other interesting things. I listened to...