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    What I want Vs. what I can get.

    The channels you want are mainly on C-band. A C-band dish would not be easy to convince a land lord to let you have. You have rights from the FCC for dishes and antennas, but depending on the exact terms of your lease, what sort of building it is, and a bunch of other considerations you may or...
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    Lantern Update from Syed Karim, Outernet CEO

    By my count, this is the 3rd look for the lantern? There was the monolith with solar panels on the sides, then there was the clear box with a patch antenna and a solar panel on a kick stand, and now this? I hope something comes from it, but they would do better to get something out and refine...
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    Another Slimline conversion

    If you used a LNBF that was better matched to the shape of the slim line dish you would capture more signal. Right now the LNBF is only seeing a circle on the dish. For example, the LNB for the directv world direct dish uses a horn that is shaped to capture from the elliptical dish world...
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    Stationary or Motorized Ku Dish??

    If all he has is commercial dishes for fixed use on a single satellite they may be too heavy for FTA motors. A fixed commercial dish is going to have a solid mount, and it is probably going to be thicker metal than a typical FTA dish, for reasons such as being used for transmit as well as...
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    OMG! North Korea on Intelsat21 58W

    Anyone can get content on to satellites if they are willing to pay for the transmission. For example, if you step outside your body is being hit with waves carrying adult channels from both DirecTV and Dish satellites, which some may find disgusting. The airwaves are very similar to freedom of...
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    Reasonable expectations for multi LNB

    Thank you all for your replies. I considered a motorized dish, but I would like to be able to receive something from 101 at the same time I am DVRing something from 87, so I need to be able to use multiple receivers at the same time. I do not have a dedicated need for 97, but it is such a grab...
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    Reasonable expectations for multi LNB

    I live in Baldwin MD, 21013. I would like to get 87, 97 and 101 on a single dish, I would be willing to use a 1m dish as that that is the maximum protected by the FCC rules. I want LPB, so the dish would probably need to be pointed at 87. For 101 and 97, I would probably need narrow LNB’s to...
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    87W off the side of a DTV slim line dish?

    Thank you, I was thinking about LPB, so it is a no go.
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    87W off the side of a DTV slim line dish?

    I have DBS from DTV. The installer put a slim line dish with a SL3 –SWM LNB on the roof. The SL3 sees ku on 101, and ka on 99 and 103. DTV has the SL5 which also gets ku on 110 and 119. That makes me think the slim line reflector can cover a bunch of the arc. So, there is a dish on my roof...
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    Recommend System for PBS HD ?

    It looks like some parts of your zip code are poorly covered by PBS stations. http://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=1432098&map=Y http://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=1225136&map=Y http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d5b94c5d43a54ae FTA to supplement OTA PBS...
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    Getting started with FTA

    The yards two neighbors from me to the east have tall trees. I used dishpointer.com’s obstacle line of sight checker, and it looks like with the height of the trees, I would be lucky to get 15W or 16W. At some point I hope to get a motorized dish with a universal LNB and a good receiver to see...
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    Getting started with FTA

    I want to get started with FTA. My uncle gave me a Fortec Star FSIR-5400NA. I would like to get PBJ from AMC 9 and LPB 3 (Create) from AMC 3. I am located in Baldwin MD. I have several questions: How is the Fortec Star FSIR-5400NA as a start for getting FTA? What is a good dish? I have been...