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I have an Sony XDR-F1HD HD radio receiver, purchased in 2008 with a $50 mail-in rebate for a final price of $49. I actually got it for its excellent DX capabilities, particularly on analog FM; they say that box fared among the upper-level machines of Marantz, Yamaha, etc. at their peak. The...

Back in the 1990s, C-band magazines used to have a listing of standalone feeds that appeared on the "occasional video" - usually syndicated or Canadian versions. I remember counting something like 500 of them. In this age of digital, where did they all go to? IP distribution?

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I live in the country. Space is no issue. I could erect a 40-foot dish and the nearest neighbors would not bat an eye (maybe in amazement, not in contempt). The problem is in the installation of the dish. There are many on here who do not have trouble with that. They have a mechanical...

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Thanks for the help so far! It looks like I will be doing a pole mount...SOON! Now another question...is quick-set concrete OK for a pole supporting a 1m dish? C-band install guides never recommend using, yet the DirecTV install guide does.

I hope this doesn't sound too stupid, but how do you dig them, personally? Do you use a post-hole digger?

I have had my dish (an 80cm Fortec) on a "temporary" mount for the last year and a half - just a piece of wood on my deck. The wood has since gotten wet, rotted, is very, very far from plumb - it's never been plumb enough for me to put my positioner (a STAB HH-120 - has sat around for 2 years...

I am so annoyed that my FTA setup isn't "set up" right now!

You will need a decent view of the southeastern sky, since the satellite is at 25.9* elevation from your location. However, unless you live in a highly wooded area, this should not to be too hard to do. As for dish size, I would recommend at least 7.5-8', and a proper international circular...

IA-5 is still sometimes referred to by its old name, "T5" (Telstar 5). You'll need an 80 cm dish. A standard LNB will work just fine.

There really just isn't much Japanese TV in the United States, FTA or otherwise. NHK World, which is FTA in English and Japanese on PAS 9 is probably your best bet. It won't be much lower in the sky than IA-7 from your location and probably will let you get by with a smaller dish (since the...

Fortec Star Lifetime Ultra for $40? Nice find! That's a great receiver as it can scan the satellite for active frequencies, perfect for hunting feeds. An 18" dish is pretty much useless for FTA, however. You'll want at least an 80 cm dish. I personally would recommend a 1m dish, as they...

-At least two 6m (19' or so) solid dishes on an elevated horizon-horizon mount at an east coast location with a completely clear southern horizon (to permit you to see everything from 1 W to 139 W or so) and with international Ku-band and C-band feeds, the latter with linear and circular...

If you want to see most of what is up there and are in North America, you will want an 8-foot dish. This is not so much because the C-band satellites are weak as it is because they are spaced so closely (2 degrees). Smaller dishes that are not 2* compliant may pick up two satellites (or maybe...

In northern MN, the horizontal side of SBS 6 is fine with an 80 cm dish, but I am guessing that the verticals would demand at least a 1.2m or larger dish.

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What on earth has happened to that channel anyway? When it was ZDTV, it was great. When it turned into TechTV, it was worse, but still OK. When it became G4TechTV, the worthiness of watching it became questionable. Now that it is G4, I usually skip right past it.

A simple question: How do you mount a motorized dish on cement blocks? I've seen dishes mounted on cement blocks several times. However, I don't know if they're motorized or not. The ground here is frozen already (but without snow), being in the arctic wasteland that is northern...

LOL...this reminds of me of when one of the many Farsi-speaking channels on IA-5 was airing a video with the "VIVA" (German music video channel) logo still on it! I got a kick out of that!

You almost certainly cannot subscribe to Video Italia from the Telespazio mux. This is probably solely for the Canadian satellite companies and Dish Network. A shame, too, because that channel has traditionally been FTA wherever it appeared (G10R, T12). RAI was once also. How sad...

Remember that (in my experience) channels usually launch after their scheduled launch.

Only 4 :( I would pick 4:2:2, analog, Diseqc, and blind scan. And it better be a FAST blind scan...maybe it would do an entire satellite in like a minute :)

It's fairly important. However, if you have it in the general area of where it should be, you should be fine on a very strong transponder such as CCTV's. In my experience, differences in elevation (vertical) are more critical than those in aziumth (horizontal). One trick is to loosen up...

It's just a fancy term for your local off-the-air TV stations...you know, the ones you get with rabbit-ears or a rooftop TV antenna :) It has come into more common use lately with the advent of off-air HDTV.