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My experience I used these guys for several years, and had frequent problems. I quit my Starchoice service for a couple years, and recently decided to resume it. I found out my receiver was blacklisted thanks to Freeway and their practices. I now operate my Shaw Direct system without a...

US Olympic Coverage It's true that the US broadcasters are strictly ratings driven, hence the crappy Olympic coverage if you don't care for hours and hours of Ice Dancing, Figure Skating, etc. I have been really happy with my new SD setup that I finished just in time for the Olympics. I am a...

New Andrew 1.2 Meter No need now for dual LNB, I just picked up some more dishes. 1.2 Meter Andrew, 1.2 Meter steel dish, and 1.8 Meter Andersen True Focus. Two were free, the big one was $175. I put the Andrew on Shaw 111, and my old 1.2 steel dish is on 107. Will have to update the...

505 Yes, I have a refurb 505 I bought from a dealer in Edmonton, $99.

Shaw Direct Tuning Ebno would be good to tune, but since I have access to a Spectrum Analyzer I'll connect it right at the feed and fine tune the LNB's and dish. Can use C/N. Have to be careful and use a DC block, I use a splitter, then run one leg through the block and to the Specan through...

Shaw 107 and 111 Thanks Iceberg, that makes sense, I'll try aiming at 111. I have a huge signal on 107, around 89 on channel 299. I can afford to lose some. That should do the trick. Looking forward to getting the Olympic broadcasts from the host country, got things working just in time.

Well yesterday I made my first attempt to get more than one LNB working on a single dish. All I have are round (non-elliptical) dishes, various sizes. I am in Central Alaska, the 48" is pointed at 107, so I left it there and fashioned a second bracket for another KU lnb and looked for a "hot...

82 provides amazing signal strength in Fairbanks, Alaska. I don't have my sub any longer though. Using an old 18" Direct TV dish only 1-2 degrees above the horizon I had every transponder with good strength. The signal strength table referenced above has my report from Fairbanks included. I...

Shaw I have a 505HD receiver in the mail that I bought from a dealer in Alberta. It's a refurb and was a really good deal. I have a Canadian address. I was going to get one from KUSAT who I have dealt with before and had an excellent experience, but I found this half price deal. I am...

KUSAT Here's another happy customer with a vote for KUSAT. They have been around many years also.

I have been online a good part of the day attempting to figure out how I can restart my SC service in Alaska. I am a former customer of Freeway (yeah I know, I was using them for a long time and had the same problems). I have a Navigo receiver which has only been used through Freeway. It has...

Alaska Nimiq 4 The only problem is, few people will be able to get on the satellite with a look angle that low. I live on sort of a bluff with a clear view to the horizon from east to west.

I had an old 18" DirecTV dish still in the box laying around, so I decided to give it a try on Nimiq 4 since I was pegging the meter on a 6' dish. First I tried it on 91, I got a lock on most transponders, but there were 3 or 4 that I could not bring in. On Nimiq 4 though, I am getting 60-80%...

Followup on Nimiq 4 Strength in Central Alaska Here's a photo illustrating the good strength on all transponders up here in Alaska (Fairbanks) on Nimiq 4, using 6' offset dish. Over 16db C/N on most.

Central Alaska Nimiq 4 Results Looks like the 6' Andersen dish is overkill, signal strength on all transponders is over 85%, most are 100%. Don't have HD capability but everything else is coming in. Will try again with a smaller antenna and see what I get.

Nimiq 4 in Central Ak? Going to try. OK, I have read through the thread and am curious if I can do it. I just got 91 running with the lowest signal on the 3100 installation meter at 83 and most at 100. This on an Andersen 6' antenna. My look angle at 82 is only 1.3 degrees, but I have a...

BEV Only 91, look angle only 4.6 degrees! I am on a hill with a clear shot to the horizon across the arc. I am curious if I would be able to pick up 82, I seem to remember the footprint may be strong enough with my big dish, 91 is so strong I could probably use a smaller dish for 92. I am...

New member, just finished setting up a BEV system in Central Alaska, with a 6' Andersen antenna. no transponder weaker than 83%, most are 100%, on the installation screen.