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    ANIK F2 - Thy End Is Near

    It will be interestiing to see what channels will be lost during the Nov 16-Nov 30 transition schedule. My comment earlier about still getting most channels fine on an 800 series meant with either an 800 or 830 receiver. As of today, that is still the case. Understandable that southern subs...
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    ANIK F2 - Thy End Is Near

    Signal update in AZ this morning with an 830 pvr and a 60cm dish. Channel 252 is 96 with Ecbno of 7.5. - As strong as I have ever received.
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    ANIK F2 - Thy End Is Near

    Getting lots on F2 with the 800 series receivers. 600 series are dead as far as I knowl Post #284 explains ways to Canuck TV down south. Of course you still have to be a paying customer of Shaw or Shaw Direct
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    ANIK F2 - Thy End Is Near

    Is anyone down here in the "southern market" actually getting any channels anymore? As of this morning, everything I had now has a message on the guide saying new equipment required. I am assuming I would have to get it directly from Shaw which is a no-go and everything is slated to go away...
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    Shaw Direct Signal in Az

    I use the smaller 60cm dish down in PHX, I will be there next week and post numbers and channels from F2
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    ANIK F2 - Thy End Is Near

    Knowing that Ignite will not work in the U.S., why not just load your firestick with apps such as Global, CTV, CBC, SN etc along with a VPN app to watch all you Canadians shows? As a snowbird, this worked for me last winter.
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    ANIK F2 - Thy End Is Near

    Can anyone please report on the current F2 signal in the southern province of AZ? Thanks For comparison sake, my F2 signal on channel 257 this morning in the EDM area is 95
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    Shaw Direct Signal in Az

    I plan on taking my 830's down to AZ in October as a snowbird. No one seems sure at this time how long these channels on F2 will last and when that satellite will fall out of the sky so it could be day to day or month to month. My back up plan is to use my firestick loaded with apps such as...
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    ANIK F2 - Thy End Is Near

    I was thinkiing VPN.
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    ANIK F2 - Thy End Is Near

    I have the Sportnet Now app on my firestick and upgraded to the Sportsnet Now premium package giving you all the NHL games including the option to select the French feed. (I am English but still prefer the RDS french version of the Habs). Next week, I plan on taking my firestick south for the...
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    Direct TV north of Toronto

    At 46 degrees lattitude, North Bay will be fine for Directv signal reception for both SD and HD channels. Use either the AU9 slimline dish or the older AT9 sidecar dish and you will be fine. I have done some research and found anything 51 degrees (Calgary) south is fine for these dishes. As...
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    Bell in Arizona with a 1000.2 dishnet dish

    Sounds easy enough for the DVR. Is it just a second line from the dish to the bedroom for the 2nd (HD) box?. Also can an OTA attenae be added to this setup and what would the wiring look like?
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    Bell in Arizona with a 1000.2 dishnet dish

    I'm trying to help out my snowbird uncle who currently has the mentioned dish on his condo. He realizes he can't get the 82 HD sat with bell that far south but he still wants to take his 2 boxes (a dual tuner hdpvr and a single HD box) to receive the programming from sat 91. The current lnb...
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    DSR505 video blinks

    This happens with my 505 also and in particular when I switch video sources between my computer to my 505 on my monitor. If you pull down the little door on the right of the 505 and then just touch the button, it seems to reset the video to the proper setting and it stops blinking.
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    How to get ready for Starchoice HD w/ 505

    You will need a DVI to HDMI cable as the 505 is not HDMI capable. That is if you are not hooking them up through component cables. I may be wrong but I was under the impression that the 505A was a refurb.
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    SC Settings California

    AZ 163.92 EL 49 Skew 81.3 or plug your co-ordinates here Satellite Look-Angle Calculator
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    Newbie questions....

    You don't need to order directv service in order to test the directv signal at 101.
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    Crossing the border with newly purchased equipment

    Currently it is the driver's license that is required by when signing up with bell
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    Crossing the border with newly purchased equipment

    The 60e dish is the smaller of the two StarChoice dishes, same shape and about 6-8 inches smaller than the directv slimline. The 75e dish is a little larger than the slimline and I would reccomend it for Atlanta and points south. As Iceberg says a 30" round will work for F1 if you are just...
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    What direction should I point my dish to expressvu satellite from Portland Oregon?

    Do a google for the lattitude and longitude for Portland. Sounds as though you are using an eliptical dish so you would use calculator 2. Then plug those numbers into here Install your System Locating Satellites Antenna Look Angles @ Kusat.com good luck
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    StarChoice antenna

    If you are only interested in the English channels and music, they are on the main FI satellite at 107.3 Go with a 30" (76cm) round dish or an old Primstar dish if they are still kicking around down there. According to the footprint, Texas falls within this area...
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    looking for instalation information

    Robert, For the Starchoice eliptical dish....... Beckley, West Virginia is at 37.78 N lattitude, 81.18 longitude. Putting those numbers into the Kusat installation site for look angles gives you: Elevation = 36.99 Azimuth = 226 (adding about 6 degrees for true magnetic north) Slow...
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    Canadian relocating to California

    Good luck, let us know how you make out.
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    Canadian relocating to California

    Shouldn't be too hard to set up your *C system in California. The highly technical tool you'll need is called a compass!. I've done the homework for you. For San Jose, California: Eliptical dish: Azimuth or compass heading 143 degrees (corrected for deviation) Elevation 44.42 Skew 78.4...
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    Starchoice HD DSR505 Now $149.00

    It is now on sale at Future Shop here for $129 without having to do the PPv credit or programming credit thing. Also don't have to be a new customer. On until Sept 29 according to their website. Limit of 2 per customer. I'm still going to wait for the 530 to come down from the $699 price