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Status update: NBC signal has improved for me quite a bit, all of the transponders I scanned in are in the 70s with the exception of 2 weak ones that might be on another sat. Curious to know how many of the "24" are active on SES 11 because I sure do not get 24 at this location in total. My...

Guess we will see how the "handover" procedure goes, as I understand it the new satellite will co-exist with the old one for some time in roughly the same orbital location to try and avoid any interruption in service. Looks like they are planing in orbit testing at 142.5 west. Not sure if it...

Yes, this happens a lot for me, because I just have a 6 foot solid dish which is definitely not 2-degree compliant (generally this means 12 foot or bigger). Also it's not perfect as to where the dish stops. On some locations I land perfectly coming from the east, but from the west it doesn't...

YES! Good news is, once you get them all installed, all you have to do is weed eat around the poles :)

SpaceX successfully launched the SES 11 (Echostar 105) last night. It will be replacing AMC-18 C / AMC-15 Ku at 105W. It has 24 Ku-band and 24 C-band transponders so I'm hoping for some new content in the future once this mug drifts into the orbital slot. It NOW makes since why NASA moved to...

Any known problems with the GeoSatPro Micro HD when using the Titanium ASC-1?

I MUST HAVE THIS!!! So is there a positioner that understands two actuators? or would you have to have a separate box for the elevation adjustment?

I saw a reducing collar fabricated out of PVC, more like a bushing that took up the slack. Another member did something like this, I thought was neat. https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/attachments/img_0099-1-jpg.80919/

2015 World Series with NO COMMERCIALS, had to be my favorite. during the breaks they went to a shot of the field, where players where warming up, great night.

Might as well give some input and get some feedback while we are on the subject. I save my satellite positions as the orbital locations like this: 55W - 55 97W - 97 99W - 99 101W - 01 105W - 05 127W - 27 I like being able to look at the Vbox and see the orbital location displayed on the Vbox...

Check out my other post about the tree blockage :D

Well "operation falcon" was a decent success. Installed strand hooks on the 24' foot extension and utilized the cable company's strand. That plus my Pole Pruner extended all the way got it back at least. Like Eleanor Arroway's Dad (Well he was an Alien actually) said in Contact "This was just a...

You are correct, as always, I would need the polar mount option and most likely have to get the 4 section option too. But you think the Fortec model would be quite the improvement over my current 6 foot model? Also what are the chances that the ring on the back would match my mount?

I have been watching craigslist but I NEVER see anything around this town, I might be the only FTA guy around these parts. We did have a shop over in Waco that sold satellite stuff, but mostly DirecTV equipment. Maybe I should open a business around here somewhere. I could get 1 customer per...

So I have been saying trees could be a possible issue. Today we had a storm come trough with high winds. When the wind would blow the tree downward at times I would get NASA at 70% then back to 0%. I know now it has to be the neighbors tree. So, covert ops will be required... Mobilize operation...

Going to try to do this,thanks for the help, I have never checked (or known about) this, I bet mine is way off because I put it together my self before I really knew much about them at all. Do you recommend putting the dish together on the ground or in the "birdbath" position?

Oh, I was confused yet again, when I was a cable installer we where taught the SNR should be 32 or better meaning the higher the number the better. I guess I saw the chart you posted and didn't realize those where negative numbers on the chart. I have given up trying to get NASA back, and have...

Ok checked the LNBf center in the dish, but it's hard to get it just right because it only has one screw. What do you think about drilling and taping two more holes so I could have three retaining screws. I could then put the LNBf more in the center. Right now where I have it for best signal...

I guess they are that bad hu? Ok then...

Ok, this is why I have it like that >>> http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/where-is-the-reference-for-ns741-c-ku-lnb-skew.310022/

Ok, one more thing, On my true south satellite with the WSI NS741 I have the skew (I thought at zero) How ever NOW I'm confused (as normal) about where the Zero should be. Vertical and Horizontal TPs always match everything online though and I seem to remember checking into this before and being...

Alright so the signal for you is a little better today then yesterday and I seem to have a picture today. Also by that screen cap It appears it can be hard to discern the desired signal from the undesired similar signals. For the servo control, I'm guessing this is a mod or something I would...

Thanks for giving specific details, I understand the Signal to Noise ratio but not sure what the -27 and -34 MIS means though. The crazy part for me is that nothing else has changed that I can see and I have always revived NASA at 70% signal quality. I don't seem to be having any other issues...

Anyone know if these are any good? Online for anywhere from 500 - 700. Looks like the ring is the same as my 6 footer so I was thinking I could use the same mount. Thoughts before I try to get one of these? The plan would be to use the old 6 as a dedicated Ku dish, and the 8 for C. Would this...

First off, thanks to everyone for helping me research this problem. If it's not to much trouble I was wondering if Titanium could post the signal of 3920 again today so I can compare. Today I have a picture again.