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    Skybox F-3 receiver

    the most detailed info I could find is Skybox F3 HD PVR Satellite Receiver so from the specs it looks like a standard receiver from 5-10 years ago, DVB-S2, h.264. Definitely useable, except for the HEVC channels (which are quickly becoming more common). For that reason alone, I would not spend...
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    Reception problem

    I don't think so, as it was the same throughout the afternoon, and we were testing on this past Sunday (oct 22).
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    Reception problem

    Hello folks, One of my friends has a 10ft C-band dish that has been working reasonably well until a few weeks ago. Now he's seeing signal quality jump all over the place, with very difficult reception on channels that used to be fine. It's happening on most satellites but there's a clear...
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    Parabolics East H to H motor

    about the motor, i have been able te salvage a few actuators that had spend many years exposed to rain and humidity. the motors were seized. Typically what happened is this: (I will describe the best I can, as I don't necesarily know the proper terms) - the motors had fixed magnets , each...
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    Troubleshooting AFN Broadcast Reception on 4.5 Meter Dish

    Based on the photo, that dielectric does not seem to be at 45 degrees, more like 30 or 60 degrees compared to the opening we see in the back. That might be part of the problem I checked the listings in Lyngsat and the coverage maps and that should be fairly easy reception in theory (I know...
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    Bob Cooper has passed away

    Sad news indeed... My condolences to his family and to our community of satellite geeks
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    Weigel Channels

    I wonder if there might be a plug-in on Enigma2 receivers (like the edision Mio+) that allow editing. Also, the scheduling in Enigma2 is quite user-friendly and can even be done from any web browser. On the other hand, I don't like the scheduling on the Amiko at all. Now, receivers with...
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    Weigel Channels

    all of the above receivers have excelent recording capabilities, much easier than recording analog composite/s-video on another box... All you need is an external USB hard drive
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    Put a KU lnbf on my 8' SOLID Cband Dish

    I 3-d printed such adapter a few years ago. the file is only half of it so print it twice. It just fills the gap so that a 40mm Ku LNBF can be secured in a C-Band scalar. As mentionned by others, the LNBF was not optimized for such low F/D and the result was very mediocre. With a 6ft mesh dish...
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    Trying to get into C-Band, may have found a dish?

    I don't have numbers, but this is what I remember: - the entire reflector is a bit too heavy for one guy to carry (plus it's big and awkward). - Each quarter pannel is easy to lift, but still a bit bulky and awkward to carry. - there's a round reinforcement tube that makes a circle of around 7ft...
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    Trying to get into C-Band, may have found a dish?

    $45 is an awesome price! I would suggest you take it down, possibly with assistance from the seller, but that you lead the effort. Those things need to be taken down carefully... I've read too many stories of people like us who were so happy to have found a nice dish in great shape, only to go...
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    Trying to get into C-Band, may have found a dish?

    nice find! Hopefully the price is reasonable too. That does indeed look like a Quadstar and I do believe it's a 10-footer and it looks like it's in great condition. Also, based on the rubber cover we see in the first pic, the actuator might be a VonWeise, which is a good brand. The Quadstar...
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    Express AM8 @ 14W

    Ok I played a bit more with it today. Got the same results as last week on 14W, still no 11W, but I was able to get everything that I expected on 22W, and some detection on 18W: on 22W, this is the scan result on the MIO4K: < 'DVB-S 3970L / 3333 / AUTO' > Tp# 1 < (1)Program 1 />...
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    Express AM8 @ 14W

    I have a 10 ft Winegard Quadstar, that can "see" 30W to about 123W at all times, and as far as 135W in the winter with some degradation the furthest west it goes. In the East however, I used to get 1 or 2 transponders on 27.5W and a few more on 22W C-Band, but not anymore (I guess there's...
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    ZNS Bahamas

    I think the reality is in between... It's definitely been there more recently than late 2017, but if I remember correctly it had moved transponder. Maybe it was even gone for a while before coming back. I'm not sure how long it's been gone but I'd say at least 1 year
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    133W problems?

    I just saw a post at Rick's forum saying that Galaxy 15 @ 133W is having station-keeping problems and that the services might be moved to 121W as a failover. Let's see what happens in the next few days
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    135 W replace SES 22

    I don't think SES-22 is there yet. Real time satellite tracking for: SES-22 also, those transponders, if on SES-22, would be on the Alaska beam. http://frequencyplansatellites.altervista.org/SES/SES-22.pdf I don't have footprint maps, not sure how wide the Alaks beam will be, and whether or...
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    GONE Luken TV. off air?

    that's not it... it seems the only channels that are working are the preacher channels and the infomercials (cutlery, auction etc). The rest does not seem to have any packets (the bitrate display goes blank). One of the religious channels is indeed HEVC, but is working fine. Retro, Rev'n etc...
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    5g interference?

    Hi Brian, That does sound appealing! Also, can the nanoVNA be used effectively as a spectrum analyzer? I'm not sure what vector network analyzer really means Thanks
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    5g interference?

    Hi Brian My understanding is that the TinySA works up to 960 Mhz. Is there a way to make it work with the usual L-Band range used by satellite equipment? Thanks Bruno
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    Stacking diseqc Switches

    I am using a diseqc 1.0 4-port behind port1 of a 1.1 switch. Here is what works and didn't work for me: Pansat 1.1 Switch, any 1.0 switch and no 1.2 positionner signal : worked only on port 1 of the 1.1 switch, so was limited to adding just one 1.0 switch Geosatpro 1.1 switch and any 1.0...
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    Location, location, location

    well, Noah put them in the ark by pairs, one male, one female, to ensure the future of FTA. Ok, jokes aside, satellites have an orbital slot, but can share that slot with other satellites, they are actually kept at some distance from eachother, but close enough that when seen from here (some...
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    What happened to CTV, that Canadian satellite That moved a few months ago.

    looks like maybe you're not on 119W C-Band. I don't think there's any shopping channel there. Can you give more information about what you are receiving? like channel names and frequencies?
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    Cspan analog NTSC channel is going to disappear

    still there(analog NTSC on 131W) , it's been a color bar test card since Sunday no idea about the DCII transponder on Galaxy30
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    Cspan analog NTSC channel is going to disappear

    Still on this morning... AMC11 is a bit low on the horizon for me, and a big tree is in the way, hence the mediocre reception. Received on a Drake ESR2000XT which I also use to move a dish.