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    Better Choice Cband LNBF or LNB

    Just wondering if the Chapparal was any better. Right now on BBC America I've got 58% on 6' solid dish. I have not messed with C-band much. I talked with Mike Kohl inquiring about some clearance stuff and he suggested some tweaking tips and I went from 28% to 75% on NGC. Some TP seem to be...
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    Better Choice Cband LNBF or LNB

    Subscribed to X4 4DTV I have in use the LNBF - C2 - GEOSATpro C-BAND DUAL OUTPUT 60-70% quality on 6' Fortec solid. Picked up with a dish a Chapparal (co rotator?) with Eagle Aspen Turbo 120 C-band lnb gain 67 db Noise (degree K) 25. Should I switch to the Chapparal/Eagle Aspen and...
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    Soon to be new 4dtv subscriber any advice?

    Check Goodwill I got a 920 from Goodwill for $5. Hit G1 for a Master reset and watched the channel count go from 700ish up to 4875. Hopefully everything is ok. Running on 91 degrees right now on a VisionSat (very few channels on the 920). I don't have a mover on it but can later with...
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    Angle Calculation

    I love Galaxy 11 C! Need to get 133 to update 4DTV for a Master Reset. I want to subscribe on W5 after the new year. Does anyone know of a strong transponder there? I didn't see one in the Strong Transponder C Band issue. Manually pointing 6' is tricky. Thanks
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    Angle Calculation

    Thanks __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ One night I came home drunk and stuck the car keys in the door. It started up and I got it around the corner where a a cop pulled me over. He...
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    Angle Calculation

    So there is no difference in the elevation setting between prime focus or offset?
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    Angle Calculation

    I did the angle calculation for Cband prime C only and also KU only both came back with same elevations. Is that correct? I want to hit G1 to do a master reset on 4DTV to sub on W5 (not selectable hence the master reset). 6' solid 1.8, old style circular mount from sadoun (not the...
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    What is a DSR Companion Box?

    Model is possibly DSR-4400 Right clicked on image to save and the DSR4400 was in the file name. Looks like it is a DCII decoder perhaps. Links from google showed them in use by educational systems. A little leary of just buying a DCII without knowing I can do something with it. Anyone...
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    What is a DSR Companion Box?

    You are bidding on a brand new DSR Companion Box Receive System. Specifications: Voltage; 85 to 264 VAC Frequency: 47-440 Hz Power: 15 Watts RF Frequency: 950 to 1550 MHz Signal level: - 65 to - 25 dBm Impedance: 75 Ohm Noise Figure: 9dB Insertion gain: 0 dB...
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    X-4 Ku Package on 4DTV

    More questions I read this, and an earlier post, as basically subscribe (get the maps via the seller if possible) and on alternate Set Top boxes/if the maps change; do a manual edit of the channels. Other questions, not hacking for theft of signals, but hacking as an overclocking...
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    X-4 Ku Package on 4DTV

    Is anyone doing this? Is it possible to subscribe to these using only a KU dish? Or... Short of mounting that BUD, are there other KU packages requiring multiple satellites that don't require BUD? Thanks
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    H180 from Sadoun

    Anyone have one of these? How well do they work? Controlled only by the VBox II or will a set top box or analog box work?
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    4DTV signals or DCII on PC?

    Not a hacker/theft question... Saw the discussion on the HDD's on ebay and someone had one going through Sage TV. I have an analog C-band box and am shocked at the upfront costs of the 4DTV equipment.
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    10 ft dish yurt roof?

    Bingo we have a winner!! Exactly. A yurtzebo. I found this picture of a yurt in outer mongolia. Clean air, clean living, and a clear shot Horizon to Horizon.
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    10 ft dish yurt roof?

    Signal, we don't need no stinking signal Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. I was wondering if anyone else had seen or done anything with unusable dishes. Some posting here once showed a gazebo with a dish skeleton. The yurt roof idea was really an idea for using a Freecycle 10 foot dish (C only...
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    HOA Can't Take This BUD!

    Passive agressive stuff I had issues dealing with township busybody patrols (they actually have a guy on payroll). Two weeks of email just to get them to understand that FCC trumps TWP (township) rules regarding 1 meter dishes. I can go up to 8 feet, stay 6 feet from boundary, yada yada...
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    10 ft dish yurt roof?

    I saw alternate uses of dishes listed in the past. Free 10 ft dish with c band only mesh and all the other equipment will be picked up tonight. So from two freebies I'll get a better mount, much needed mast, and a motor that looks like it came off the Bigfoot Monster Truck. Any links...
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    Install 6ft solid

    Sadoun's 180 cm dish Stationary at first/FTA just for now unless someone has a free 4DTV for me. 84 W 39 N for the location. Best one satellite to hit and park. What Az/El Thanks