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SCOTT, I remember BOB COOPER well and also the articles in I think popular mechanics about how to build your own satellite dish. At that time the big dishes were selling for about $4000 to $6000 and not affortable to most. I havn't had the chance to read his book but am wondering if when HBO got...

I have a 10' solid aluminum dish made by design homes in 1984 and it still works fine.

You can have all kind of fun looking for different feeds but one problem is when it sometimes is mentioned in a forum that the programmer gets a little nervious and then soon it is gone. So please enjoy what you do find and if you explore further you will learn more.

I especially liked the raw news feeds that wern't censored like now. And the cnn team hiding under the bed when BAGDAD was invaded and trying to contact cnn for half an hour to let them know the war had started. AND do you remember the guy who blanked out the hbo satellite when hbo first scrambled?

NORMAN,I plan to do more testing this SPRING ( about MAY) and will let know when finished. Figure I would start with long focal distance and slowly increase it figuring I would be using the 3 lnbf directtv and not the 15` degree c-band lnb which is 39" focal length. Always fun to experiment(long...

Thanks,truckracer. My dish is a solid aluminum one going on 23 years and still holding up strong. I will try some of those things.(Remember back when everything was free and the talk show hosts said things and next day were surprised to hear that when they thought they were off the air we could...

I have 3 big dishes and like to experiment sometimes. Two are 8' mesh and one is 10' solid dish. Anyway I was thinking of using the DIRECTTV equipment on my big dish (solid) to experiment with rain fade and signals. I figure it will work but not quite sure of the right focal distance. I...