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    New BUD Need Help

    The question is how can I locate or hone in on what sat it was on. The dish came from across the road. It is a az/el winegard mount. If i figure right I should be able to find the bird it was on and once it is on that one the arc should follow if I dont touch the elevation or the declination...
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    New BUD Need Help

    So a Backhoe showed up today with a BUD hanging off from it. Suprise Suprise!! In 15 minutes we had it planted and plumb. Now is the part I need help with. I know for a fact it was pointing at a sat when it was removed, I dont know what sat. Tonight I pushed it back and forth and did...
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    FTA? missing channels on the same sat

    I think a 4402x will only do Symbol Rates above 4000 or something like that. I had that problem with a channel on a headend I was working on and switched it out to a SA 9850 it it came in. Then I got to reading the manual and found out it wouldnt do symbol rates as low as I was trying. I...
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    VCII+ keeps losing authorization

    I think the WGN analog is going away soon that might by why it went encrypted. Just a guess Wholeshoe
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    Unable to get clear Analog Picture

    I think Harvest is going digital and maybe they are running a half transponder like others do. That would possibly explain things. Just a guess. Can anyone confirm this? Wholeshoe
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    terrestrial interference?

    If it is radar you should be able to time the interferance on your watch. IE you will see breakup every 2 min or so or however long it takes the interfering radar to make its sweep.
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    Anyone make Toroidals that are big enough to receive CBAND?

    I've assisted in installing a Simulsat. You use a crane to set the skew and place it on its mount. Then to find the sats they get up there in a bucket truck and hold and LNB in their hand and mark each sat location before installing the feeds and tweaking them in. Wholeshoe
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    Anyone make Toroidals that are big enough to receive CBAND?

    Do you swing the halves open or closed? I am guessing open. Wholeshoe
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    AMC going digital

    Has AMC shut the analog signal off? I have noticed it has been freezing the last few days.
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    Force Tune 4DTV DSR-920?

    I didn't mean to cause a stir but thanks for the information and for changing my poor typing in the Title of this thread. I think I have enough information to play with it and see if I cannot tune something in. Thanks for the help Wholeshoe
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    Force Tune 4DTV DSR-920?

    He just wants to play and see whats out there mainly but how about GPTV on AMC3 and Louisana Public Broadcasting on AMC3. Wholeshoe
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    Force Tune 4DTV DSR-920?

    All Is there a procedure to force to a 4dtv DSR-920 receiver to a channels that is digicipher clear but not in the channel map? Specifically I am looking for KU stuff. I have a relative that bought a KU lnkb for his 4DTV box/BUD and he want to watch something off from it. Thanks...
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    (Not So Breaking News: C-Band Losing Subs

    Not So Breaking News: C-Band Losing Subs Does anything there will ever be an equaliztion point between the subs dropping the the new ones sigin up? I guess that the programmers will quit providing service before that magic number is reached. Read Below: (Not So) Breaking News: C-Band...
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    Satellite Beacons

    What is the purpose of the satellite beacons? Is there any data on them or is it just a carrier? Also what is the Morse Code beeping you hear on analog channels on the audio when it is set at 7.2 or 7.3 MHz? What is it saying? Thanks, Wholeshoe
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    Smallest Analog Receiver

    What is the smallest analog receiver you have ever seen? I am looking for a small one, it can be used or new. Wholeshoe
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    Smallest dish size for C Band

    I have a 4 foot dish that I would like to play with for C-Band just because it was free, it is an offset channel master 1.2M. What type of LNBF would I need to get for it? All of the ones I find are Primefocus and I know I need an off set. Also can somone detail what the major advantage...