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Anyone have any suggestions for me? I get 59% quality on the stations on AMC 6, but no picture. I get the odd pixel and some chirping sound. I used to get it easily before. Other sats, with 45% quality I have solid picture with my Fortec Star Lifetime Ultra. What could be wrong here?
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also take into consideration the FEC. if its a 7/8 or even a 5/6 FEC, you need more signal to keep it stable.

Most KU is 3/4 FEC but that little bit can make a difference. Example is AMC1 C-band

I can get TLN mux & Ion mux with a 30-35 quality...but DWTV (which has a 7/8 FEC) I need a 60 on the Pansat for stable picture :)
Diamond Jim
Tim,

What size dish do you have? I don't have any problems with AMC 6 on the 8 footer. I have the same problems you memtioned with G11. CW comes in great, but have to really bump it around to get the other three channels I like.
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ONN is on G17 (sbs6). If you get ONN where the dish at AMC6 position 72W, something is not right, the dish is not well tuned...

There is no wrong with AMC6. A sufficient ku dish size that is well tuned should nto receive channels from 2 sats 2 degs apart.
Actually AMC6 is not in a crowded part, only g17 2 degs on the West, nothing on the East within 10 degs

Solution is that check the dish first to ensure it's well tuned, or get a larger dish...:)
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Oh no, I'm not getting SB6 channels like ONN on the AMC6 settings. I was just using the reference to ONN to demonstrate that a satellite way to the east of me (I'm at 97 W longitude) is coming in fine.

I'll have to get up on the roof, wife watching the tv, and see if a little pressure on the dish to add or subtract elevation makes a big difference.

Dish size is a 100cm digiwave. Works well otherwise, but this might indicate a slight problem with this end of the arc. Pole is perfectly plum. Motor or dish elevation may need slight tweeking. As I mentioned previously, the pointer arrow on the SG2100 is a little strange in my opinion. Its an arrow, but is flat on one side. So do you line up with the point of the arrow, or straight in line with the straight edge? Latitude here is 49.9, so might as well call it 50 on the motor markings.
Keith Brannen
also take into consideration the FEC. if its a 7/8 or even a 5/6 FEC, you need more signal to keep it stable.

Most KU is 3/4 FEC but that little bit can make a difference.
Example is AMC1 C-band

I can get TLN mux & Ion mux with a 30-35 quality...but DWTV (which has a 7/8 FEC) I need a 60 on the Pansat for stable picture

Thanks Ice, that makes a lot of sense. Lyngsat says it is 5/6. Can someone check it? My Pansat doesn't give that information. Fortunately it doesn't drop into the "danger zone" too often, just enough to be annoying, especially when other signals at that quality are great!
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TiminMb, picking up 3 KU channels on AMC 6/C - 72.0W today. (Re Icebergs' combined C/Ku Satellite List). All 3 are on Tp 12053 6890 V 5/6, its called Satops Nftu. I think it said MSNBC. Q = 50%, one channel is MSNBC News, another only has a Teleprompter on it. The 3rd one shows a frozen picture.

Started having Pixillization problems on 72.0W last week, - but thought it was due to the really windy weather here, but today its fine. Getting ONN on 74.0W with a Q = 75 % today. Hope this helps.
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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I really dislike change for the sake of change
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
Jimbo
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
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Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.

Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!




Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
TRG
TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


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