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Ok, so I'm sitting here since about 3:30pm yesterday watching tv.... for free!! I owe a lot of you some thank you's. Iceburg, Anole, Turbosat, Cadsulfide, osu1991, and anyone else I forgot. I should actually thank everyone here because I have done so much reading in the past couple weeks.
Also, a big thanks (maybe even a plug) to Bryansr. He had a coolsat 6000 in the classifieds. Talked to him on Friday and paid him Friday evening. He sent out the coolsat Saturday.
So, I spent Sunday running all the cable under my house, grounding it, and running it to my living room. All I had to do was plant a pole and tune in the Primestar dish I scored for free. (and pray it worked) I figured when I got home from working yesterday that I would go ahead and set the pole and trench the line to the house so everything would be hooked up and working. I finally found a 2 1/4 pole late Sunday evening (also for free compliments of my Father in law who does construction.)
So I get home about 1pm and am driving down my driveway and notice a box on my front porch. I wasn't even expecting the receiver to arrive until Tuesday at the earlies, Wed being more probable. Low and behold, I don't know who Bryansr knows at the post office
.... but there was the coolsat 6000. From Georgia to Missouri, mailed Saturday and here Monday. What a surprise. So of course I got to work on that dish immediately. Dug a hole, made sure it was plumb and level, pounded that sucker in deep and concreted with about 60lbs of concrete. Trenched the line and hooked it up. Mounted the dish and went to work finding G18. Now, luckily for me I have a birddog since I do installations for a living, but I have to say that G18 was a bugger to find. I wasn't having much luck, so I decided to do it the old fashion way.... line up with compass as close as I can and see if receiver would lock and then make a billion trips in and out of the house checking for signal. I finally got a little bit of a lock. ( I say finally, it was only about 20 minutes of work) Then I hooked back up the birdog, played around carefully and found it. Once I found it I maxed it out on my meter. I came back inside, did a blind scan and the rest is history.
Of course..another plug for this site... soon to becoming will be a pub membership because I feel like such a freeloader since I have gained a ton of knowledge from this site.
Just figured I'd share a FTA success story and I owed a big thanks to everyone for being so helpful. My only complaint right now is that I'm already wanting a motor... dang I can see this hobby adding up, but so far I don't have too much money tied up. Anyone reading this thinking of getting into it, if your patient and smart you can do a good job of scrapping up what a lot of people don't want and save $$.
Motor question.... I know mounting that primestar dish to a primestar will be a bit challenging, but can be done. Will I have a problem mounting the motor to a 2 1/4 inch pole?
Also, I've got great signal strength on all G18 channels except the vetrans channel? Shows up as Channel 3-VBA 10.731H 13.240. Signal is only 63-64% and pixilated with choppy sound half the time and other time picture is better but starts to pixilate. Right now it's terrible. Just about all my other channels are coming in at 85-94%. A few jump all over from 63-87 but never break up.
And I have no sound on Retrojams 11.114V 4.340 but figure maybe that's normal or do I need to adjust something?
Once again to all, Thank You!!!!
BTW.. found posts for retrojams no sound problem, looks like I need an ac-3 receiver...dang it. Now if I only understood spanish
Also, a big thanks (maybe even a plug) to Bryansr. He had a coolsat 6000 in the classifieds. Talked to him on Friday and paid him Friday evening. He sent out the coolsat Saturday.
So, I spent Sunday running all the cable under my house, grounding it, and running it to my living room. All I had to do was plant a pole and tune in the Primestar dish I scored for free. (and pray it worked) I figured when I got home from working yesterday that I would go ahead and set the pole and trench the line to the house so everything would be hooked up and working. I finally found a 2 1/4 pole late Sunday evening (also for free compliments of my Father in law who does construction.)
So I get home about 1pm and am driving down my driveway and notice a box on my front porch. I wasn't even expecting the receiver to arrive until Tuesday at the earlies, Wed being more probable. Low and behold, I don't know who Bryansr knows at the post office
.... but there was the coolsat 6000. From Georgia to Missouri, mailed Saturday and here Monday. What a surprise. So of course I got to work on that dish immediately. Dug a hole, made sure it was plumb and level, pounded that sucker in deep and concreted with about 60lbs of concrete. Trenched the line and hooked it up. Mounted the dish and went to work finding G18. Now, luckily for me I have a birddog since I do installations for a living, but I have to say that G18 was a bugger to find. I wasn't having much luck, so I decided to do it the old fashion way.... line up with compass as close as I can and see if receiver would lock and then make a billion trips in and out of the house checking for signal. I finally got a little bit of a lock. ( I say finally, it was only about 20 minutes of work) Then I hooked back up the birdog, played around carefully and found it. Once I found it I maxed it out on my meter. I came back inside, did a blind scan and the rest is history. Of course..another plug for this site... soon to becoming will be a pub membership because I feel like such a freeloader since I have gained a ton of knowledge from this site.
Just figured I'd share a FTA success story and I owed a big thanks to everyone for being so helpful. My only complaint right now is that I'm already wanting a motor... dang I can see this hobby adding up, but so far I don't have too much money tied up. Anyone reading this thinking of getting into it, if your patient and smart you can do a good job of scrapping up what a lot of people don't want and save $$.
Motor question.... I know mounting that primestar dish to a primestar will be a bit challenging, but can be done. Will I have a problem mounting the motor to a 2 1/4 inch pole?
Also, I've got great signal strength on all G18 channels except the vetrans channel? Shows up as Channel 3-VBA 10.731H 13.240. Signal is only 63-64% and pixilated with choppy sound half the time and other time picture is better but starts to pixilate. Right now it's terrible. Just about all my other channels are coming in at 85-94%. A few jump all over from 63-87 but never break up.
And I have no sound on Retrojams 11.114V 4.340 but figure maybe that's normal or do I need to adjust something?
Once again to all, Thank You!!!!
BTW.. found posts for retrojams no sound problem, looks like I need an ac-3 receiver...dang it. Now if I only understood spanish
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congrats on getting it up and working
I've sent a couple items out o a Saturday and they got them on Monday. I know one went to Missouri too (from Minnesota) so maybe its your post office
I know that channel is low signal on my Coolsat too
I do like the motor, but Cad has a good point.
Easy to add that 2nd dish, and then it's just like Oreos - you can't get enough.
But at least, our addiction is socially acceptable, cheaper, and a positive influence on your life and others. -
Anyway, for up to four and maybe eight LNBs (or dishes), there are simple switch hookups over in our FAQ department.
Don't forget multiple LNBs per dish. That's the battle cry of some guys, here!
So, the motor is not the only good solution.
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WANTED DirecTV LCC
Anyone have a DirecTV Local Channel Connector that you'd like to get rid of at a reasonable price? DirecTV is currently in a contract dispute with owner of my local ABC affiliate.
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I did that. The response was that the LCC is not available. Escalated the issue to a tech support person with the same results.
Could be out of them I guess ... I'd keep trying, every 3-4 days.I did that. The response was that the LCC is not available. Escalated the issue to a tech support person with the same results.
If they are not out of them as them WHY you can't get one, seeing Your in a Dispute. Thats what they are for.
I would make them give you a real answer, don't let them off the hook.
I had one, and it worked well, but I believe I gave it to another D* friend (also had a AM21), I know I gave them away ...
According to the tech support guy, they don't have any in stock. He said I should receive an email when and if they have them. I even told him I would accept a refurbished unit.
I'm not sure your going to find any Refurbished ones as D* doesn't ask for them back.According to the tech support guy, they don't have any in stock. He said I should receive an email when and if they have them. I even told him I would accept a refurbished unit.
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Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
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Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
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One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
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Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
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Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
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An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones, premieres on HBO Max on 8/21. I will be warching
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Hi all, I recently inherited a FTA system off Craiglist and have been trying to get it set up. What I got was a Glorystar-branded ~90cm offset dish with a ground mount (/flat roof) frame, and GEOSATpro DSR200c receiver. From that initial equipment, I've replaced the old LNBF with a (cheap!) new one and also splurged on an SG-2100 H-H motorized rotor which does respond from the receiver's USALS menu.
The previous owner had it set up for religious programming on Galaxy 19 and I've been trying to start by finding that same bird at least. After a couple sessions I'm not sure I have, but I've found *something* at least! A handful of motor ticks further than the dish wants to be for 97W after starting from motor 0 pointing as much south as I can guess at. (I don't have great references to aim for and it's really hard to sight where exactly the dish is pointing anyway….)
Anyway, so far there's only one transponder that I've ever been able to catch as I search. It's 12146 V and when the receiver scans it I get this list of video channels:
but it's a long-winded spiel about "you know us as an industry-leading satellite solutions provider with over a quarter million sites" and to call them For All Your Every Needs™ type thing.
While I get little blips from other frequencies, this is the only strong transponder I've been able to come across. My receiver shows it as S 75 and Q up to 85 when I adjust it. It actually seemed to get better as I **un**skewed my LBNF — iiuc G19 was supposed to be -20º for me but however I'm supposed to be reading/referencing the angles the puck is now basically at 0º relative to the dish/arm got the strongest on this transponder.
Anyway sorry this is so long winded already… my question is, do I even have the right satellite? None of the other transponders that are supposed to be active on G-19 seem to come in. And if not the right satellite does anyone happen to recognize which one I might have found instead? I think knowing that would help me then adjust for a truer south aim and then hopeful the USALS will work automatically once I can get it dialed in.
The previous owner had it set up for religious programming on Galaxy 19 and I've been trying to start by finding that same bird at least. After a couple sessions I'm not sure I have, but I've found *something* at least! A handful of motor ticks further than the dish wants to be for 97W after starting from motor 0 pointing as much south as I can guess at. (I don't have great references to aim for and it's really hard to sight where exactly the dish is pointing anyway….)
Anyway, so far there's only one transponder that I've ever been able to catch as I search. It's 12146 V and when the receiver scans it I get this list of video channels:
- 1.1 Srv_1
- 2.84 OU_Chan
- 3.2 Srv_2
- 4.5 Srv_5
- 5.3 Srv_3
- 6.4 Srv_4
- 7.6 Srv_6
- 8.7 Srv_7
but it's a long-winded spiel about "you know us as an industry-leading satellite solutions provider with over a quarter million sites" and to call them For All Your Every Needs™ type thing.While I get little blips from other frequencies, this is the only strong transponder I've been able to come across. My receiver shows it as S 75 and Q up to 85 when I adjust it. It actually seemed to get better as I **un**skewed my LBNF — iiuc G19 was supposed to be -20º for me but however I'm supposed to be reading/referencing the angles the puck is now basically at 0º relative to the dish/arm got the strongest on this transponder.
Anyway sorry this is so long winded already… my question is, do I even have the right satellite? None of the other transponders that are supposed to be active on G-19 seem to come in. And if not the right satellite does anyone happen to recognize which one I might have found instead? I think knowing that would help me then adjust for a truer south aim and then hopeful the USALS will work automatically once I can get it dialed in.
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Done and done and done! I ended up doing a bit more iteration (back and forth between the left-right and up-down adjustments) but I've now got it landing on G19 at its default position for 97W.
Yep, ended up with a page or two full on my receiver's search. Didn't double-check that my receiver has all six of the right transponders but I can mess with that later if it turns out I'm missing something interesting but still DVB-S / MPEG-2 compatible.
Yep, can see definite signal degradation as soon as I skew the LNB either way from "straight" (seam on the LNB lined up with the clamps on the mounting bracket). Will make setup easier if I want to try swapping anything else in!
I don't know if there's any good (unencrypted, DVB-S) satellite farther away to really check the sweep against, but I was at least able to program in my original find at 101.0 W back in (now at the correct "12000 V 20000" setting) and can get both birds automatically.
Shouldn't be *that* exciting since it's just an ad, but still really fun to choose channels on the other one and have it jog over and lock on
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beside 123W, another one to try (if it's above the horizon at your location) is Hispasat @30W. It has at least 2 DVB-S transponders with SD/Mpeg2 channelsDone and done and done! I ended up doing a bit more iteration (back and forth between the left-right and up-down adjustments) but I've now got it landing on G19 at its default position for 97W.
Yep, ended up with a page or two full on my receiver's search. Didn't double-check that my receiver has all six of the right transponders but I can mess with that later if it turns out I'm missing something interesting but still DVB-S / MPEG-2 compatible.
Yep, can see definite signal degradation as soon as I skew the LNB either way from "straight" (seam on the LNB lined up with the clamps on the mounting bracket). Will make setup easier if I want to try swapping anything else in!
I don't know if there's any good (unencrypted, DVB-S) satellite farther away to really check the sweep against, but I was at least able to program in my original find at 101.0 W back in (now at the correct "12000 V 20000" setting) and can get both birds automatically.
Shouldn't be *that* exciting since it's just an ad, but still really fun to choose channels on the other one and have it jog over and lock on
No luck finding this one. I motor over and it seems like a pretty dead spot of sky. I did get a slight blip (Q up to 1% or 2%) if I lowered the dish slightly. So I wonder if my polar mount itself maybe needs a bit of fine tuning?
Even when loosening the bolts and manually nudging the dish up/down/left/right nothing seemed to really wake it [new receiver, see below!] up and never saw anything more than 4% or 5% which I don't know is even real or could have been just noise?
I'm in Washington state (northwest CONUS) so this one's not an option for me.
I now have a V8 Finder 2
I've been able to scan in more now on G-19, and as well as watching the ad on SES 1 and getting some PBS stations there and G-16 both. So three satellites kinda in the general vicinity of each other (97W/101W/99.1W) programmed and able to rotate between.
Is G-18 at 123W as strong as the others? According to Satbeams I should be at least somewhat in its footprint although it looks like it's maybe focused more on Alaska.
Now that I'm back at my computer waiting for the Finder to charge back up looks like the Eutelsat(s) 117W have a couple Ku transponders I could look for too.
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