Social Feed
I just found this forum it seems to have a wealth of info. I have been wanting to get into Fta for a while, from what I read I need to have a dish bigger than 36in and a motor. Is that correct?
7 Replies
·
1665 views
W
Hi,
You don't need to have a 36 inch dish. A 30 inch dish will do just fine for most of the satellites up there.
But, if you go with a motorized dish setup, I'd recommend you get the 36 inch dish. This will let you get better reception on most of the satellites and will give you better access. Besides, it's only 6 inches...
If you decide to go with a 30 inch dish, I'd recommend the Winegard DS2076. This is prob. the best quality 30 inch satellite dish on the market and is very easy to install.
Get a receiver with blind search or powercan along with a good LNBF and you'll be on your way to a world of free entertainment!!!!
You don't need to have a 36 inch dish. A 30 inch dish will do just fine for most of the satellites up there.
But, if you go with a motorized dish setup, I'd recommend you get the 36 inch dish. This will let you get better reception on most of the satellites and will give you better access. Besides, it's only 6 inches...
If you decide to go with a 30 inch dish, I'd recommend the Winegard DS2076. This is prob. the best quality 30 inch satellite dish on the market and is very easy to install.
Get a receiver with blind search or powercan along with a good LNBF and you'll be on your way to a world of free entertainment!!!!
Hi,
You don't need to have a 36 inch dish. A 30 inch dish will do just fine for most of the satellites up there.
But, if you go with a motorized dish setup, I'd recommend you get the 36 inch dish. This will let you get better reception on most of the satellites and will give you better access. Besides, it's only 6 inches...
If you decide to go with a 30 inch dish, I'd recommend the Winegard DS2076. This is prob. the best quality 30 inch satellite dish on the market and is very easy to install.
Get a receiver with blind search or powercan along with a good LNBF and you'll be on your way to a world of free entertainment!!!!
That sounds like the plan thaks.
Hi,
You don't need to have a 36 inch dish. A 30 inch dish will do just fine for most of the satellites up there.
But, if you go with a motorized dish setup, I'd recommend you get the 36 inch dish. This will let you get better reception on most of the satellites and will give you better access. Besides, it's only 6 inches...
If you decide to go with a 30 inch dish, I'd recommend the Winegard DS2076. This is prob. the best quality 30 inch satellite dish on the market and is very easy to install.
Get a receiver with blind search or powercan along with a good LNBF and you'll be on your way to a world of free entertainment!!!!
Definitely! I have to agree quite strongly.
I also use the Winegard DS-2076 dish and I believe in it wholeheartedly. I tried installing the 1M Winegard and, although it seemed to pull in a few more lesser strength channels, I found it heavy, cumbersome and rather picky in regards to alignment.
Not only that, but the larger the dish, the greater of a "wind sail" it becomes.
The Winegard DS-2076 has to be one of the most perfect dishes for FTA Ku band applications. In my opinion, if you think you need anything bigger or better, you should step up to C-Band BUD dishes.
A 90 cm to 1M dish might be necessary if you reside near or beyond the Canadian border. You might have to use such a dish size if you do not want to advance to C-Band in such cases.
Otherwise, the DS-2076 dish is perfect! It is light weight so you can easily manage it carrying it up a ladder if you need to. It doesn't have that great of a surface area so it isn't a huge wind sail, which is better on your motor and mast mount. It is well built, it is steel construction so it is stronger than aluminum, but still light enough that it can be used with any motor.
The design geometry makes it equal to many 90 cm dishes in reception abilities.
The only drawback that I have found with this dish is that it does not come with side-support brackets or struts for the LNBF mounting arm. But, most of the bolt holes are there and you can fabricate your own if you think you need them. Might be recommended if you use the Invacom QPH-031 LNBF. But, I find that it isn't necessary.
I would put this DS-2076 dish up against just about any other dish without any hesitation! I also think the price is right, too! Maybe a bit more or less than others, but close enough to not make me quibble about it.
RADAR
I've had a H3 receiver for years but just recently began watching and recording 4k content. I'm consistently having the display revert to the upper left quarter of the screen after fast forwarding or pausing the playback of 4k recordings.
Some research I've done blames it on the Hopper as not having the processing power to quickly shift between the FF or pause playback formats and it leaves the playback device in a mode thinking that it's no longer receiving a 4k stream. So it displays the 1/4 image.
I've found that I can quickly recover back to a full screen 4k display by using the remote sequence Pause / Info / Resume.
I've tested this on two different monitors, but they're both LGs, so maybe it's the TVs, and not the Hopper? Is this a known problem? Anyone else experience this?
Some research I've done blames it on the Hopper as not having the processing power to quickly shift between the FF or pause playback formats and it leaves the playback device in a mode thinking that it's no longer receiving a 4k stream. So it displays the 1/4 image.
I've found that I can quickly recover back to a full screen 4k display by using the remote sequence Pause / Info / Resume.
I've tested this on two different monitors, but they're both LGs, so maybe it's the TVs, and not the Hopper? Is this a known problem? Anyone else experience this?
1 Replies
·
44 views
Supporting Founder
Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
181 Replies
·
3121 views
..I hate playing in Ames.
I hate playing in LA ...
Buckeyes had 2 weeks off and came out and looked absolutely terrible ... broke in a new Freshman Qb, but that wasn't the worst part ... undiscipline play, at last count they had 10 penalties.
Freshman in the end of the game trying to play catch up, had a lot of Over throws ... Bucks lose ...
#1 Miami struggled but pulled away in the end beating North Carolina by 3 ...
Tuesday the CFP brings out thier Playoff Top 12 again ... Buckeyes should drop from #2 to about #22 (they won't) had they had thier Starting QB, it would have been a different game ...
They could lose the rest of thier games at this point.
My in-Laws came from Iowa, she was a graduate of ISU. Unranked Iowa teams beat the #24 and #25 teams on Halloween.
And I heard that your QB made a poor choice after scoring the tying touchdown, leading to a fifteen yard penalty on the ensuing kickoff. The Cyclones were then able to take advantage of the resulting field position to get close enough to score the winning field goal.
In a NCAA Football season of bizarre endings, this has to rank right up there.
Pub Member / Supporter
Pissed off at the crappy healthcare costs
My health Insurance renewal for 2027 just came in. Going from $827 a month to $1,187 a month. Deductible going up a $1k to $9,350. Max out of pocket also going up $1k to $11,000. Doctor co-pay of $40. Urgent Care co-pay $50. ER 50% coinsurance after deductible. That's all in network. Out of network is double, should it be needed.
Have to think about this. I'm really tempted to just go without now. I only go to the doctor once or twice a year. I pay out of pocket for Tirzepitide and can do without the Rosuvastatin (crestor) now. Really tired of spending over $10k a year and getting nothing out of it.
After years with Blue Cross I switched last year to Ambetter as my Blue Cross premium was going from $1200 to $1800 for a Silver plan and the Bronze plan was still going to be $1300 at BCBS. Ambetter was $827 for the same coverage with a Bronze plan. Didn't think it would jump this much so soon.
I'm guessing a Silver plan is probably over $2,000 a month for 2027.
37 Replies
·
494 views
Staff member
HERE TO HELP YOU!
Cutting Edge
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!
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....
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....
68703 Replies
·
2682712 views
Ham Radio 2.0
Time for another AWESOME video from Ham Radio 2.0!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHFHj6qZvWw
Direct YouTube Link - Selling Radios Online? The FCC Changed the Rules
Ham Radio 2.0 Website
Ham Radio 2.0 on Facebook
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHFHj6qZvWw
Direct YouTube Link - Selling Radios Online? The FCC Changed the Rules
Ham Radio 2.0 Website
Ham Radio 2.0 on Facebook
0 Replies
·
2 views
I had an old Wireless Joey replaced by a Wireless Joey 4 (Android TV) - still have a Hopper 3 without the Hopper Plus. What do I have to do to get the EPG to show channel logos instead of "Dish"? This is annoying as hell and it's been this way for over a month…
3 Replies
·
65 views
I have Dish with Hopper3. I choose to get local channels OTA and had a "guide list" established at my previous home. Having moved a few miles away, I wanted to update the list by appending a couple new stations via a rescan. As many would know, some stations come in with the UHF/VHF antenna aimed in one direction, while others come in better with a different direction.
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
2 Replies
·
92 views
TFLEV
Time for another AWESOME video from TFL Electric Vehicles!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm0MPWaU9Es
Direct YouTube Link - The New Toyota C-HR Is NOTHING Like the Old One..Especially In One Way!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm0MPWaU9Es
Direct YouTube Link - The New Toyota C-HR Is NOTHING Like the Old One..Especially In One Way!
0 Replies
·
8 views
After having continuing trouble with my eight+ year old Dell Inspiron laptop I am looking to hopefully catch a good deal on new one. My options to buy is Costco and Sam's Club. It seems like a lot of new laptops are 2 in 1 which I do not need. I use the laptop to mainly surf the web and keep up with my finances, money and bills. I would like to have at least a 15" screen and having a touchscreen is a plus. The keyboard would need to lighted also. I don't game any. It would have to be Windows instead of and not Mac. The brands I see the most are Asus, Dell and HP. My two last laptops has been Dell's. Of these brands are there any standouts over the other brands. My budget (hopefully) is $600+-. Also while researching I noticed that do not have ethernet ports.
9 Replies
·
171 views
Staff member
Pub Member / Supporter
Please post your remote make/model here and any details of your issue. We are looking to collect as many examples as possible. I may reach out to you for your receiver number, but please do not post it here.
If you've already reported this to me, please repost it here so I can track all instances in one thread.
Thanks!
Brittany
If you've already reported this to me, please repost it here so I can track all instances in one thread.
Thanks!
Brittany
26 Replies
·
1138 views
Yea, I've only been a CIO for the last 30 years!
Trust me, when something important breaks, they get to own it!
My Hopper 3 updated itself to H713 last week and the IR issue is worse now. On H711, I could be on an SD channel for several hours and the IR side of my H3 would still be responsive without my having to tap the View button on my Pronto Pro every 15 minutes. Now, if I stay even on an SD channel without tapping the View button at least once an hour, it becomes unresponsive to my Pronto Pro without tapping the View button at least 5-20 times, just like on the HD and 4K channels. So, H713 actually made the issue worse. 
brittanygarden
brittanygarden