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Hi,
I bought a satellite system from Sadoun.com so that my dad can watch CCTV-4. His first satellite system stopped
working for some reason. He tried to set it up today to Galaxy 3C (lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas) and could receive ONLY Middle
Eastern channels.
I read that CCTV-4 can only be received as analogy for FTA satellites, so does this mean the microHD receiver is the wrong receiver?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. We are all novice satellite handlers.
Regards,
Ann
I bought a satellite system from Sadoun.com so that my dad can watch CCTV-4. His first satellite system stopped
working for some reason. He tried to set it up today to Galaxy 3C (lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas) and could receive ONLY Middle
Eastern channels.
I read that CCTV-4 can only be received as analogy for FTA satellites, so does this mean the microHD receiver is the wrong receiver?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. We are all novice satellite handlers.
Regards,
Ann
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Ok to finish the story , I finally found time ( and got to come home from Maryland for a visit ) to travel to Ft. Smith and help a fellow FTA'er with a problem. I arrived and got setup. they had been tuning with one person inside the house and another at the dish. From the look of the dish i could tell it was setup properly and looked very close to where it needed to point, my Hosts were very polite and offered anything and everything 
to help with getting my gear setup. Only downfall of the system inspection looked to be the cable it was rg59 and about 100 ft run. I prefer to setup at the dish and go from there . hooked everything up .... nothing .. tried another lnb .... nothing. rethought several things and suspected my long cable might be bad so i pulled fresh cable out and put compression ends on and re-tuned and got a hint of signal ( i was trying for 97w and was going to readjust to 95 once i fount it) so got a hint of signal and lost it and changed TP to the CCTV one and wham 75 % Quality so tightened most everything back down and then fine tuned it for best signal. re hooked up rg 59 ( it was already run and Hsykora's Father planned on replacing the rg59 later in the day) went into house and no signal. went back outside to recheck everything and it was ok so it was the cable all along that hampered the system. For the father to got any signal from a 100 ft run of rg59 ( no telling how old ) i thought was remarkable and must have been hitting one of the strong TP's on 97 even to show up. so we ran new RG6 Quad into the house and everything worked great. Hsykora's father was so mesmerized with the picture quality of the MicroHD and because he hadn't seen his favorite channel in a couple of months, we could hardly pull him away from the TV 
so Thanks for the enjoyable visit to Fort Smith , failed to meetup with some of my Family for a short visit but was able to acquire a sack of my dads favorite hamburgers (thanks Connie). it turns out that the place i went was a block down and 1 block over from where my Aunt used to live 30-40 years ago so i was familiar with the area. I used to ( as a kid) walk down that street and several others to go to the local store to get candy and a soda so it was a small world
Thanks again for the day adventure
maybe next adventure will be to return to add additional stationary dishs to current system so will have to find more channels that Hsykora's father might enjoy
to help with getting my gear setup. Only downfall of the system inspection looked to be the cable it was rg59 and about 100 ft run. I prefer to setup at the dish and go from there . hooked everything up .... nothing .. tried another lnb .... nothing. rethought several things and suspected my long cable might be bad so i pulled fresh cable out and put compression ends on and re-tuned and got a hint of signal ( i was trying for 97w and was going to readjust to 95 once i fount it) so got a hint of signal and lost it and changed TP to the CCTV one and wham 75 % Quality so tightened most everything back down and then fine tuned it for best signal. re hooked up rg 59 ( it was already run and Hsykora's Father planned on replacing the rg59 later in the day) went into house and no signal. went back outside to recheck everything and it was ok so it was the cable all along that hampered the system. For the father to got any signal from a 100 ft run of rg59 ( no telling how old ) i thought was remarkable and must have been hitting one of the strong TP's on 97 even to show up. so we ran new RG6 Quad into the house and everything worked great. Hsykora's father was so mesmerized with the picture quality of the MicroHD and because he hadn't seen his favorite channel in a couple of months, we could hardly pull him away from the TV so Thanks for the enjoyable visit to Fort Smith , failed to meetup with some of my Family for a short visit but was able to acquire a sack of my dads favorite hamburgers (thanks Connie). it turns out that the place i went was a block down and 1 block over from where my Aunt used to live 30-40 years ago so i was familiar with the area. I used to ( as a kid) walk down that street and several others to go to the local store to get candy and a soda
so it was a small world Thanks again for the day adventure
maybe next adventure will be to return to add additional stationary dishs to current system so will have to find more channels that Hsykora's father might enjoy
On behalf of me & my family:
We owe gabsphere a huge thank you for the great work and help he provided yesterday. It would not be up and running without his good deed indeed! We were very touched by his act of kindness to help out complete strangers. He went above and beyond what any of us could have asked . What gabsphere left out in his story is that he did all of that in the oppressive heat and humidity of the Arkansas summer weather. Anyone who has been down south on a midsummer day knows how unbearable the heat can be! I know my dad will be talking about gabsphere to anyone that will listen to the story! Heck, I've even shared the story with a few people already.
I'm at fault for thinking and conveying the message that it was going to be fairly quick, that it probably only needed some fine tuning expertise, and am very sorry you did not get to visit your other family members
:.
Please know we are grateful for all of your help - we appreciate it more than we can express in words. I think what we've all learned from gabsphere is that
we can repay the debt by paying it forward to someone in need of our help in the future.
Sincerely,
HSykora
P.S. Charlie, he primarily listens to the Chinese speaking channels (I think they also like that it helps retain their vocabulary) but will dabble in the English speaking ones too.
We owe gabsphere a huge thank you for the great work and help he provided yesterday
. It would not be up and running without his good deed indeed! We were very touched by his act of kindness to help out complete strangers. He went above and beyond what any of us could have asked . What gabsphere left out in his story is that he did all of that in the oppressive heat and humidity of the Arkansas summer weather. Anyone who has been down south on a midsummer day knows how unbearable the heat can be! I know my dad will be talking about gabsphere to anyone that will listen to the story! Heck, I've even shared the story with a few people already. I'm at fault for thinking and conveying the message that it was going to be fairly quick, that it probably only needed some fine tuning expertise, and am very sorry you did not get to visit your other family members
:. Please know we are grateful for all of your help - we appreciate it more than we can express in words. I think what we've all learned from gabsphere is that
we can repay the debt by paying it forward to someone in need of our help in the future.
Sincerely,
HSykora
P.S. Charlie, he primarily listens to the Chinese speaking channels (I think they also like that it helps retain their vocabulary) but will dabble in the English speaking ones too.
Thanks for a wonderful end to the story, George!
Just the cable, eh?
Last thing anyone would think of; really had to be there to catch it.
Just shows ta go ya, how helpful the members here are.
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Just the cable, eh?
Last thing anyone would think of; really had to be there to catch it.
Just shows ta go ya, how helpful the members here are.
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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!
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....
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As you may have noticed we are doing a Fund Raiser for SatelliteGuys!
As many of you know I have been paying for a majority of the operation of the site out of my own pocket for awhile now. Now looking at things we have a number of renewals coming up that I could use some help with. These renewals include the license renewal for our Forum Software, Renewal of a number of our add on's the site uses, renewal of domain names etc.
I have set a goal of $400.00 - any extra that comes in will just go to fund the operations of the site. None of the money will go to me (I tried BuyMeACoffee a few months ago, and they denied me saying they do not do business with Satellite Piracy sites... which we are not... hell we host the beta programs for both DISH and DIRECTV here...)
Anyways... if you would like to help out please click the link below.
www.satelliteguys.us
Thank you in advance.
As many of you know I have been paying for a majority of the operation of the site out of my own pocket for awhile now. Now looking at things we have a number of renewals coming up that I could use some help with. These renewals include the license renewal for our Forum Software, Renewal of a number of our add on's the site uses, renewal of domain names etc.
I have set a goal of $400.00 - any extra that comes in will just go to fund the operations of the site. None of the money will go to me (I tried BuyMeACoffee a few months ago, and they denied me saying they do not do business with Satellite Piracy sites... which we are not... hell we host the beta programs for both DISH and DIRECTV here...)
Anyways... if you would like to help out please click the link below.
SatelliteGuys Maintenance Fund Raiser
www.satelliteguys.us
Thank you in advance.
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I planned on removing it today, but then my fathers car broke down and I had to drive him all around to get his stuff done. Then I had a doctors appointment after that which was annoying...
Dr asks me if I have had any changes, so I tell him something wrong with me that started a month or so ago and his reply back is, that it sucks to get old... I hate that. Why ask me. if your going to come back with a smart ass answer.
Anyays I hope to get rid of Tapatalk tomorrow.
And we had more people donate today, thank you! The extra money is going to future expenses since things like add ons don't expire at the same time.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN!
Dr asks me if I have had any changes, so I tell him something wrong with me that started a month or so ago and his reply back is, that it sucks to get old... I hate that. Why ask me. if your going to come back with a smart ass answer.
Anyays I hope to get rid of Tapatalk tomorrow.
And we had more people donate today, thank you! The extra money is going to future expenses since things like add ons don't expire at the same time.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN!
Tapatalk has been removed.
I have added a new feature which is a work in progress called "Social Feed" which displays the forums Facebook style. Its nice for people who like that, but needs work. But i have been watching this one for awhile and the author is being really responsive to suggestions and adding them. So if you have any please let me know and I can pass them along.
I have added a new feature which is a work in progress called "Social Feed" which displays the forums Facebook style. Its nice for people who like that, but needs work. But i have been watching this one for awhile and the author is being really responsive to suggestions and adding them. So if you have any please let me know and I can pass them along.
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Due to security concerns and the fact that the Tapatalk Plugin for Xenforo is no longer being updated we have removed Tapatalk support from SatelliteGuys.
For those who were using it we recommend using our PWA App instead which is faster and does not have all the spam Tapatalk had. Below is a graphic showing how to add SatelliteGuys to your devices home screen. (While iOS is shown the process is mostly the same for Android.)
Thanks for your understanding.
For those who were using it we recommend using our PWA App instead which is faster and does not have all the spam Tapatalk had. Below is a graphic showing how to add SatelliteGuys to your devices home screen. (While iOS is shown the process is mostly the same for Android.)
Thanks for your understanding.
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Actually, PWA stands for "Progressive Web Application" and is basically just saving a site's homepage to your desktop where it appears as an "App" with the rest of your smartphone's Apps.
A PWA is a custom version of SatelliteGuys which is optimized for mobile devices. While it may look like the website, its actually different so that only the files needed for mobile are sent, meaning its a much faster experience all around.
TapaTalk is essentially dead. It was written for PHP 5.4 and we are now running PHP 8.4. There have been a LOT of PHP security updates since then and since Tapatalk for Xenforo has not been updated in a long long time it is not the safest idea to keep running it.
In addition those trying to view the site on their mobile devices using a browser were getting spammed on the top of the screen for people to install TapaTalk, this ad in some cases would take up 20% of the users screen. We could get rid of that ad but we would have to pay $20 a month to get rid of it.
In addition TapaTalk could and was inserting their own ads on SatelliteGuys in the app which only benefitted them, SatelliteGuys was not paid for those ads they were displaying on our site. Again we could pay to get rid of those ads.
And here was the cost of the Premium Tier.
Now to make matters worse Tapatalk recently announced that they are going to start charging users of the app 99 cents a month to continue using it.
So soon you would be paying them each month to access SatelliteGuys via their app, again all the money going to them... and you would still see all their ads too.
Tapatalk was a great program which we run for many many years, and for a long time we DID pay for the premium tier. But now with such a small offset using it (My numbers show a total of 6 members) it wasn't work paying for any longer.
In addition Tapatalk was sold to a different owner who made lots of promises of improvements and updates but then that owner has been really radio silent since, instead they have been letting TapaTalk rot on the vine.
If you visit their support forum at https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/tapatalksupport/ you will see there is not much going on, in fact most of the support questions posted there go unanswered.
Please give the PWA a try, I was a die hard Tapatalk user myself but now only use the PWA on devices. It is a much better all around experience, with no bloatware or additional ads based on your user membership level.
I don't have an android phone so I could not make a graphic showing you how to add SatelliteGuys PWA to your phones apps or home screen. But here is a site that explains how to do it on all kinds of devices. How to Install a PWA on iOS, Android, Windows & Mac [2025 Guide]
The above link also explains PWA's better as well.
If Tapatalk were to update their plugins so we know we are more secure and up to date and allow us to remove the "Smart Banner" without having to pay $20 a month, we would consider adding it back. I don't even care about their ads, as if a user wants to use their app and is willing to sit through their ads in order to use that app then I am ok with it.
But hopefully that explains better why it was removed. It was not done to cut anyone off from the site. Please give the PWA a try.
TapaTalk is essentially dead. It was written for PHP 5.4 and we are now running PHP 8.4. There have been a LOT of PHP security updates since then and since Tapatalk for Xenforo has not been updated in a long long time it is not the safest idea to keep running it.
In addition those trying to view the site on their mobile devices using a browser were getting spammed on the top of the screen for people to install TapaTalk, this ad in some cases would take up 20% of the users screen. We could get rid of that ad but we would have to pay $20 a month to get rid of it.
In addition TapaTalk could and was inserting their own ads on SatelliteGuys in the app which only benefitted them, SatelliteGuys was not paid for those ads they were displaying on our site. Again we could pay to get rid of those ads.
And here was the cost of the Premium Tier.
Now to make matters worse Tapatalk recently announced that they are going to start charging users of the app 99 cents a month to continue using it.
So soon you would be paying them each month to access SatelliteGuys via their app, again all the money going to them... and you would still see all their ads too.
Tapatalk was a great program which we run for many many years, and for a long time we DID pay for the premium tier. But now with such a small offset using it (My numbers show a total of 6 members) it wasn't work paying for any longer.
In addition Tapatalk was sold to a different owner who made lots of promises of improvements and updates but then that owner has been really radio silent since, instead they have been letting TapaTalk rot on the vine.
If you visit their support forum at https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/tapatalksupport/ you will see there is not much going on, in fact most of the support questions posted there go unanswered.
Please give the PWA a try, I was a die hard Tapatalk user myself but now only use the PWA on devices. It is a much better all around experience, with no bloatware or additional ads based on your user membership level.
I don't have an android phone so I could not make a graphic showing you how to add SatelliteGuys PWA to your phones apps or home screen. But here is a site that explains how to do it on all kinds of devices. How to Install a PWA on iOS, Android, Windows & Mac [2025 Guide]
The above link also explains PWA's better as well.
If Tapatalk were to update their plugins so we know we are more secure and up to date and allow us to remove the "Smart Banner" without having to pay $20 a month, we would consider adding it back. I don't even care about their ads, as if a user wants to use their app and is willing to sit through their ads in order to use that app then I am ok with it.
But hopefully that explains better why it was removed. It was not done to cut anyone off from the site.
Please give the PWA a try.
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I have had good experiences with Brave but lately I am frustrated with it.
Now when I launch the app it shows a box at the bottom asking if I want to go back to the last opened page. It is in conveniently located and I would prefer to eliminate it.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Please let's not sidetrack the discussion into an exploration of why I don't care for it or a lecture about all the wonderful aspects of the feature. I just do not care for it.
Now when I launch the app it shows a box at the bottom asking if I want to go back to the last opened page. It is in conveniently located and I would prefer to eliminate it.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Please let's not sidetrack the discussion into an exploration of why I don't care for it or a lecture about all the wonderful aspects of the feature. I just do not care for it.
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I don't have an Android phone so I don't know if this will apply to the Brave settings on your android device but it works on the desktop for me.
Change this setting to either startup to a different website or a new tab page. I have mine set to open to google.com instead of where I left off and it doesn't ask me at the next startup if I want to open the last opened page unless it crashed.
Change this setting to either startup to a different website or a new tab page. I have mine set to open to google.com instead of where I left off and it doesn't ask me at the next startup if I want to open the last opened page unless it crashed.
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Last watched Nine inch Nails
Next 3:10 to Yuma
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Looking for a manual. Want to do some radio astronomy with it. Realize it's old but, since it's not for tv use don't need any decoders, just the RF section.
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New low power station has been granted by the FCC and the new call leter is K33OB-D on RF ch. 33.
Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.
It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.
This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.
Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.
It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.
This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.
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The 'get after it media' stations
www.getafteritmedia.com
Like Heartland, Retro, rev'n, Action etc
probably the same programming they have been putting on their other owned stations.
The 'get after it media' stations
Get After It Media
www.getafteritmedia.com
probably the same programming they have been putting on their other owned stations.
The 'get after it media' stations
Like Heartland, Retro, rev'n, Action etcGet After It Media
We already have those diginets here.
Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets on like the Rev'n, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station. 
Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets like Revn, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station.
I watch MovieSphere Gold channel a lot. Many recent movies on that digitnet
Yes that's a good channel MovieSphere, only thing is the missing CC on it. 
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