Hello
I'm in Northwest Ohio, looking to get started in FTA. It looks like the EIRP values are pretty high in my neck of the woods and I'm hoping to get set up with a Mini BUD (C- and Ku-band) at some point. I have been thinking about making a trip down to Columbus to pick up the 120cm dish that Sadoun has, but it's out of stock until March and I'd like to start tinkering before then.
Just recently, I was offered a Super Dish for free, so I thought it would be a good challenge to see what I'm getting into without a tremendous cash outlay. From what I've read in other threads, it sounds like if I have a linear LNB, I should be able to pick up some of the stronger Ku-band transponders. I'm not sure if any of the LNBs on the dish currently are the stacked Ku-band LNBs talked about in the other super dish threads. It looks like I've got one, but I'm not certain. Hopefully someone can tell from my poor quality cell phone pictures.
EDIT: The LNB with the tall oval feedhorn is the one to use. Should be marked with "FSS" and "10750". Thanks, Anole.
My initial target would be to pick up BYU TV. From what I can tell, that means Galaxy 28 (89W). I found some posts about picking up BYU on a Super Dish from 2008, but I'm not sure if anything has changed since then. Does BYUTV on 89W sound like a reasonable goal for the super dish?
I'd prefer to get a PC capture device over getting an STB, because I already have a Windows Media Center setup that I'm quite happy with, and I'd like to integrate any FTA feeds that I'm able to pick up with this and future setups into that system. If I pick up the DVB-World 2104D, will it give me enough functionality to get this working without too much hassle?
If I do indeed have the stacked LNB, will the 2104d be able to handle it without having to do all sorts of fun math?
I'm in Northwest Ohio, looking to get started in FTA. It looks like the EIRP values are pretty high in my neck of the woods and I'm hoping to get set up with a Mini BUD (C- and Ku-band) at some point. I have been thinking about making a trip down to Columbus to pick up the 120cm dish that Sadoun has, but it's out of stock until March and I'd like to start tinkering before then.
Just recently, I was offered a Super Dish for free, so I thought it would be a good challenge to see what I'm getting into without a tremendous cash outlay. From what I've read in other threads, it sounds like if I have a linear LNB, I should be able to pick up some of the stronger Ku-band transponders. I'm not sure if any of the LNBs on the dish currently are the stacked Ku-band LNBs talked about in the other super dish threads. It looks like I've got one, but I'm not certain. Hopefully someone can tell from my poor quality cell phone pictures.
EDIT: The LNB with the tall oval feedhorn is the one to use. Should be marked with "FSS" and "10750". Thanks, Anole.
My initial target would be to pick up BYU TV. From what I can tell, that means Galaxy 28 (89W). I found some posts about picking up BYU on a Super Dish from 2008, but I'm not sure if anything has changed since then. Does BYUTV on 89W sound like a reasonable goal for the super dish?
I'd prefer to get a PC capture device over getting an STB, because I already have a Windows Media Center setup that I'm quite happy with, and I'd like to integrate any FTA feeds that I'm able to pick up with this and future setups into that system. If I pick up the DVB-World 2104D, will it give me enough functionality to get this working without too much hassle?
If I do indeed have the stacked LNB, will the 2104d be able to handle it without having to do all sorts of fun math?
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