Welcome New Members! (Please Say HI here!)

[newby]

Just heard from NPS that "Motorola is canceling C-Band in December (or sooner) and wouldn't I like to upgrade and salvage what is left on my contract by buying whatever small dish they sell??"

I obviously need more information. MrMech and I agree about having other people mess with our stuff. The last time someone else worked on our big dish... It will probably be me this time, too, IF C-band is really leaving.

We live in central Oklahoma and I am looking forward to help from hands-on experts. We have had the big dish for 19 years and I am VERY happy with the picture and reception in general.

 

[Bobby]

Welcome newby!!!

 

[aliendude60]

Hi everyone. I use to use c-band, and like a lot got tired of fighting repairs and went with the small dish, now tired of programming on small dish and got 4dtv 620 receiver back up and running, I found and locked satellite on W5 were I get channels I like. NOW I have another wild idea, can you take 2 big sishes one on W5 and another on W1 and some how hook both of them to 4dtv receiever. I do not want to get back into trying to move dish back and forth diffrent sats all the time. always something!!

so in 2 big dishes one receiever?

 

[aliendude60]

I stopped using them. they do not have any packages or willing to work with you with c band, so I found this company and they are so far great!! lot more packages to choose from too.. WebForm1 hope this helps.

Just heard from NPS that "Motorola is canceling C-Band in December (or sooner) and wouldn't I like to upgrade and salvage what is left on my contract by buying whatever small dish they sell??"

I obviously need more information. MrMech and I agree about having other people mess with our stuff. The last time someone else worked on our big dish... It will probably be me this time, too, IF C-band is really leaving.

We live in central Oklahoma and I am looking forward to help from hands-on experts. We have had the big dish for 19 years and I am VERY happy with the picture and reception in general.

 

[macaco]

Colima Mexico Here.

Colima! I hope I can take advantage of all your comments here... thanks!

 

[foxtail]

time warp

Well after checking some posts from other sites...I'm here again to look for new info using a dmx741 with a 39" dish. Also might get a 2.4m dish to try. Just checking on the info. So if anyone has any tips where to go and what to read...I'm open! Also I'm in Cdn. in the Niagara Region which might help with tips. Thanks, foxtail.

 

[ES5NHC]

Greetings from amateur radio operator(my username is my ham call) and DXer from Estonia. I have read the FTA satellite section in this site for quite a while and this has been a great resource to be in touch with satellite news from your side of the ocean. I also watch FTA over here, on Astra 19.2 and Hotbird 13.0E, for national programming I use OTA TV.

 

[Bobby]

Welcome ES5NHC!!!

 

[starman345]

Welcome new arrivals, nice to see a fellow ham signing up!

 

[silverbullet49]

Aiming Slimline 5LN Dish

Hi, I am here to find out how hard it is to aim an Slimline 5 LNB Dish for HDTV at an RV site without a Bird Dog. I do have a meter from 10 years ago before multi-satellites. Can I use that? I can get the dish for $30 from a fellow RV owner who switched to Dish.

 

[raecve1941]

Hi! I'm a new member.

Its great to find a website like this. I'm a new member. I stumbled onto this site looking for information on a dvd recorder. I want to purchase a dvd recorder that has either an HDMI or component inputs.

I'm also a new hobbiest in electronics. I play trumpet, golf, and fish and read a lot. I'm currently reading a book on Ben Franklin. I get almost all my books on amazon.com

I'm a retired aero engineer who has worked for Lockheed, U.S. Army, NASA and did sabbaticals with the Boeing Co. and the FAA.

 

[Bobby]

Welcome raecve1941... Enjoy your time with us....

 

[JoeNashville]

Greetings

New member here. New to the board and the 'tech' side of satellite TV. Been with DirectTV for many years, but want more out of the 'birds'. Really intrigued by the hands on part and am curious to see how to make it all work.

Thinking of doing some FTA and would really like to find more motorcycle racing to watch. Hopefully get some Euro channels or something. Much to learn and I really don't need another expensive hobby, but oh well...
Cheers

 

[Bobby]

Hi JoeNashville... Welcome!

 

[rich47jack]

Hi everyone. I found a hint of the information I wanted in this forum so I joined. hoping to get my Dish VIP612 to respond to IR - in process of setting up my Logitec Harmony remote.

 

[skull]

New Member

Hi everyone
this is a very good site and exited to be a new member
thanks for having me
skull

 

[Bobby]

Welcome newbies....

 

[BASSINWV]

Starting New Job MASTEC Satellite Install Technician

Hi all what a great site!Training class is starting 7 April. My last 10 Yrs has been working for Worldcom and Qwest do not know much about satellite but looking forward to learning. Any advice would be much appreciated

 

[Bobby]

Welcome bassinwv...

 

[b roo]

Hi

Came across the site on the internet while researching some problems I was having with my new Dish install. Lots of good info here.