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Dish Antennas
Discussion of large prime focus satellite dishes used for C-Band signal reception.
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Last post Need Advice for Rotating Dish
by dan808 View the latest post
Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:06 pm
Feed Systems
Discussions about low-noise blocks, waveguides, horns and other components used at the prime focus of your reflector dish.
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Last post Re: Does skewing an LNB impro…
by tvroadmin View the latest post
Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:17 am
Actuators/Motors
How do you move your dish across the satellite arc? Discuss your motorized equipment here.
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78 Posts

Last post Re: The joy of actuator arm m…
by belter-one View the latest post
Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:00 pm
Positioners
Discussions about controllers used to position your dish and track the satellite arc.
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10 Topics

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Last post Re: Looking for a VBox II pos…
by belter-one View the latest post
Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:51 am
Pole Masts
Discussions about pole mast types and structural support for dish installations.
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Last post Re: Rust removal from mast he…
by tvroadmin View the latest post
Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:51 pm
Loggers
Discussions about tuners and software used to log the satellite transport stream.
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Last post Re: USB Tuners
by fatso View the latest post
Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:35 pm
Headend Equipment
Discussions about headend equipment used for transmitting, receiving and distributing master broadcast programming.
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5 Posts

Last post Re: SatHero 400HD DVB-S2 Sate…
by HappySatellite View the latest post
Thu Apr 26, 2018 7:57 am
Accessories
Switches, cables, heaters, signal meters and more.
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Last post Satellite Signal Finder Meters
by StatusQuo View the latest post
Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:47 pm

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Modifying a stationary DirecTV dish.

Last post by belter-one « Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:54 pm
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by belter-one » Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:21 am

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Hello,

There is a stationary DirecTV dish we no longer use on our roof. DirecTV never picked it up, so I would like to swap out the lnb(s) with Ku lnbs that will pass on FTA signals to a receiver. The dish's lnbs point at 99W, 101W and 103W. I am...

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Last post by belter-one
Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:54 pm
Single feedhorn or dual feedhorn?

Last post by tvroadmin « Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:06 am
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by belter-one » Sat Nov 03, 2018 3:21 pm

Hello,

We are enjoying our C band system immensley. The current LNB position on the dish is barely able to tune all the channels we are interested in.
I adjusted the LNB position in the feed horn and peaked the SNR on Galaxy 13 (NASA 3920V) and...

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Last post by tvroadmin
Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:06 am
Actuator Spares

Last post by Signality « Fri Aug 10, 2018 5:37 am
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by Signality » Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:28 am

New Member.

Nice home you have over here. Now I recently bought an actuator and accidentally fried the reed switch :oops: . Which is the proper replacement I can get?

Thanks

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Fri Aug 10, 2018 5:37 am

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