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    Rusty Dish?

    I spent a good portion of the day on the roof adjusting the dish:grumpy2:. I could not get the signal back. I was getting 119 but not 110, the DL was confusing the two and 129 it said was out of range. So I figured true south was no longer true and I needed to make adjustments. Magnetic...
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    Dumb questions

    2 questions: My new digs have the western sky totally blocked, but a neighbor has a DN dish declaring itelf to be 'HD' aimed at 135 and the installer said the other was at 159 azimuth. I looked them up and I believe they are E4 at 61.5 and 77. Will the NFPS cover a dish aimed there? Am I...
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    Need Help getting 119 to work

    Hello all, I am new here and need a little help. I pointed my dish and am getting signal 85, quality 95. I installed my WF and loaded 100902 and 100909 files. antenna scanned and am only getting 110W channels and no 119. whenever i highlight the 119 in the att scan, 110 shows up on the top of...
  4. CASPER

    Public invited to spot and track solar storms

    The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG), in partnership with the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Zooniverse are launching Solar Stormwatch, a new web project where anyone can help spot and track solar storms and be involved in the latest solar...
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    [Attention] Telefonica Amazonas 61w from Miami FL

    Hey Guys, Is it possible to hit the Tel. Amazonas 61w using a 36" DTV dish from Miami Florida???? Please reply with any comments, Tank you.
  6. CASPER

    How To Set up a Dish500

    How To Set up a Dish500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow these directions carefully, How to setup your Dish500 Legacy or DPP Dish, with a few simple steps. Note: If you have your Dish setup already, do the following. Next make sure there...
  7. CASPER

    DTV Multi-Satellite

    DTV Multi-Satellite -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- phase III info... All about the Phase 3 dish (made for DTV, has 3 LNBs in same enclosure and built in multiswitch.) YES, you CAN use this for your FTA setup to get 91 and 110 ! Advantages...
  8. CASPER

    DishPro 1000.2 Description and How to Install

    DishPro 1000.2 Description and How to Install -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It seems that recently, the 1000.2 is becoming a more popular dish option to fta and causes a lot of confusion. Hopefully, this how-to will briefly explain how they...
  9. CASPER

    How to re-aim your BEV dish to receive DN.THANKS JRPCA

    How to re-aim your BEV dish to receive DN.THANKS JRPCA First, a word about safety. Winter is probably the worse time of the year to be climbing on your roof. If you absolutely have to then please, please use all the safety precautions you can. A ground man to hold the ladder, perhaps a safety...
  10. CASPER

    Do's & Don’ts of Dish antennas, what they don't tell you! By Grandpooba - (Updated 20

    Do's & Don’ts of Dish antennas, c\p what they don't tell you! By Grandpooba - (Updated 2008-07-24) Background: Television entertainment satellites are in a geo-synchronous earth orbit (moving at the same speed and direction as the earth is turning) above the Equator, so the satellites appear...
  11. CASPER

    10 puntos basicos para memorizar del FTA (imprescindible )

    10 puntos basicos para memorizar del FTA (imprescindible ) 1. Las llaves o “keysâ€� son las mismas para todos los receptores, asÃ* que no importa cual marca de receptor tengas. 2. Si el autoroll deja de funcionar, deja el keycode en "on" y las demas opciones en "off" e introduce las llaves...
  12. CASPER

    How To Use Dishpointer.Com

    How To Use Dishpointer.Com I just wanted to do a quick Tutorial on how to use dishpointer.com, since alot of the questions in chat are about dish aiming. First, go to Satellite Finder / Dish Pointing Calculator with Google Maps | DishPointer.com. (DO NOT USE ANY OF THE VALUES THAT ARE...
  13. CASPER

    How to Re-aim your BEV dish to receive DN

    How to Re-aim your BEV dish to receive DN First, a word about safety. Winter is probably the worse time of the year to be climbing on your roof. If you absolutely have to then please, please use all the safety precautions you can. A ground man to hold the ladder, perhaps a safety line to keep...
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    A newbie says hi to you folks

    Hello folks, I'm a freshly started newbie from Ontario, Canada trying to get signals for my CW800. I just stumbled upon a website where I learned that my dish is totally out of orientation and now I know why I've been trying for a week without success. Now that I know a bit more, I'll take the...
  15. CASPER

    Swinging your Bev dish to DN.....

    Swinging your Bev dish to DN..... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many Thanks to Trooper and Borderpatrol for doing all the ground work. I just fine-tuned it and did a few addons... hope it helps... hopefully it can used to cut down all the...
  16. CASPER

    Nagra 3 update

    Originally Posted by FTA Insider C&P Many of you out there have been popping on the forums lately thinking that your system was down when in fact you are actually experiencing a current loss of channels due to the forthcoming completion of the Nagra 3 switch over. It began with channels...
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    Help with PFTAUSW-080925UL DN A/R Fix

    after downloading the missing channel files yesterday all my other channels like game, espn, etc are gone. How can I get them back? Please help.
  18. CASPER

    10 puntos basicos para memorizar del FTA (imprescindible )

    10 puntos basicos para memorizar del FTA (imprescindible ) 1. Las llaves o “keys” son las mismas para todos los receptores, así que no importa cual marca de receptor tengas. 2. Si el autoroll deja de funcionar, deja el keycode en "on" y las demas opciones en "off" e introduce las llaves...
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    I can't find the answer and need some help

    Hello, I am new to this site and have looked everywhere for the answers I need. I have a Veiwsat 2000 extreme, and it was given to me by my brother so i have no instructions other then to update the file when the numbers go down. I have bev already so the signal and dish were already set...
  20. CASPER

    How to re-aim your BEV dish to receive DishNet.

    How to re-aim your BEV dish to receive DishNet. First, a word about safety. Winter is probably the worse time of the year to be climbing on your roof. If you absolutely have to then please, please use all the safety precautions you can. A ground man to hold the ladder, perhaps a safety line to...
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