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FTA really isn't a hobby over there. Partly because most of the footprints on Japan are for commercial TV. Actually some of their satellite commercial TV is available unencrypted according to Lyngsat. So I may go for a small 60 cm dish since I know it would receive something. On C-band, you can...

Good question. Japan used the same analog NTSC format as the US in years past. For digital TV, I'm less sure. I have a TV there with composite connectors that I can connect to my receiver composite connectors. I've done this for analog TV in past years when I had a Slingbox. I also have an...

Tomorrow I will go to Japan. I have been looking for a direct contact with anybody in Japan who happens to enjoy FTA but haven't found anybody yet. I've heard there are a few who pursue this activity though mostly on C-band I believe. If anybody has any direct contact with either a supplier or...

I have a couple of GSP bullet LNBs. They are good but they do not have the PLL (phase-locked loop) feature. I found PLL LNBs are sensitive and produce a stable output. GeosatPro and Avenger are PLL brands that I have. They may be slender like the bullets were.

It is DVB-S2 8PSK but only 3/5 FEC. So locking threshold is 5.5 dB. Now some crowd shots of the large Israel protest again.

I assume it's Gaza too. They run that cam overnight. When news happens, they interrupt to show live feeds. You don't need a universal LNB unless you want to scan for data tps below 11700 MHz. But if that's what is available, it's good to use.

Reuters is good for having a well-placed camera w/audio to view world events as they happen. Live feeds go on for hours at times. For example, this morning they have a camera covering the Israel protest by the largest union demanding hostages be released. No commentator just live video/audio of...

The ITC channels on 180E support EPG so it's easy to know as you view what's coming up on their schedules. I search for programs in Tahitian on the TNTV schedule since they may have a local reporter travelling around the islands providing most interesting visuals. I can record them and watch at...

Reuters as shown on Lyngsat is the only transponder that will scan in on a blind scan. I don't see any data transponders now at least in the 11700 to 12900 MHz range. I don't have a universal LNB installed so I can't scan below 11700 MHz. I don't think an LNB 10 degrees off focus is going to...

Keith Brannen gets the Troubleshooter's Award with full bragging rights associated. The LNB skew was corrected and both tps scan in on the correct vertical polarity. Viewing from behind a dish, whether the dish is upright or inverted, a positive skew means you rotate the LNB clockwise. In...

I think now that Lyngsat is correct. We cannot receive the horizontal beam since it's focused on the South Pacific. We can only receive the vertical beam here in North America. I will correct my LNB skew today which will correct my scanned results to vertical only.

The Tahitian Weather Woman speaking interesting Tahitian language.

I looked at high resolution old photos. I think you're right! This would explain my problem and the disagreement with satstar and Lyngsat. I will correct tomorrow! My most recent memory about an inverted dish was when aiming my fixed dish at 77W. Of course its skew is in the opposite direction...

Skew here is +35.3 degrees. With that amount of skew, if it were in the wrong direction, I wouldn't receive any signal. For an inverted dish, I learned last time I inverted that you turn the LNB in the same direction as if the dish is not inverted. The scale on my LNB bracket only goes to 20...

Today I had success. I used my 1.2m fixed dish mounted inverted to make the 12.8 degree elevation easier. My azimuth is 243 degrees (WSW). I had to locate the dish in the forest to find a window through the trees. In the end, I locked two transponders: 11155 H 30000 (11.5 dB) and 11075 H 45000...

Once I have oriented my dish the best I can using USALS mode and I'm receiving some signal from each satellite, I switch over to the Diseqc motor setting for each satellite and then using the remote control I manually move the motor to achieve the best signal quality on each satellite. I save...

In Antenna Setup, select USALS for Motor Setup. Then press the green button for Set Location and latitude/longitude boxes will pop up. Enter your location coordinates and click Save.

Connect the receiver via wifi to your Internet if available. It works best that way.

A universal LNB is actually better than a standard LNB in some cases. For example, since you're in AL, you may be able to receive the low Ku-band frequencies at 117W from 10970 to 11670 MHz by using your universal LNB with LO set to 9750 MHz and 22 kHz set to OFF. The 117W Eutelsat 117 West B...

Here Starlink is being promoted at a one time $142 cost for hardware and a monthly fee of $100 in local currency. Could you justify for your home? I don't think they have limits so video streaming might work out OK.

If you don't already have access to the "What's Up There" section on this site, then request access from a site administrator. That's where people post feed findings.

The Veteran's Channel is on 24/7 so at least it provides a beacon with video to allow you to find the satellite. But feeds these days are few and far between. I blind scan every one or two days but mostly only find data transponders that don't scan in. For the time it takes to blind scan, it's...

When he finds out what it would cost to pay somebody to take this down from that height, he will be begging for a hobbyist to take it away for free. For cost of a filter, it's a good deal, if a filter is needed here.

10' C-band dish $100 near Vancouver, BC: https://www.facebook.com/share/5iy9KGB7ViCjYxuJ/?mibextid=kL3p88

There aren't any analog satellite signals. But couldn't this still be used as a mover to move your C-band dish?