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    Echostar 9/G10r problem

    g10r can be found, but its fairly tough....I did find the best way was to be able to see the tv, plus use the meter. I had a meter that let the signal pass through it, to the tv so you could use both. I screwed around for 2 weeks about an hour a night just using the meter....then I used both and...
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    Galaxy10R - can't find it...

    I'm not 100% sure this helps, but here is a similar thread: ku on an 18" dish I'd also recommend you start with trying to pick up test card channels on starchoice satellites (anikf1?I think) then working from there. From the thread I linked to, I'm not sure if G10R was ever found.
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    Primestar vs. Invacom

    What's going to give me the most bang for my buck...a 40x30 primestar dish with the primestar lnb, or an upgrade of my current .6db lnb with a invacom .3 lnb attached to my existing 30" dish? Currently on G10R I get an average of about 35 quality on the US Virgin Islands channels. That can be...
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    Friday Fun Poll!!!

    Heck, I figure I indirectly pay for FTA by having to watch ads. So if a channel drops or gets scrambled, in a way I think 'good riddence'. (To lose The Tube would be an exception to that thinking. ) On the other hand, there's nothing better than getting a new channel.
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    New to FTA

    Make sure you read Iceberg's review of this receiver: http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=29301 I also posted my experiences with that receiver: http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=85101 If I were you I'd see what I could do to get an oval 40"x30" primestar dish...
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    StarChoice Freebie

    Interestingly, I posted a similar reuqest yesterday about the idea of a microku setup much like the micobud thread. PSB gave me a response which pointed to some previous threads on the topic. I think they apply to your situation exactly. http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=89132
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    Multiple Receivers - Motorized FTA system - Discussion

    I would also like to know about the availability of primestar dishes in Canada....anyone with any info?
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    microku such a thing exist?

    I read a lot of the microbud posts, but I never saw any about the idea of a micro ku. Has anyone ever rigged up an invacom 0.3db lnb to an 18" pizza pan to see what they get? If such a thing were possible... (And if there already is a thread about this, please post the link so I can follow...
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    WTB - 40" Primestar dish

    I'm looking for one of the oval primestar dishes 40x30. The bad news is I live in Canada, so ideally, the seller does as well.
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    Viacast Quantum MSR 1500

    This advice may be a little late, but if you were using a universal LNB with this unit, your LNB LO Freq needs to be 10600000. I think I saw you post that you had used 10750000, which won't work (or at least it didn't for me). For me, the signal I hooked on to was 12114 sr 4444, which comes in...
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    Friday Fun poll!!!

    Blind scan 4:2:2 HD Analog That would be awesome.
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    No CFL late game this Saturday on RTN

    How in the heck do you know this stuff??? Does RTN have a website?
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    G10R Reception in Rochester and Buffalo, NY area

    I'm in London Ontario and mine fluctuates between 20 and 36. I've never checked in the morning...maybe its worse. If you are getting 32, that's probably as good as it gets. Definitely agree with Maddawg, that tp is too low. Its also a piss off considering 12114 is 96-99%.
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    Still searching for that first bird...

    Here's the thing with the Viacast. You have to program it first before you will get a quality reading. You have a universal lnb, so for your LNB LO Freq, you would type 10600000 (don't forget the 0's). You also do need the +22K switch. So for horizontal, its 18+22K and vertical its 14+22K. If...
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    Always funny

    Maybe you should set up a forum link with the title "Hacker's Corner" or something like that...then when the moron clicked on the link it took them to a dishnet or directtv page about the penalties for hacking.... I guess you'd still get morons pm'ing you.."I tried your hacker's corner but...
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    G10R Reception in Rochester and Buffalo, NY area

    How big is your dish? My understanding was that smaller winegard dishes outperformed larger no-name brands. Do you have any trees in the way? A big difference for me was playing with the LNB...maybe that's old news for you. I went from 30% to 99% just by pushing the LNB in the cradle away from...
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    dish pointing AMC4 in London ontario

    Really? What part of London are you in? I live in London and I just did G10R...works great. I haven't tried AMC4. I didn't think London had much of a FTA community...then I drove down Southdale road past the apartments near Jalna....just about every south facing balcony with a FTA dish...I...
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    Analog Ku reception

    When I look at Lyngsat, and I see a feed marked as NTSC with no sr, I'm assuming that's an analog feed. Is that correct? How do you program that into the vistar2000? Do you just put 0 for the sr? This becomes much more important as I consider trying to pick up SBS6.
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    G10R Reception in Rochester and Buffalo, NY area

    I live in London Ontario which is close enough to Buffalo to pick up WGR 550 AM (!!) Anyhow, I have a 76cm dish with a .6db lnb and I can get G10R with signal quality at 99 for tp 12114. Overall, everything on G10R is viewable for me with quality between 30 and 56 typically. So for your setup...
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    Friday fun poll time!!!

    Can I vote for ESPN? Man, if that was FTA, I'd be pumped. And this year to get the Outdoor Life Network would be pretty sweet for the NHL. Otherwise I'd just go for more regional fox, cbs, abc....maybe a consistent NBC would be nice...(I'm on Ku...)
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    G10R Issues

    Did we lose KTWO (ABC - Casper) 12104 sr 2583? It has not come in on my system now for 2 days. Also, I'm new to this and I noticed on my vistar2000 that last night's NFL game came in kind of pixelated if you know what I mean. I'm running coax from the vistar to my TV. The signal quality...
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    My FTA Oddessy

    Thanks again Iceberg. I really appreciate your work here. Based on your experience, I think one of my next moves is to go with a .3db LNB. As for the NHL, that's good news. I can live without commentators, no problem. And for the photo, I don't think you should change it. I think its great...
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    My FTA Oddessy

    This post is long. So I'll sum up my info first: Dish: 75cm LNB: 0.6DB Universal Receiver: Viacast Vistar 2000 Quantum MSR (by Visionetics...must have been a sale on letters!!) Latitude: 43N Longitude: 81W Satellite: Galaxy 10R (g10r) Signal Quality: TP 12114: 100 TP 11720: 50...