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    GALAXY 18 TRANSPONDERS CHANGED?

    i locked in on the transponder with the research channel and uwtv, and then did a power scan. didn't really have any other channels show up. There were some bad storms in the area before this went out, is it possible that the lnb was damaged and could pick up some transponders and not others...
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    GALAXY 18 TRANSPONDERS CHANGED?

    i get two channels, (university channels?). i got frustrated this weekend and moved it to g19, i got a lot more channels but almost none of the english channels. i put my brothers receiver on (telesat?) and was occassionaly able to get more english channels, but the signal is weak. i'm using...
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    GALAXY 18 TRANSPONDERS CHANGED?

    thanks for the information! i'll keep it quiet.....
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    GALAXY 18 TRANSPONDERS CHANGED?

    I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO FTA, I SET UP A DISH IN THE WINTER POINTING TO GALAXY 18 AT A REMOTE GETAWAY. I HAD ALL THE CHANNELS COMING IN THAT I EXPECTED, ONLY TO FIND ON MY LAST TRIP THAT THE SIGNAL WAS GONE. THERE WAS SOME BAD WEATHER JUST BEFORE THE LAST TRIP. SOMEHOW THE DISH WAS MOVED. (?) I...
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    New to FTA-18 transponder help please

    Thanks to all Guys, Thanks for your help, I finally got around to getting my dish set to 123W. It was tough, for those interested in the performance of the receiver..... I believe the response time on the signal meter was so slow that I would not wait long enough for the signal to register...
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    New to FTA-18 transponder help please

    I'm not familiar with many systems but the meter is a double bar across the bottom of the screen one for strength and one for quality. It sort of reminds me of the Dish Network meter.
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    New to FTA-18 transponder help please

    I'm south of Birmingham, AL. I bought a Fortec Star Dynamic Receiver, a Winegard 30" dish with a TechSat Tracker II+ LNB. TechSAT TRACKER II+ TechSAT TRACKER II+
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    New to FTA-18 transponder help please

    I'm new to FTA, I've pointed dishes at Echostar for 15 years. Could someone help me identify the best transponders for me to look for on Galaxy 18? I've spent several hours pointing and barely adjusting the dish and can't get anything. EL. 35.4 azimuth 235.8 skew 42.1 from 33.16, -86.70...