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Okay, I've got a bunch of single LNB's and not a single twin output LNB. My question is this. Is it possible to put two single LNB's on the same dish to receive the same sat? I want a single dish, two receiver hookup but the thing is I got almost a 100 single LNB's, so if this is a possibility...

Since I am in the southern Caribbean I'm out of Ses1 footprint. Can anyone confirm that AMC 4 KU is still operational? Any info on when it's shutting down? Thanks!

I can pick the South American beam up since I live in the Caribbean. Lyngsat shows those channels als ITC bu that's not correct. They're all encrypted, save for two. Satbeams.com has the correct info on this bird.

Thanks Adam I never thought of antenna's other than dishes. Interesting to know that there's a couple more options. Still, if any of you did some experimenting with the LNB sans dish, I'd be glad to hear. Maybe the thread should be renamed to 'reception without a conventional dish'.

Never thought of the necessity to reverse polarities. Adam: great experiments. I dig the umbrella. Also, do you have any guidelines for making those cone antenna's? i.e. length, creflective materials etc.

Let's assume you're located within a really strong area of a footprint and the weather is superb. Would it be possible to just point the LNB at the satellite and receive enough quality to watch tv? I have a setup with a 30 cm dish and the signal is strong. Could I just do away with the dish...

Hi guys, I live in the lower Caribbean and I'm interested in any Dutch language channel. I know of BVN which is available on Satmex 6 and AMC 4. However, I know that there's more, because my local cable company somehow gets hold of three additional channels called Nederland 1, 2 and 3. I don't...

drBoyd, Right, I should have remembered that from math class. Indeed I'm going to lose AMC4 altogether once the switch to SES1 is made. I'm all out of that new footprint.

Zip rain over here. Maybe we're neighbors. Anyways, I'll check it out tomorrow.

Guys I just got lucky fiddling with the both symbol rate and frequency settings. I got a weak signal but still. Thanks for all your input!

I guess I'll give it a shot tomorrow. My equipment is so so. Your plane jane $10 LNB from China so nothing special there. I'm just curious if I can get a lock on. In any case, is it possible to couple two smaller dishes to achieve the effect of one big dish? Just a crazy idea.

Lak7, Unfortunately, I'm out of G16's footprint.

I happen to live in a location that is covered by the outer ring of AMC4 Ku band. My recommended dish size is 130cm, according to satbeams.com. Now I happen to have a 80 cm offset dish. Is it pointless to look for a transponder on this bird or might I get lucky? In general, how much margin is...

Thanks to y'all for your advice. I'll be looking out for a decent LNB or two.

To torbosat and Updatelee, My locations is just off the coast of Venezuela. I'm located in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. I'll do some frq tweaking tomorrow to see if I can get a lock on a low S/R transponder. If I'll be able to just catch it I'll know it's the LNB right? Is this the reason...

I also receive Satmex 6. I see some low S/R on lyngsat like 12126 V 3255. Is this a working xponder?

To B.J., Updatelee and Iceberg, Thanks. I never new that low S/R are narrow. Since my LNB's are all cheap I figure the frequency must be off. Now about that LNB. Is it so that the frequency is just off by a certain percentage or does it drift? If it's just off I guess fiddling with the freq...

Thanks Mike, Again, my problem is with the symbol rates, not the frequencies. Possibly your theory holds with the S/R as well. The dish did get some knocks in the past so it could be off just a tad. It's a possibility.

Dear brentb636, My mistake. I meant low symbol rates, not frequencies. I tried to edit the name of the thread, but apparently to no avail. Thanks for your help

Hi there, I have several FTA boxes, nothing special. A Topfield 5050i and a Showbox 500. They're set up for Galaxy 19, 97W. Vertically polarized transponders are noticeably weaker on my set than the horizontal ones. Low symbol rates (i.e. xxxx four digit) are impossible for me to receive...

Since I live in the Caribbean just off the coast of Venezuela, I can easily pick up Intelsat 805 at 55.5W. I am, however, interested in what's on the Ku band spot beam of this sat - not the C-band. Lyngsat only listst C-band info. No info whatsoever about Ku band. Just curious what's on that...

Carlospr43, I'm looking on the web for a solution to get audio on those AC3 channels. I would like to decode the audio with my pc soundcard. I don't know if it's possible. My receiver does have a spdif output, but my soundcard is just your plane-jane 1/8 phono jack input (line in and mic). I...

Carlospr43, The audio on those channels - save for Montana- is in AC3 format. You need an external decoder. Some receivers have an internal decoder. Most don't however.

Hello to all, I am fairly new to the world of FTA. I live on a tiny island in the Caribbean called Curacao. It is located just off the northern coast of Venezuela and it's the sister island of Aruba. I was wondering if any of you are located in my region and which birds are available to you...