OK - I just had to share my excitement for an FTA install that I am going to be doing this upcoming Sunday afternoon. It has been in the works for a while and has been delayed by weather, and by me travelling for work for weeks on end, but this weekend the install is finally going to happen.
This Sunday I am going out to install, absolutely free, an FTA setup for a family in need. Their 3 year old girl has a brain tumor and she has been battling the cancerous tumor for the past 2 years. The family has spent all of their money (and most likely also money that they didn't have) on travel expenses for chemo treatments, so their monthly budget for tv is $0. They have been watching tv for the past 2 years via rabbit ears, which in my area doesn't get you much. (3, possibly 4 channels such as - A-Channel London, CBC, CFMT and TVO). This weekend, they are going to be introduced to Galaxy 18 (and in 6 to 8 weeks time AMC 21).
I want to publicly thank Iceberg for donating a Fortec receiver and diseqc switches, and I also want to thank phlatwound for donating money which was used to purchase coax cable, a couple small power bars a Sonic Voom AC3 decoder, and an RF modulator that will combine the video from the Fortec receiver with the audio from the Sonic Voom AC3 decoder. I am donating my 31" Alphastar dish, and a Satpros receiver so that the parents can have tv in their room at night, or at least watch shows that are different than the kids are watching.
They are very excited to be able to watch the RTN networks, ABC and FOX. (and after PBS moves to AMC21, they are looking forward to the PBS feeds). My plan is to try get both Galaxy 18 and AMC21 on the same reflector. If I am unable to somehow get both birds on 1 dish, then I'll just get another 31 to 33 inch dish and install it beside the first dish. Iceberg had a suggestion of getting a SuperDISH LNB which has stacked FSS LNBs inside to pull in 123 and 125 on the same reflector - I'm going to investigate the possibility of doing that before I drill more holes into the side of their rental house to put up the 2nd dish.
(Hey Sadoun and SatelliteAV - have you ever looked at the possibility of fashioning some sort of 2 degree stacked LNB setup? After PBS moves to 125, I think that it could be quite popular for people to want 123/125 on a single reflector
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Anyways, thanks to all who had PM'd me with suggestions back earlier this year with suggestions on how to get dishes and equipment. What ended up working out was just the generosity of individuals.
This Sunday I am going out to install, absolutely free, an FTA setup for a family in need. Their 3 year old girl has a brain tumor and she has been battling the cancerous tumor for the past 2 years. The family has spent all of their money (and most likely also money that they didn't have) on travel expenses for chemo treatments, so their monthly budget for tv is $0. They have been watching tv for the past 2 years via rabbit ears, which in my area doesn't get you much. (3, possibly 4 channels such as - A-Channel London, CBC, CFMT and TVO). This weekend, they are going to be introduced to Galaxy 18 (and in 6 to 8 weeks time AMC 21).
I want to publicly thank Iceberg for donating a Fortec receiver and diseqc switches, and I also want to thank phlatwound for donating money which was used to purchase coax cable, a couple small power bars a Sonic Voom AC3 decoder, and an RF modulator that will combine the video from the Fortec receiver with the audio from the Sonic Voom AC3 decoder. I am donating my 31" Alphastar dish, and a Satpros receiver so that the parents can have tv in their room at night, or at least watch shows that are different than the kids are watching.
They are very excited to be able to watch the RTN networks, ABC and FOX. (and after PBS moves to AMC21, they are looking forward to the PBS feeds). My plan is to try get both Galaxy 18 and AMC21 on the same reflector. If I am unable to somehow get both birds on 1 dish, then I'll just get another 31 to 33 inch dish and install it beside the first dish. Iceberg had a suggestion of getting a SuperDISH LNB which has stacked FSS LNBs inside to pull in 123 and 125 on the same reflector - I'm going to investigate the possibility of doing that before I drill more holes into the side of their rental house to put up the 2nd dish.
(Hey Sadoun and SatelliteAV - have you ever looked at the possibility of fashioning some sort of 2 degree stacked LNB setup? After PBS moves to 125, I think that it could be quite popular for people to want 123/125 on a single reflector
)Anyways, thanks to all who had PM'd me with suggestions back earlier this year with suggestions on how to get dishes and equipment. What ended up working out was just the generosity of individuals.
