crazy canadian newb

[Mr Tony]

Iceberg,

Is there any way I can pick up the CBC on the BUD and the Satwork?

CBC encrypted all their feeds to 4:2:2

CTV has 3 feeds on 4100 V 28346 digital on Anik F1 (107.3)

 

[Cascade]

Cleaning out my truck!

That's where he keeps his Haggis stash.

 

[Mr Tony]

Cleaning out my truck!

bout time you do that

Could you help our new Canuck friend out?

 

[brotherhood]

hi

being so far can i still get the rtpi channel

 

[Mr Tony]

you should be able to.....you might need a larger antenna. Maybe a 1.0 or 1.2 meter

 

[brotherhood]

going to try

well ill give it a try
thank you people for your time

 

[Mr Tony]

The EIRP for your location is between 38 & 40
Where I am it is 48

You'd probably be looking at a 1.2m dish

You might want to e-mail Phillippe at www.kusat.com He might have more info on what dish would work for that

 

[brotherhood]

lnb?

the best lnb to use?
thank you

 

[Mr Tony]

any LNB would work...the lower the number (.5, .6) the better

 

[brotherhood]

sorry but

the best lnb to use with Winegard 1m DBS Satellite Dish?
what is globecast?

 

[Mr Tony]

Globecast is a company that sells internatinal programming for a subscription. Most of these channels are on IA5 at 97.

 

[brotherhood]

hi

do i need to buy a H2H DISH MOTOR ROTOR ?
the best lnb to use with Winegard 1m DBS Satellite Dish
sorry for being a pain in the a**s

 

[PSB]

No need for a motor if you only plan on pointing at one satellite!
The 1 meter dish is great but remember they are OVERSIZED items and cost extra to ship!

 

[TuxCoder]

The horizon to horizon (H2H) motor is strongly suggested to allow you to easily tune to any satellite to which you have line of sight. They are harder to setup sometimes though.

As for LNBs, what Iceberg said. To elaborate, you're looking for one that calls itself a "standard Ku [band] LNB". Universals will also work but the setup is slightly more complicated, and they need special signal meters (if you're gonna use one), and from what I hear there really isn't much out there that takes advantage of the extra frequency band. Also the numbers Iceberg is talking about are the noise factor. Look for the lowest noise factor.

 

[Mr Tony]

No need for a motor if you only plan on pointing at one satellite!
The 1 meter dish is great but remember they are OVERSIZED items and cost extra to ship!

Pete
He's 750 kilometers North from Winnipeg. I think the 1 meter will be what he needs, unless that signal is strong up there

 

[PSB]

I think if the system is for your parents to watch RTPI a fixed dish will work just fine, if however you do decide to motorize make sure the receiver is DiSEqC 1.2 compatible, sorry for the bloviating : )

 

[TuxCoder]

bloviating

A new word for me! Turns out, that's just what I do a lot of the time. I'll have to remember to use that word next time I commit bloviation.

 

[brotherhood]

hi

will a PANSAT 2500A DIGITAL RECEIVER WITH 241/2 INCHES DISH WITH LNB work (was on ebay)?

 

[TuxCoder]

No, sounds like it means 24.5 inches which is only 62cm. Up there where you are a 1m dish would probably be best. Even in more southern areas a 30 inch (76cm) dish is recommended.

 

[Mr Tony]

30" (76cm for the metric bunch) is a minimum for FTA stuff
1 m is recemmended