Newbie FTA New Install

[spt0007]

I am in the process of getting into the FTA game. I just moved into a new
house in a new subdivision, that prohibits any dishes larger than 30 inches.
I had a C-band system at my old house, with a general instruments reciever,
with the videocypher plus module. C-band was pretty simple. I had a dual c/ku feedhorn, the polarizer motor which, switched from horiz to vert polarity.
I aimed my dish at the clark belt & was able to move from sat to sat, with no
problems. I recieved all of the sats, as I had a horizon-to horizon mount & motor.
Now, from what I have been reading on the internet, FTA recievers can recieve in the clear dish network programming, canadian, and much other
programming. FTA uses something called circular polarization. Are the FTA
signals all digital, no analog???. I have been looking at many recievers, and
there is one called the ultrastar 4000, that claims to be compatable with all
types of signals & formats. When using an FTA setup, are you always pointed
to a single bird ??, or is there dish moving equipment for the small dishes???.
A guy I work with had directv at his house, but then switched to cable, and
gave me an oval dish with a triple gun lnb on it. can this be used with an FTA
reciever???. If not, what type of dish is the hot setup for FTA.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[PSB]

Hello and welcome to SatelliteGuys.US!
There are indeed digital and analog on KU, a DVB receiver and an analog receiver have to be used with a KU antenna and LNBF.
There is a motor that most of us here used called the SG2100 and it can take up to a 1.2m dish, when used with a DiSEqC 1.2/USALS receiver the dish will move from satellite to satellite after setup and installation.
A Phase III (DirecTV) dish can be used but you will only be getting the use of the one LNB, see the below link what you can get with a similar 18" dish.

I recommend the FortecStar Lifetime Ultra system with the SG2100 motor, it comes with a KU LNBF and 75 or 90cm dish.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=35638


SG2100
http://www.dmsiusa.com/sg2100.htm

What you can get with a DBS(18") dish (or Phase III)
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=25452

 

[tdti1]

I am in the process of getting into the FTA game. I just moved into a new
house in a new subdivision, that prohibits any dishes larger than 30 inches.
I had a C-band system at my old house, with a general instruments reciever,
with the videocypher plus module. C-band was pretty simple. I had a dual c/ku feedhorn, the polarizer motor which, switched from horiz to vert polarity.
I aimed my dish at the clark belt & was able to move from sat to sat, with no
problems. I recieved all of the sats, as I had a horizon-to horizon mount & motor.
Now, from what I have been reading on the internet, FTA recievers can recieve in the clear dish network programming, canadian, and much other
programming. FTA uses something called circular polarization. Are the FTA
signals all digital, no analog???. I have been looking at many recievers, and
there is one called the ultrastar 4000, that claims to be compatable with all
types of signals & formats. When using an FTA setup, are you always pointed
to a single bird ??, or is there dish moving equipment for the small dishes???.
A guy I work with had directv at his house, but then switched to cable, and
gave me an oval dish with a triple gun lnb on it. can this be used with an FTA
reciever???. If not, what type of dish is the hot setup for FTA.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

To bad you had to leave the BUD you will not be able to get everything you would have got with the bud but there is still lots on ku-band. I don't no what I'd do without my BUD I would go nuts

 

[spt0007]

OK, so from what I have read on the links in your reply, is that some FTA signals are
H & V, and some are circular L & R. Is there a dish/dual lnb combination designed to work with both types of signals??. And as for the dish mover I saw, am I to understand
that the coax from the lnb also provides the power to move the dish. How does the
reciever & dish mover communicate its position???.

 

[PSB]

Yes one cable does it all! The LNBF that works for both linier and circular polarization is not available until March as far as I know. The systems usually comes with a linier LNBF and you could use a small dish (18") right now for the DBS(circular) channels.
Some members also just zip tie a DBS LNB to the side of the KU LNBF, that works with a 2/1 DiSEqC switch.



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