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Posted by idow8ss@yahoo.com on 12/09/05 01:46
Thank you for your knowledge. I will first try to get a signal strength
tester before going to a 39" dish.
Pseud O. Nym wrote:
> "idow8ss@yahoo.com" <idow8ss@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:bpPlf.1379$ph.260@read2.cgocable.net:
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> I have not checked recently, but there were a few FTA channels on the
> Dish Network satellite located at 119-degrees. The NASA channel was one
> and there was a religious channel and a bunch of audio-only music
> channels which were freely available.
>
> They should be receivable with an 18-inch dish but in order to receive
> them you need to use a circularly polarized LNB such as the ones used by
> Dish Network or DirecTV. I once had a setup that I could receive them
> with, but I no longer have a circularly polarized LNB installed. I have
> the LNB setting on a shelf and my plans are to re-install it someday when
> I get some free time.
>
> Good Luck in your efforts.
>
> PON
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> ++++
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>
>>So with an 18" dish I can't receive any FTA signals pretty much. Is
>>there any dish I can point to to get some FTA signal on an 18" dish?
>>
>>Pseud O. Nym wrote:
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>>>"idow8ss@yahoo.com" <idow8ss@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>>news:%i6lf.831$eo.156 @read1.cgocable.net:
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>>>
>>>
>>>>I am hopeing to get SatCom C3
>>>
>>>
>>>+++++
>>>
>>>According to Lyngsat, Satcom-C3 (AMC 11) is C-band only so it is
>>>highly unlikely that you will receive anything from it using an 18"
>>>dish.
>>>
>>>In fact an 18" dish is actually too small for FTA use although you
>>>may get one of the stronger signals.
>>>
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>>
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