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    Question about FTA HD at 9E

    I can confirm that what the two channels broadcast is completely different. Unless maybe it's time shifted by a few hours?
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    Question about FTA HD at 9E

    Hi, I just got myself a Comag HD receiver and I noticed that there are two FTV HD channels at 9E. The picture quality of both is absolutely stunning. However, I was wondering why they broadcast different content. Is one meant for one market and the other for a different market? The one at...
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    Just bought a Comag SL 100HD

    Hello, Today, I bought an SL 100HD and I wanted to share a few quick pointers about it. -The software is very fast compared to my Echostar 3000IP. -Even though this is not advertized, it received full HD channels in DVB-S2 and 8PSK. -The picture quality of HD channels at 9E is absolutely...
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    Echostar 3000ip not booting up

    Hi, I've had this nice 3000ip by echostar for more than one year now and all of a sudden it won't boot up :-( Basically all I get when I try to power it on is the led segments spinning in a circle. It doesn't even show the software version when I disconnect it and connect it back to the outlet...
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    My Irte 180cm is finally working

    Yeah, I've finally finished installing it. I didn't spend a lot of time to make it track a perfect arc. I have a 2 axis HH motor so I can always adjust a little bit at the end of the arc (I believe that the LNB skew changes, though....does it change a lot?). I live in Rome, Italy and I can...
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    HH motor - where can I buy one?

    I watch 15W a lot cuz of the NBC feeds
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    I've finally received my 180cm Irte dish!

    ok, I've drilled the holes and all should be fine. I was wondering, what if instead of using my corrotor I get a Ku C120 unversal lnb? I already have the feed (which is nothing but a piece of metal). would the lnb alone work or would I need a magnetic polarizator? thanks Ps I know that this...
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    I've finally received my 180cm Irte dish!

    Yay! I've finally received it. Last night I assembled all the 6 petals together and I have to say that after all the petals make up a quite solid strucrutre when put together. Now I got tow problems,though: 1) The holes do NOT match with the hole on the 1224el adapting plate :((( I got a...
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    How much should a 180cm dish cost?

    I've received the nice 1224EL with two axis. The dish is on its way (Irte). I paid E234 for the motor and E443 for the dish (shipped). The motor looks pretty solid and well made. I'll let you know :P
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    Grass Hopper

    lol, in my life I've soldered stuff way 'worse' than that
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    Just written a simple program

    Today I had some spare time and I wrote the dish aiming proggie you can find at the link below. It's a stupid consolle application but you can put there as many (well, double precision) deciaml digits as you want. I wrote the program to besically test the equations. I'm gonna use them in an...
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    How much should a 180cm dish cost?

    I had never heard about removing the 90 degrees elbow but that sounds as a good idea! I've never put together a corotor as I bought mine used. anyway, I got a california amplifier .7b Ku band lnb....is it any good? should I simply take off the elbow and put there the LNB? how should I secure...
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    How much should a 180cm dish cost?

    actually the Irte it quite light: 21.5kg + the HH motor (22kg) + 1.4kg for the corotor=45kg which is much less than like 90kg of the 3mt KTi. I'm glad that I might be pleasantly surprised :D also, if the other dishes are as heavy as you say, I really think I'm getting an Irte (maybe the...
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    How much should a 180cm dish cost?

    ok, so now I'm wating for datasat.de to reply for the motor. He said thet it coms with several adapting plates (prime focus online, though). Besides I read at an italian website that it's compatible with Irte dishes.....dunno about Prodelin dishes. At worst I'll make a welder make something to...
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    How much should a 180cm dish cost?

    Should I get a prodelin or any other dish: since I already have (well, not yet but pretend I do) the HH motor....it would be enough to get a dish with a fixed mount, right?
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