Recent content by Capn Trips

Thank you. The one I know for sure is Hotbird, since that is what the dish is currently receiving. I understand the issue better now. I simply presumed the challenge was merely "seeing" the satellites, but the real issue is the signal strength of the sat transmission to my location. I kind'a...

Sirius 2 and Amos 2 are the satellites of interest.

I'm trying to target 3 satellites with one dish. They are 13E Hotbird for AFN, and 5E Sirius and 4W Amos for specific foreign channels. I have a 23" x 28" oval dish. A possible alternative for AFN is 1W. It seems to me that the 13E-5E-4W spread might be too much for that small of a dish...

Since there seems to be quite a few knowledgeable folks here, I'll ask a perhaps simpleton question about SA 9234s. I know that SA has to "authorize" a PowerVu IRD to receive AFN broadcasts (as mine currently is). The US Armed Forces Exchange System advertises this as if ONLY the SA boxes...

Lovely offer, I suppose - I know nothing of the technomate 5000 - but I certainly wish to retain my AFN. I just plan to SUPPLEMENT (not REPLACE) with Amos2 and Sirius2 coverage for Ukrainian FTA TV. I'm slowly getting up to speed on what I really need, and I expect that for £110-£130 I can get...

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that 3 dishes would not be popular with the neighbors. :rolleyes: I've pretty much narrowed down my options. (1) I'll keep the Sky DISH (at 28.2E) with its triple LNB feeding my SKY+ and 2'nd Sky boxes separate since that bird appears to be farthest off the beaten path...

I really appreciate all of the help and advice. If I understand correctly, under YOUR proposal, I need to buy (1) a new dish (a fancy toroidal one), (2) a bunch of new LNBs to connect my existing recievers in addition to (3) a NEW receiver with DiseqC capability. Under my FIRST idea, I'd...

So, I would have to buy and install a motor, a standalone controller of some sort (with the attendant challenges of pointing it at the right spot every time I move it), and every time I want to switch satellites, I'd have to go into the 9234's setup menu and change everything.:-Guill I also...

I have an SA 9234 (PowerVu receiver) I'm using in the UK to receive AFN broadcasts on Hotbird (13E). I am also interested in receiving several FTA satellite channels off of the Amos 2 and Sirius 2 satellites (4E and 4W). Can the SA 9234 receive these channels? ..if so, is there a way to...