Select your wanted satellite orbit position in the box above. Put your mouse arrow at your site location and double click or just drag the map. The map display will move so that the selected point is in the centre. The latitude and longitude of the centre of the map is then shown below the map, together with your satellite dish pointing azimuth, elevation and skew angles. To refine [...]
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Omegasat Complete System Buy More, Save More Qty Price/pc 1-4 $129.99 5-9 Contact Us Great for reception of Free To Air (FTA) channels on most Ku band satellite anywhere within North America. Makes a great Galaxy 19, AMC 4, & Galaxy 3C satellite system. - These quality offset satellite dishes will give you the highest reception possible in the industry. Use either the WS [...]
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This is where it’s vital to understand exactly what’s involved before you take on that charming old rectory, or a quirky water mill. To become listed, a building must satisfy various criteria. Grade II denotes structures of “special interest, ” Grade II* “more than special interest, ” and Grade I “exceptional interest.” Of 500, listed buildings in total, 92 per cent are Grade II [...]
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For only $5 No cable box necessary-uses ``RFtechnology to capture signals right out of the air! Brings in every local VHF and UHF channel from 2 to 83! No wiring or installation! Works like ordinary pair of ``rabbit ears ! You pay NO cable fees because you re NOT getting cable You pay NO satellite fees because you DON T use satellite signals GUARANTEED TO FIRST 10, WHO RESPOND [...]
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This description applies to linear polarisation with names: Horizontal and Vertical. Prior to attempting to point the dish at the satellite you need to pre-set the polarisation. The polarisation refers the axial rotation of the feed horn/LNB/BUC assembly at the front of the dish. There will be some kind of clamp around the feed throat which may be loosened sufficiently to allow [...]
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So you re having some reception problems with your satellite dish. The LNB, or low-noise block converter, is the part of the satellite dish which receives the satellite signal, converts it and sends it down to your television across your coaxial cable. In order to receive a good signal, the LNB must be pointed in a specific direction, usually south. With the dish out in the elements [...]
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Building a satellite dish and receiver is easier than ever. Many companies would rather have you rent the equipment and pay an installer to come and put in your system. However, modern satellite systems can be installed with a few tools in addition to the equipment that can be purchased from mainstream manufacturers. While some electronics aficionados may wish to build their own [...]
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In today’s ever-changing world, portable earth stations continue to gain popularity among satellite users. Whether for news crews, emergency aid workers, troops or businesses/institutions needing fast on-the-ground connectivity, portable earth stations are a logical, speedy solution. Not surprisingly, satellite equipment manufacturers are capitalizing on this demand by offering [...]
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I am DISH customer for past 8 months. I subscribed because I had received good reviews about their service from a friend. Well, you only find out how good a company is when you run into a real problem. Unfortunately that experience has left me frustrated, almost in disbelief. The problem has been plaguing us for last few months. We have been consistently getting pay-per-view movies [...]
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Concentrated solar power has the potential to generate immense amounts of energy — but it can also be amazingly destructive. American student Eric Jacqmain has assembled over 5, 800 mirrors into his own parabolic ‘solar Death Ray’, which can reportedly melt through metal and concrete – hit the jump to see it in action! Jacqmain created his ‘solar ray’ from a normal satellite dish [...]
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The following data displays the leading subscription-based TV providers in the United States, sorted by the number of subscribers at the end of Q3 2015. The top pay-TV providers listed below sum to 94.0 million subscribers. 48.8 million cable subscribers, 33.5 million satellite subscribers, and 11.7 fiber subscribers. The big losers in customer satisfaction ratings are Comcast and [...]
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The biggest new-product news at last week s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was the unveiling of the first compact home satellite TV programming system, due on the market this spring. It s RCA s DSS (Direct Satellite Service), in which the signal is beamed from a satellite directly to a receiver dish attached to your home. This isn t one of those big unwieldy receiver dishes [...]
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Normally $99 – On Special for $89 for a limited time only This is the latest Access Antennas Caravan RV 80cm satellite dish with removable arm. Designed by Australians – made for the harsh Australian conditions. Has the same gain as the 85cm dish as the bottom and tops parts of the dish which are not used for reflecting signal have been removed. The factory in Taiwan is one of the [...]
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The Norsat Satellite Locator is the easiest way to locate geostationary satellites on your mobile phone wherever you are. Just open the Satellite Finder app and point your screen at the sky to view a spatially accurate arc of satellites overlaid on your viewer. You can even customize the color of the satellite arc for easy viewing in different weather conditions. Use this app to [...]
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