If you want a satellite different from Arabsat (BADR) at 26 deg east select the satellite you want to point towards using the pull down menu box at the lower right. The Arabsat (BADR) at 26 deg east orbit longitude is just an example. Put your grab hand shaped mouse cursor near your location, hold the left mouse down and drag to the centre of the map. Alternatively double click [...]
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A common choice is to install a wood 4x4 in the ground, often without concrete, and attaching a J-mast to the wood post. Aside from looking ugly, a wood post can twist as the wood seasons over time. Wood may warp season to season as the climate changes. Mounting a dish to a wood post in the ground may require an adjustment of the dish to compensate for the movement of the wood [...]
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A splitter divides a satellite singal in two. Thinkstock/Comstock/Getty Images A splitter in the cable from a satellite dish divides the signal into two parts to connect to two receivers. However the signal in each direction loses more than half its power. An additional splitter will cut the signal power in half again. Multiple splitters may reduce the signal to such a low power [...]
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The first step in evaluating your current dish condition is to see if the dish reflector is bent or sagging. One method is to stretch two pieces of string, separated by 90 degree angles, across the diameter of the dish. Make sure the strings are tight and intersect near the center of the dish. If the dish is not bent the strings should touch at the intersection point. Another method [...]
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NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Ever click through all 700 HD channels on your cable or satellite service channel lineup only to announce, Nothing s on with a long sigh? Maybe you subscribe to a streaming service such as Netflix, Hulu Plus or Amazon Prime to get more shows when you want them, but you also want to see them on your big TV screen. Or maybe you want to cut the cable cord [...]
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High-definition televisions have come from the realm of early-adopting home theater enthusiasts into the average consumer market. Early HDTV sets cost thousands of dollars, but today stores sell some models for less than $300. However, buying an HDTV is just the first step in accessing HD programming. Consumers still need an HD media source to take full advantage of their new television [...]
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Some folk wisdom tells us that a cheap way to keep snow off your dish is to spray it thoroughly with a garden hose. In fact, this does sometimes work. Water from the hose is warmer than the outside temperature, so even if the water feels cold to the touch, it will melt snow falling on the dish. So, is this a good way to make sure that you can enjoy uninterrupted viewing in the winter [...]
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Primesat P14MOT 1.4m prime focus motorised dish. At last a high gain high quality prime focus dish. In the early days of satellite most dishes were prime focus. These days most dishes are offset. This is two ways of doing the same job but prime focus dishes point upwards and look purposeful. From the appearance point of view they are usually the enthusiast s favorite. This one is [...]
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A satellite dish is used to pick up TV signal beamed to you from space via satellite; it then sends this signal to your satellite receiver via the antenna cable for decoding. Live TV signals for FreeviewPlus® and Freeview Satellite® are transmitted from the Optus D1 satellite. We recommend a minimum dish size of 60cm with a single 11.300 GHz LO Frequency LNB. If you re using a satellite [...]
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The WiNRADiO WSS-420 Weather Satellite System is a complete and fully integrated hardware/software system for capturing and processing data streams from polar orbiting satellites in real time. The system supports HRPT data streams with 5 multi-spectral channels from NOAA satellites and CHRPT data with 10 channels from the Feng Yun-1D satellite. Data is available immediately after [...]
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Many of us have satellite service with DirecTV or Dish Network and use a portable dish. A common problem is placing the stand in a position where you can receive a signal and securing it so the wind won t tip it over. We need a lightweight, rugged and sturdy stand that we can easily transport and store. And let s not forget that we need to make sure it is level, find North and point [...]
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Download the self-installation guide from the DIRECTV website. You may need a software program such as Adobe Reader to view the file. Follow national and local guidelines for installing your dish. There may be requirements or codes that restrict the size of your satellite dish or how high you can mount it. DIRECTV offers 6 satellites in sizes from a round 18-inch (45 cm) dish to [...]
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Recent Job Requests for Repair or Service a Satellite Dish System Contractors in Denver, Colorado: Project Location: Denver, CO 80234 Date: 06/2016 Is this an emergency?: No Description of Problems: Other System Installer: Professionally installed when purchased How many dishes or receivers do you have?: 1 Request Stage: Planning & Budgeting Desired Completion Date: 1 [...]
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Satellite TV dishes – they can be as common-place as mailboxes and chimneys. According to the Satellite Industry Association, there are approximately 200 million subscribers worldwide. And with each subscriber is a satellite dish of which the responsibility for disposal lies with the subscriber says the industry. As a result of lack of information many satellite TV dishes end up [...]
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The world s largest single-dish radio telescope is hanging precariously after one of its cables almost snapped Arecibo Observatory, located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, was seriously damaged when an earthquake hit January 13 The fierce trembling nearly spliced one of the cables supporting the reflector platform that hovers 450 ft in the air It will take some time to fully repair The [...]
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How to fit a SATFI satellite TV dome to a caravan, campervan or motorhome. SATFI is a UK specific fully automatic dome which provides digital satellite TV & radio (from both standard definition SD & high definition HD broadcasts) throughout UK & Eire. it is dedicated to Astra 2 at 28E and is programmed with the latest transponders from the recent satellite [...]
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