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• Photos from the project...
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  I'll upload some more photos of the project to my Flickr stream. If you want the crazy "7 Sat Tree" here's the link.
  
  http://flickr.com/photos/gadge/44572478/
  
  Let me know if you guys get into this and find it interesting!

  Posted by GadgetGuy on February 07, 2006 at 09:33:46 Pacific Time

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  you know what honestly? I love your entire setup! I looked on ebay, they just don't sell the Primestar dishes anymore. I saw some recievers from primestar though. Is there an alternative solution to get the job done?

  Posted by Devillords on March 13, 2007 at 18:52:13 Pacific Time

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  Posted by satelite on March 31, 2007 at 23:56:22 Pacific Time

• Legal an Free Digital Satellite TV
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  The article recommends using a Primestar, DirecPC or DIRECWAY antenna.
  Could a 18" DirecTV satellite dish Made by RCA or DIRECTV 18" x 20" Triple LNB Multi-Satellite Dish (DSA20MA) be used for this project?

  Posted by rsierzant on February 24, 2006 at 08:10:10 Pacific Time

• Legal an Free Digital Satellite TV
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  You can pull in a few in the clear signals from the Dish/DirecTV circular polarity antennas. The best feeds are on Dish Network as they push SOME of the music channels and NASA TV in the clear. The worst are the feeds from their preview and help channels.
  You really need a Primestar dish since that uses Horizontal/Veritcal polarity - which is what is used on the Free to Air birds.

  Posted by GadgetGuy on March 16, 2006 at 14:47:23 Pacific Time

• Legal an Free Digital Satellite TV
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  IS ANY WAY OF HAVE WHID DISH NETWORK OR DIRECTV RECEIVERS WHID 2 DISH UNE ON 101 109 110 AND ANOTHER ON 119 AND 121 SATS PLEASE
  OF RECEIVE THE FREE BAND KU IN THE SATELLITES
  

  Posted by TUGA734 on December 09, 2006 at 18:31:16 Pacific Time

• Legal an Free Digital Satellite TV
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  Yes. Legal and Free Check out the free channels here: <href="http://www.wsidigital.com">
  

  Posted by robbyd on December 26, 2007 at 09:07:38 Pacific Time

• Legal an Free Digital Satellite TV
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  legal and Free go to www.wsidigital.com
  

  Posted by robbyd on December 26, 2007 at 09:08:48 Pacific Time

• Other Satellites
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  I am also interested in other possible satellites that could be used but I am unable to find more information on it. Anyone who can provide me with more information, I should be in your debt.

  Posted by freekmastr on February 26, 2006 at 15:10:48 Pacific Time

• DirecTV Dishes...
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  DirecTV dishes use circular polarity (left and right) so you can only pick up feeds from their birds. Most everything is encrypted, but you can pick up NASA and some music channels (NOT Sirius though) on Dish Network. Use the same Lyngsat site listed in the story to look up channels in the clear on their birds for the listing. Note that it is sparse and could be encrypted at any moment, so you are really better off with the Free To Air (FTA) horizontal/veritcal birds.

  Posted by GadgetGuy on February 27, 2006 at 09:33:39 Pacific Time

• DirecTV Dishes...
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  So is there anything I can use a DirectTV Dish/Reciever for without a subscription?
  
  Can you modify the dish to pick up FTA signals?

  Posted by hugejon on May 24, 2006 at 12:51:58 Pacific Time

• DirecTV Dishes...
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  Posted by donkruz on March 12, 2007 at 17:41:51 Pacific Time

• DirecTV Dishes...
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  old direc tv dish useful for anything?

  Posted by dustinthewind on April 02, 2007 at 21:58:09 Pacific Time

• DirecTV Dishes...
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  Posted by masunda on October 05, 2007 at 10:40:21 Pacific Time

• DirecTV Dishes...
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  is my old direc receiver or dish useable?

  Posted by dustinthewind on April 02, 2007 at 22:01:35 Pacific Time

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  Posted by toneykk on August 03, 2008 at 19:53:46 Pacific Time

• lightning protectrion?
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  A few yeas ago I had a satellite dish and receiver (cost several hundred dollars) with which I picked up Chinese-language broadcasts, but it stopped working after a thunder storm. Apparently one of the components in the system was fried by lightning. Since then, I've been afraid to mess with satellite TV equipment until I learn how to protect it from lightning.
  
  I was disappointed that your article did not address the lightning issue. I can see readers repeating my experience, of getting everything set up and working, and then losing it all in the next big storm.

  Posted by baker@fsu on February 28, 2006 at 04:11:26 Pacific Time

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  You should always protect everything from lightning. I am wearing a tin-foil hat now to protect myself. Seriously, though, I use filters inside the house on power, network and COAX. If I added all of this into the story it'd be 2X the length. :)

  Posted by GadgetGuy on March 16, 2006 at 14:48:58 Pacific Time

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  Mike over at the great site FTAList.com reminded me of yet another site that has more listings of FTA channels that I had not been to in years! Check out http://www.global-cm.net/MPEGlistKuBandUS.html for another list of Ku feeds that are in the clear!

  Posted by GadgetGuy on March 17, 2006 at 14:05:23 Pacific Time

• primestar lnb
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  Your article does not explain how to tell your receiver to select between 14 and 18 volts. I have a Pansat 2500a. Is an RCA 4 way multi switch acceptable?
  

  Posted by pcv on May 11, 2006 at 17:40:12 Pacific Time

• primestar lnb
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  The polarity is chosen by the voltage or H/V settings on your receiver. It's interchangable; but different receivers use different methods. The Lyngsat site gives you the polarity has H or V and you'll need to convert that to whatever your receiver looks for.
  
  An RCA 4 way from DirecTV works fine. Just use one output on the bottom (4 ports) and connect the satellite feeds to the top.

  Posted by GadgetGuy on July 04, 2006 at 09:33:02 Pacific Time

• DIRECT TV DISH & L.N.B.
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  I am actively interested in overcoming the $600/yr I am currently paying for DIRECT TV.
  The current blog seems to say I can attach coax from a FTA Receiver directly to my DIRECT TV DISH. Is that accurate? What must be done to "tune" the dish to the appropriate satellite. I understand there are licensing fees for services such as the BBC. Where can I learn the amount of these fees?

  Posted by karlderspinnt on October 14, 2007 at 11:44:39 Pacific Time

• DIRECT TV DISH & L.N.B.
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  Posted by thern on October 28, 2007 at 18:15:24 Pacific Time

• Which do you need
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  Do you need a KU LNB or a C LNB for this project?
  
  will the products on this page work? If so what is it that makes the one product better than another? Is there a site or mailing list that has an archive that I could read about this on?
  http://www.dmsiusa.com/products.htm#lnbf
  
  

  Posted by convictus on June 21, 2006 at 17:44:21 Pacific Time

• Which do you need
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  It depends on what you want to pick up from the Lyngsat channel list. Remember that Ku is more powerful, so you can use a smaller (Primestar) antenna and C requires a large mesh dish.
  
  As for mailing lists, you can find sites that give info on wild-feeds and Yahoo groups on the subject. Check the comments here for other sites than Lyngsat, mentioned in the story.

  Posted by GadgetGuy on July 04, 2006 at 09:34:37 Pacific Time

• DirecTV Updgrade?
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  What about modifying a DirecTV dish with a new Ku band LNBF? Seems like it should work with a little creativity.

  Posted by ScottJW on April 28, 2007 at 09:54:42 Pacific Time

• Direct TV dish
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  While it may be great to use a primestar dish I could find more parts for direct tv. Because in the Northwest there are not a large amount of prime star equipment to find. Does anyone know how to rework a Direct tv dish? Please!

  Posted by Makedo on March 20, 2008 at 12:38:39 Pacific Time

• Direct TV dish
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  get bin

  Posted by toneykk on August 03, 2008 at 19:54:54 Pacific Time