Sat TV Equipment ... Trash it or Keep it?

SlGlNT · #1 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 10:36 PM

While helping a neighbor do some fall cleaning I came across this setup. So what should I do with it? Trash it or use it? If I were to use it, what would it be good for? Other than pay tv.

fmon · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 10:49 PM

Looks like a multi sat Directv antenna. Should pick up Sat 99, 101, 103, 110 and 119.

tonyclark · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 11:04 PM

You can sell most of it on Ebay

prcguy · #4 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 12:02 AM

You have a DirecTV World Direct dish for International or ethnic programming like French, Vietnamese, Polish, Russian, etc.

The LNBF with the round feed is a standard old DirecTV 101deg orbital slot unit and probably worthless. However, the LNBF with the oval shape feed is compatible with lots of Ku band free-to-air stuff which you can get with a fairly inexpensive receiver. The only drawback is the feed is only one polarity and most FTA dishes will do both polarities via control voltage from the receiver.

The dish is a 66cm size and also good for amateur microwave experiments or can be fixed up for WiFi with the proper feed.

The Zinwell 6 X 8 wide band multiswitch is a great unit and cost about $40 new. If you were near LA, CA I would offer you maybe $25 for both items.
prcguy

SlGlNT · #5 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by prcguy

You have a DirecTV World Direct dish for International or ethnic programming like French, Vietnamese, Polish, Russian, etc.

The LNBF with the round feed is a standard old DirecTV 101deg orbital slot unit and probably worthless. However, the LNBF with the oval shape feed is compatible with lots of Ku band free-to-air stuff which you can get with a fairly inexpensive receiver. The only drawback is the feed is only one polarity and most FTA dishes will do both polarities via control voltage from the receiver.

The dish is a 66cm size and also good for amateur microwave experiments or can be fixed up for WiFi with the proper feed.

The Zinwell 6 X 8 wide band multiswitch is a great unit and cost about $40 new. If you were near LA, CA I would offer you maybe $25 for both items.
prcguy

Its funny that you posted the amateur microwave experiments. I was just reading about some projects. Also the free-to-air sounds really interesting especially since I don't get NASA-TV. Is there a certain receiver you would recommend?

IowaBrian · #6 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 06:07 AM

check out rick's wild feed forum and his web store or satellite guys forum for all the FTA info you would ever need.

prcguy · #7 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 11:45 AM

I think NASA TV is only on C-band and your dish is Ku but you might want to search that out before tossing the dish.

I have a couple of older FTA receivers and am not up on current models, even though I work in the Satellite industry I don't fiddle with receivers much these days. I would look for one that scans the transponder and gives you a program guide of everything on that transponder. That's much easier than entering all the parameters manually.
prcguy

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Originally Posted by SlGlNT

Its funny that you posted the amateur microwave experiments. I was just reading about some projects. Also the free-to-air sounds really interesting especially since I don't get NASA-TV. Is there a certain receiver you would recommend?

IowaBrian · #8 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 07:41 PM

Nasa is also on dish i think free and pent chan if you want military is out there on another sat
go to the "The List" in the Sat Guys website SatelliteGuys.US - TheList this will tell you what is where. Here is Rick's site it will tell you where the games are Ricks Satellite Wildfeed and Backhaul Forum

FTA scanning is just like police scanners just have to know where to look and have the equipment to pick it up, they other thing that is the same is the price you can pay a little and get some stuff or pay big bucks and get the latest DBS2 422 backhauls and fronthauls from games. It is a fun hobby!

IcomTim · #9 (**permalink**) 10-07-2009, 01:25 PM

I've had no problem craigslisting old directv stuff. Its best to unload them locally because its usually too much to ship the dish.

Luis_C · #10 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by IowaBrian

FTA scanning is just like police scanners just have to know where to look and have the equipment to pick it up, they other thing that is the same is the price you can pay a little and get some stuff or pay big bucks and get the latest DBS2 422 backhauls and fronthauls from games. It is a fun hobby!

Can you explain me this? Please.

Can't find any info on the net.

Digital Broadcast Satellite "2 422" or do you mean DBS2 and 422 backhauls and fronthauls?

Either way, I don't find informaion about a revision to the DBS standard, so I think is the second option, and by "backhaul", I understand that is the video broadcast being sent from the stadium or whateaver event to the central, then the fronthaul is what the home satellite users receive, right?

Thanks

k9rzz · #11 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 01:15 AM

I've got Music Choice running right now on my FTA satellite receiver.

Sat. G19 Galaxy 19 at 97.0°W - LyngSat

12053mhz Vertical SR,22000Msps, Audio 1655, PCR 1655

Feeding audio from sat. rcvr into stereo tuner - AWESOME. (oh, did I mention - FREE!)

I know it's listed as Nagravision encrypted ... but much of the time it is not.