Help with first time Big Dish owner

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On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:24:45 GMT, "Ben" <none@none.moc> wrote:

>HI,
>I just picked up my first C-Band system yesterday. The guy gave it all to me
>for free, just to get it out of his yard. This is what I got:
>
>10' dish\LNB with 1 year old turning motor.
>General Instrument Innovation 450i
>Motorola 4Dtv DSR905
>and one big steel pole (very rusty)
>
>He tells me that everything worked perfectly before his wife disconected it.
>
>All the caballing had been cut to shreds by his wife. I mean even the
>cables coming off the back of the units were sniped at about 3". Luckily not
>the power cords.
>
>How do I know if what I have includes Ku-Band and how many conductor cable
>do I need to buy to run between the dish and my units inside? I have seen
>RG6 cable , 5 conductor C-Band cable and 6 conductor satellite cable.
>
>Hope this is the right NG,
>~Ben
>
>
You will get better answers at rec.video.satellite.tvro.
Cables needed, get the 6 conductor typebundle of cables.
It should have two RG-6 for the c and Ku LNBs,
To 16 gage wires for the motor power, (in one cable)
motor position sensor and return(in one cable),
Polarisation power and sensor wires (in one cable).
To know if you have C and Ku band look at the feed
horn, if there two lnbs, one smaller than the other
then it should have both.
A good straight pole is essential for a big dish in
order to track the Satellite arc precisely.

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"Ben" <none@none.moc> wrote in message news:<15aMc.60$Nu4.55@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...
> HI,
> I just picked up my first C-Band system yesterday. The guy gave it all to me
> for free, just to get it out of his yard. This is what I got:
>
> 10' dish\LNB with 1 year old turning motor.
> General Instrument Innovation 450i
> Motorola 4Dtv DSR905
> and one big steel pole (very rusty)
>
> He tells me that everything worked perfectly before his wife disconected it.
>
> All the caballing had been cut to shreds by his wife. I mean even the
> cables coming off the back of the units were sniped at about 3". Luckily not
> the power cords.
>
> How do I know if what I have includes Ku-Band and how many conductor cable
> do I need to buy to run between the dish and my units inside? I have seen
> RG6 cable , 5 conductor C-Band cable and 6 conductor satellite cable.
>
> Hope this is the right NG,
> ~Ben

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