getting a free BUD. need advice on lnb and receiver

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I was going to buy a pansat and fta dish but have recently discovered a
person giving away a free BUD (8 foot Echostar dish and Echostar 410
receiver ) and want to know what products I can use to receive both C and Ku
band on the same dish. It's a mesh dish so I'd think it can receive
anything with the right electronics, correct? I assume the actuator and
receiver must be compatible. I'll probably toss the receiver. What should
I use so I can see 1000's of channels???!! Is there a receiver that will
position this dish and do blind search for both C and Ku? .

I've got a pretty clear view of the southwest sky but how can I determine
what birds I can see? Is there a gps calc that will show me the birds
based on my location?

Thanks!
Eric

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cool! thanks for the info!


"rik" <pepo@pipeline.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'd say set it up as a c-band dish first -- finding the arc and
> pointing the dish. Same lnb/dish/sats. C-band is easy to
> locate compared to digital fta receiver signals.
>
> Guessing (?) it is only c-band (one lnb on the feed horn? big lnb?)
> set the dish up (that should take long enough for you to read up
> on fta receivers and find one you like at the right price). As far as
> i've read, there isn't an fta receiver that will move the dish AND
> do a blind search. (There are new ones out all the time, but i've
> only found one or the other so far). SatCruiser makes one that
> will move the dish, Fortec makes one that will do blind searches
> that are so popular. So don't trash the Echostar receiver, you'll
> probably want it for a dish mover. There are still many free feeds
> left on c-band, letting you find the sat arc (just look on
> www.lyngsat
> or
> www.satcodx
> for the free channels). Once you've found the arc,
> you can fine tune it with the fta receiver (it'll be a lot more
> pickier being digital than the old analog Echostar rcv'r.)
>
> If you have a clear view of the southwest sky, you can look on
> those sites above and decide which sats you should be able
> to locate. (once you get the dish set up and find the sat at due
> south -- find a channel and trace it back to its sat). Then look
> at the sat charts on lyngsat and you'll be able to see which
> sats are left or right of that one.
>
> A maybe here -- if you get the sat on its pole, usually dishes were
> left on a sat when they were last used .... before changing
> the old settings spin it around (on the pole) with your rcv'r tuned
> to a "free" c-band channel, try several channels during each
> little move of the dish, you should get a pic somewhere, even
> if its full of sparkles just now. Trace the channel to what sat you're
> aimed at. The dish should already be on/close to the arc.
> If luck's with you, you'll find a pic somewhere -- and then you'll
> have the sat "set". Tighten the collar bolts and see if the programmed
> rcv'r can move to the next sat with a free channel showing. This has
> worked for me -- and saved a lot of time doing the complete new
> installation.
>
> Just some advice, do what you want! I've just found it really hard
> to find sats with an fta receiver first. C-band (since you have the
> whole setup) will let you find the arc of satellites easier.
>
> When you try for the ku band -- then you'll want to
> do a complete setup cuz that band needs near perfection.
>
> rik
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:52:40 GMT, "Eric" <nomail@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I was going to buy a pansat and fta dish but have recently discovered a
>>person giving away a free BUD (8 foot Echostar dish and Echostar 410
>>receiver ) and want to know what products I can use to receive both C and
>>Ku
>>band on the same dish. It's a mesh dish so I'd think it can receive
>>anything with the right electronics, correct? I assume the actuator and
>>receiver must be compatible. I'll probably toss the receiver. What
>>should
>>I use so I can see 1000's of channels???!! Is there a receiver that will
>>position this dish and do blind search for both C and Ku? .
>>
>>I've got a pretty clear view of the southwest sky but how can I determine
>>what birds I can see? Is there a gps calc that will show me the birds
>>based on my location?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>Eric
>>
>