Have you guys had any luck with the HD channels on FTA? What receivers are you using? Have you tried the PC cards for this purpose?
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 10:09 PM Subject: [TVRO] Re: Expand the view > AMC3,AT 87 degrees has several PBS stations,many with AC3 audio.My > favorite is Montana PBS.I've never downloaded the AC audio fix for my > Traxxis 3500,but Montana PBS is regular audio. > G18(G10R) has several channels,with older tv programming.Google RTN > (Retro Television Network),to get a better idea.Also there are several > spanish stations,a couple of religious,and a couple of science and > health channels.Been a while since I scanned it,so could be more by now. > 73,David > >> >> What do you watch on those 2 satellites? >> AMC3 G10R ? >> >> David Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> I live in central Texas and have a 30" Fortec dish.It works >> great for AMC3 and G10R,in fair weather,but loses the signals >> in heavy rain.My 48" dish holds up much better,but can pixelate >> at times in very heavy rain.I would go for a 36",at the least. >> Also G10R,has just been replaced with G18,and has stronger signals. >> Hope this helps. >> David >> >> > >> > I'd go for 30" or larger. The shipping gets expensive as you approach >> > 36"+. A 48" would probably be approaching overkill. Bigger is better >> > for the tight spacing sats, especially G10R with 121 (Echo 9) blaring >> > in next door. Here in the west I've done G10R just fine with a 26x36 >> > Primestar Oval dish. >> > >> > Shawn >> > >> > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Richard A. Keirstead >> > <rkeirstead@> wrote: >> > > I'd like to use my FTA receiver to take a peak at Ku on satellite >> AMC 3 >> > > (87 degrees West) and Galaxy 10R (123 degrees West). Any hope I > can do >> > > this with an 18 to 20" dish? If not, does anyone have a suggestion >> what >> > > size dish I should try? I am in North Carolina, USA. My largest >> dish is >> > > 8', but is C band only at this point. Suggestions, please. Budget >> is tight. >> > > >> > > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > MPEG2 Charts and Info: http://www.global-cm.net/mpeg2central.html > -----------------------------------------------------------------Yahoo! > Groups Links > > >
