A LITTLE TO KNOW ABOUT SATELLITE RECEIVING.

I AM RATHER DISAPPOINTED THAT MAJOR SATELLITE COMPANIES DO NOT GIVE YOU C BAND OR EVEN MPEG-2 AS AN OPTION OF A HOME ENTERTAINMENT. NO! THEY JUST JACK UP THE PRICE TO CABLE LEVEL AND GIVE YOU 130 CHANNELS AND ACT LIKE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO ENJOY IT. PERSONALLY I DON'T WANT TO BE A SLAVE TO BASIC NETWORK PROGRAMMING. THAT'S WHY I HATE DISH, DIRECT TV, AND CABLE AT THE LEAST IF YOU ARE NOT TECHNICALLY INCLINED AND WANT TO WATCH OVER 250 CHANNELS GET 4DTV FROM MOTOROLA GO TO WWW.SKYVISION.COM FOR MORE INFO. REMEMBER 4DTV REQUIRES A 5 FOOT OR BIGGER DISH IT IS ON C BAND AND IS SUBSCRIPTION IT IS NOT FTA MPEG-2. BUT IT IS BETTER THAN DISH OR DIRECT TV WHICH GIVES YOU A 18 INCH DISH AND A CHEAP RECEIVER THAT CAN ONLY RECEIVE 150 CHANNELS AT THE MOST. REMEMBER MPEG-2 FTA IS ALL FREE!!! I GOT MY FIRST SET UP FOR $230.00 IT INCLUDED THE RECEIVER, DISH, LNB, 120 FT OF RG-6 COAX AND SIGNAL METER!  

MORE TO KNOW ABOUT SATELLITE WATCHING

FIRST THERE IS THE DISH. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF DISHES A FTA (FREE TO AIR) WATCHER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IN ORDER TO WATCH BOTH C AND KU BAND SATELLITES. YOUR AVERAGE KU BAND DISH IS ABOUT 75 TO 90 CENTIMETERS WIDE, I PERSONALLY HAVE A HOTDISH 75. THERE ARE 4 FT WIDE KU DISHES THEY ARE USUALLY USED IN ALASKA AND CANADA, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA TO HAVE ONE IN ILLINOIS, BUT DISH TRY ALIGNING IT WITH A SHAKY HAND. THEN THERE IS THE C BAND DISH. AH, YES! THE OLD C BAND, YOU REMEMBER  THOSE 8 FT WIDE DISHES IN PEOPLES YARDS ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, WELL YOU CAN GET THESE DISHES FOR FREE NOW BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE UGLY, THE AVERAGE C BAND DISH SIZE FOR ILLINOIS IS OVER 5 FT WIDE!!! A BRAND NEW C BAND DISH WILL COST ABOUT 400 BUCKS!!! THAT'S WHY YOU GET ONE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY ARE UGLY, (TRUST ME) THEY PRETTY MUCH GIVE THEM AWAY. YOU CAN GET A NEW KU BAND DISH FOR  ABOUT 80-90 DOLLARS OR YOU CAN USE A DIRECT TV DISH AND YOU CAN GET THOSE NEW FOR ABOUT 5 TO 10 DOLLARS. (NOT INCLUDING YOUR LNBF) NOW HOWEVER YOUR C-BAND DISH IS A BIT DIFFERENT SUCH AS, A NEW 8.5 C-BAND DISH WILL COST ABOUT $400.00. AND A NEW ANALOG C/KU BAND RECEIVER WILL COST BETWEEN $150.00 - $400.00. A NEW 15 DEGREE C-BAND LNB AND FEED HORN WILL COST ABOUT $130.00. SO TO GET SET UP ON C-BAND WILL COST ABOUT $700.00 UNLESS YOU GO FOR USED EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS NOT A BAD IDEA. I WENT USED FOR C-BAND AND GOT SET UP ON C-BAND FOR $25.00! 

L - BAND 900 - 2400 MHz

S - BAND 2.4 - 3 GHz

C - BAND IS FROM 3-5 GHz >

X - BAND IS FROM 8-10 GHz<

KU - BAND IS FROM 10-13 GHz>

IN AMERICA C BAND HAS MORE TO OFFER FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE. G11 OR GALAXY 11 IS A GREAT SATELLITE TO WATCH. A COOL THING ABOUT MPEG-2 IS THAT YOU CAN WATCH LIVE NEWS BACKHAULS IT IS ALL LIVE AND UNCENSORED. KU BAND IS AIMED MORE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE EASTERN AND ASIAN VIEWERS, JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING ON T5 OR TELSTAR 5. MY SATELLITE DISH IS CURRENTLY POINTED AT TELSTAR 6 AND RECEIVING FOX NEWS CHANNEL AND BLOOMBERG TV WITH PERFECT DIGITAL QUALITY! PEOPLE WHO ARE INTO MPEG-2 RECEIVING CALL SATELLITES "BIRDS". ONE THING TO KNOW WHEN WATCHING DIGITAL BIRDS, IS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT TRANSPONDERS ON THE SATELLITES POLARIZATION, AND SYMBOL RATES FOR INDIVIDUAL CHANNELS. IF YOU EVER CONSIDER GETTING A MPEG-2 SET YOU BETTER GET A MOTOR ON YOUR DISH!!! TRUST ME I LEARNED THE HARD WAY. IMAGINE IT IS -10 DEGREES OUT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WIND BLOWS YOUR DISH AND MOVES IT (TRUST ME MOVING YOUR DISH A SINGLE CENTIMETER COULD EFFECT EVERYTHING) WELL ANYWAYS YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND GET YOUR SIGNAL METER OUT AND GO OUT TO THE DISH AND REALIGN IT. (TRUST ME IT'S A REAL PAIN! )

LNBF'S, FEED HORNS AND IF

DON'T FORGET YOUR LNBF!!! YOUR LNBF MAKES OR BREAKS YOUR SYSTEM. CURRENTLY I HAVE A DMS ATLANTA 10.750 GHz LNBF FOR MY SATWORK 3688 WHICH BY THE WAY HAS BLIND SCAN WHICH WILL AUTOMATICALLY SEARCH SYMBOL RATE OR SR AND FINDS FREQUENCY. THIS IS GREAT TO HAVE WHEN WATCHING LIVE NEWS BACKHAULS, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LNBF AND A LNB. A LNBF HAS THE FEED HORN WHICH ACTS LIKE THE ANTENNA  AND A LNB IS JUST BASICALLY A DOWN CONVERTER AND A LOW NOISE SIGNAL AMPLIFIER WHICH TAKES THAT 10 GHz OR 5 GHz SIGNAL AND DOWN CONVERTS THAT TO 900MHz - 2.5 GHz. NO CIVILIAN RECEIVER CAN DIRECTLY RECEIVE A 10 GHz SIGNAL, THAT IS WHY THE LNB CONVERTS THAT TO THE L BAND 900 MHz - 2.5 GHz  IF YOU BUY A SIMPLE LNB YOU NEED TO BUY A FEED HORN FOR ETHER A KU OR C BAND OR YOU CAN GET A DUAL BAND LNBF PACK. YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER POLARITY YOUR LNBF ALREADY HAS A SERVO MOTOR IN IT TO CHANGE THE POLARITY AND IS POWERED BY THE RECEIVER WHICH SUPPLIES 13 TO 18 VOLTS OF POWER TO THE LNBF. I AM REALLY ENJOYING MPEG-2 WHICH BY THE WAY  IS MORE FUN SETTING IT UP THAN ACTUALLY  WATCHING THE ULTRA CLEAR DIGITAL PICTURE!!!

MY 3 FOOT KU BAND DISH 10.750 GHz

MY 8.5 FOOT C BAND DISH

SOME SITES TO VISIT FOR MORE INFO.

• WWW.SKYVISION.COM

• WWW.LYNGSAT.COM

• WWW.MPEG2FTA.COM

• WWW.DMSIUSA.COM

• WWW.SCIATL.COM

• WWW.SATCODX7.COM

• WWW.DAVESWEBSHOP.COM 

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• MY FTA MPEG-2 RECEIVER THE SATWORK 3688

• AND A HOT DISH 75 KU DISH. 

Satwork ST3688                                    

Satwork ST3688 "The most powerful small receiver on the market" 

The first receiver allow for blind search by satellite. This one does it all.  

RECEIVES 900MHz - 2.5GHz IF

RECEIVES C BAND 3000-5000 MHz - KU BAND 10000-13000 MHz

IF OUTPUT TO ANALOG OR DIGITAL RECEIVER    

SERVO AND ROTOR CONTROL 12 VOLT - DISQ 2.0 CONTROL

DVB - DIGITAL TV AND RADIO MODE 

4000 CHANNELS 

DIGITAL SIGNAL METERS ON BOARD

FULL SKY SCANNER OPERATION WHICH AUTOMATICALLY FINDS CHANNELS, FREQUENCY, AND DIGITAL SYMBOL RATES!

FULL PLUG AND PLAY OPERATION