If you purchase the $69.99 CBAND Deal from WSI, post your set up here

[KRLOS]

....mine has been working pretty good with C and Ku band with a bsc-621U, I wiil show some pictures later.

[kg9rb2002]

Doug,
Since this dish didnt come with an assembly manual but only a parts layout, where did you put the support arms . On which screw did you install it. bottom, next, middle, etc. I installed mine at the next screw bolt from the bottom one. Is this correct?Any info will help.
also the bracket that angles with the dish is that where you obtained your elevation readings

thanks,
kg9rb2002

[bennsat]

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<P>Free-To-Air (FTA) is a television or radio broadcast, which is unencrypted. Mostly free-to-air programs are multilingual, no translation as specified earlier. Free to air is a technology that transmits satellite signals, which people may receive without need of registration. Mostly, free-to-air channels are broadcasted from worldwide sources and from small producers. FTA satellite programs are transmitted using large satellite dishes C-band or Ku Band, small satellite dishes and you will need a rotor, however, to receive more than one satellite channel. Free-To-Air Satellite Source offers satellite technology for free-to-air TV, and FTA receivers. <BR><BR>This type of programming is satellite signals that are broadcast through out the world that requires no subscription fee from the broadcasters to bring in the channels that operate in this manner. To support the channels by advertising or donations and government bodies to keep them free. Some of the new channels may be planning to charge subscription fees in the future days but they are free now and these channels are not encrypted so they can be received with no need for unscrambling. This type of programming is mainly often MPEG-2 which means Motion Picture Experts Group-2. It is a standard in which the signal is compressed to aid in the transmission. HDTV and DVD use this same compression and are of a very high quality. Most of these transmissions are in the Ku Band frequency range. The Ku band operates between 12 Ghz (Gigahertz) and 14 GHz that permits today’s smaller dishes from 18 inches to 31 inches in diameter. Before the C band the Ku band was the first developed for satellite television, which operated between 3.4 Ghz and 7 Ghz. The first dishes required to pick up these early signals were 20 to 30 feet wide.<BR><BR>The equipment required for this is a receiver and dish that is dedicated only to picking up the free to air signals. If there are other paid programming channels desired a separate dish and receiver is utilized to pick up paid programming such as Dish Network or Direct TV. A computer can also be customized with a PCI card to pick up the FTA signals turning it into the receiver. This PCI card available requires the computer to be a Pentium 500 and have Windows 98SE or higher installed. The reason you can’t use Direct TV or Dish Network dishes and receivers to pick up FTA channels at the same time on the same system is, Free To Air channels are weaker and require a minimum of a 30” dish and they use a different LNB or LNBF device in the dish itself. Paid channel dishes are normally 18 inches to 20 inches. The receivers are also different and paid channel receivers can’t pick up the FTA channels. An LNBF is a Low Noise Block with an integrated feedhorn. After the signal is bounced off the dish it goes into the LNBF that amplifies the signal. Dual LNBF is for two television sets, For the FTA setup you should decide if you want a stationary dish or a motorized one. The motorized one will allow you to pick up many satellites giving maximum amount of channels.<BR></P></DIV>
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Free-To-Air (FTA) is a television or radio broadcast, which is unencrypted. Mostly free-to-air programs are multilingual, no translation as specified earlier. Free to air is a technology that transmits satellite signals, which people may receive without need of registration. Mostly, free-to-air channels are broadcasted from worldwide sources and from small producers. FTA satellite programs are transmitted using large satellite dishes C-band or Ku Band, small satellite dishes and you will need a rotor, however, to receive more than one satellite channel. Free-To-Air Satellite Source offers satellite technology


for free-to-air TV, and FTA receivers.

This type of programming is satellite signals that are broadcast through out the world that requires no subscription fee from the broadcasters to bring in the channels that operate in this manner. To support the channels by advertising or donations and government bodies to keep them free. Some of the new channels may be planning to charge subscription fees in the future days but they are free now and these channels are not encrypted so they can be received with no need for unscrambling. This type of programming is mainly often MPEG-2 which means Motion Picture Experts Group-2. It is a standard in which the signal is compressed to aid in the transmission. HDTV and DVD use this same compression and are of a very high quality. Most of these transmissions are in the Ku Band frequency range. The Ku band operates between 12 Ghz (Gigahertz) and 14 GHz that permits today’s smaller dishes from 18 inches to 31 inches in diameter. Before the C band the Ku band was the first developed for satellite television, which operated between 3.4 Ghz and 7 Ghz. The first dishes required to pick up these early signals were 20 to 30 feet wide.

The equipment required for this is a receiver and dish that is dedicated only to picking up the free to air signals. If there are other paid programming channels desired a separate dish and receiver is utilized to pick up paid programming such as Dish Network or Direct TV. A computer can also be customized with a PCI card to pick up the FTA signals turning it into the receiver. This PCI card available requires the computer to be a Pentium 500 and have Windows 98SE or higher installed. The reason you can’t use Direct TV or Dish Network dishes and receivers to pick up FTA channels at the same time on the same system is, Free To Air channels are weaker and require a minimum of a 30” dish and they use a different LNB or LNBF device in the dish itself. Paid channel dishes are normally 18 inches to 20 inches. The receivers are also different and paid channel receivers can’t pick up the FTA channels. An LNBF is a Low Noise Block with an integrated feedhorn. After the signal is bounced off the dish it goes into the LNBF that amplifies the signal. Dual LNBF is for two television sets, For the FTA setup you should decide if you want a stationary dish or a motorized one. The motorized one will allow you to pick up many satellites giving maximum amount of channels.




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[raiderjoe]

I got to be honest and not sugar coat this.....when I recieved the 185cm prime focus dish I was surprised that no good instructions came with it.All I had in front of me was an exploded view of its installation which was very poor.There are no posts here as to a good installation manual.On top of that when I recieved the actuator and the positioner,more confusing it got.Im taking my time figuring that I need a certain type of pole for the dish and that I will need a ground/burial cables for the positioner and so forth.Im detailing everything I have purchased and its installation,and will make a basic detailed manual and post it with pictures on here.That way we do it yourself members wont have extra parts left and wonder where do they go.Cause il tell you,most pple would have given up.If any members or moderators have any other instructions for the polar mount,please add to this.THANKS IN ADVANCE.

[Rainman]

Yeah instructions really stinks anymore it's because they are trying to accommodate so many different languages. so a detailed installation manual would be appreciated by a lot of people.

[raiderjoe]

Yes I see that point but what if the sender(say the company which we order it from ,mostly from the USA)inserted a copy in the box.Any ways il have one ready in a few weeks.Again thanks Rainman.

[raiderjoe]

with this 185cm prime focus will I be able to recieve 99 west?im in the North Carolina area.

[Rainman]

should work fine on 99 w you may have some problems on dvb s-2 and 8psk channels they usually require a large dish 10 ft or bigger.

[raiderjoe]

finally got it running with powermax and v-box lots of sats and great signal all above 70%...will give updates soon.

[Rainman]

Glad to here you got it going enjoy.