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ccguy · June 6th, 2009

I have moved to an apartment complex that uses Dish Network. They have a couple of dishes mounted on the main building from what I can see. We are not allowed to mount a dish in the balcony. I have tried a friends FTA box but could not get a signal over 21 with 0 quality. He mentioned that I am getting a qam signal. Is there a receiver that work with my set up?

Itaintrite · June 6th, 2009

QAM is over cable, not satellite dish. If you're plugging your apt's cable tv's wire into your box, then yes, you won't get any signal or quality. You'll have to connect from the dish.

Why don't you go up to the roof? It could be that a lot of the dishes are vacant. If you've had DN sub long enough, they won't come to take the dish away when you cancel/move. If there are, it'd save you the trouble of finding a dish and installing it.

You might even be able to plug a cable into an existing dish that another tenant is using, if the LNB is twin or quad DP. You might get into trouble if they come up and check for some weird reason though

buddyjh · June 6th, 2009

....and good luck and welcome to ABA!!

SLY-CAT · June 6th, 2009

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Originally Posted by ccguy

I have moved to an apartment complex that uses Dish Network. They have a couple of dishes mounted on the main building from what I can see. We are not allowed to mount a dish in the balcony. I have tried a friends FTA box but could not get a signal over 21 with 0 quality. He mentioned that I am getting a qam signal. Is there a receiver that work with my set up?

ccguy,
Welcome to ABAdss! You should check out the information on this FCC site about your own dish on your balcony. If you are facing South.
Installing Consumer-Owned Antennas and Satellite Dishes

It may be just what you need. . . .

R.T.

painterguy14 · June 6th, 2009

Hello & Welcome to Aba!!!!! Let us know how you make out

heath j arnold · June 6th, 2009

may you didnt set the settings correct like lnb and tp

cdo_care · June 6th, 2009

And welcome to ABAdss.

bat01 · June 7th, 2009

I they provide DishNet to the apts. They prolly process and redistribute the channels in to a cable type that allows the residents to watch TV without a box. If that is the case your are SOL.

They tell you you cant mount a dish to the structure, how bout setting up a dish on a tripod or cheaper, get a 5 gallon plastic bucket and stick a pipe in some Sackcrete. If you are allow a potted plaint on your balcony why not a potted dish?

RICKSBEACH · June 7th, 2009

and put a bag over it

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Originally Posted by bat01

I they provide DishNet to the apts. They prolly process and redistribute the channels in to a cable type that allows the residents to watch TV without a box. If that is the case your are SOL.

They tell you you cant mount a dish to the structure, how bout setting up a dish on a tripod or cheaper, get a 5 gallon plastic bucket and stick a pipe in some Sackcrete. If you are allow a potted plaint on your balcony why not a potted dish?

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ccguy FTA Newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1 Credits: 16.10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	shared dish in apartment complex I have moved to an apartment complex that uses Dish Network. They have a couple of dishes mounted on the main building from what I can see. We are not allowed to mount a dish in the balcony. I have tried a friends FTA box but could not get a signal over 21 with 0 quality. He mentioned that I am getting a qam signal. Is there a receiver that work with my set up?

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Itaintrite Expert Site Helper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 3,396 Credits: 3,813.75 Thanks: 939 Thanked 2,923 Times in 1,146 Posts	Re: shared dish in apartment complex QAM is over cable, not satellite dish. If you're plugging your apt's cable tv's wire into your box, then yes, you won't get any signal or quality. You'll have to connect from the dish. Why don't you go up to the roof? It could be that a lot of the dishes are vacant. If you've had DN sub long enough, they won't come to take the dish away when you cancel/move. If there are, it'd save you the trouble of finding a dish and installing it. You might even be able to plug a cable into an existing dish that another tenant is using, if the LNB is twin or quad DP. You might get into trouble if they come up and check for some weird reason though __________________ Testing: Sonicview Elite w/iHub, KBOX K1 Plus w/KHUB, Neosat iPro2000+. Retired: CNX Mini, CaptiveWorks 800PVR. NEVAR: NFusion Nova clone (in closet heh) Oh, and please do not PM me unless you've PMed me to ask permission to! Old addiction: http://tonyhomo.mybrute.com/

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bat01 Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 689 Credits: 5,951.70 Thanks: 65 Thanked 628 Times in 442 Posts	Re: shared dish in apartment complex I they provide DishNet to the apts. They prolly process and redistribute the channels in to a cable type that allows the residents to watch TV without a box. If that is the case your are SOL. They tell you you cant mount a dish to the structure, how bout setting up a dish on a tripod or cheaper, get a 5 gallon plastic bucket and stick a pipe in some Sackcrete. If you are allow a potted plaint on your balcony why not a potted dish?

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