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October 27th, 2008
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what to point at?
i have a dish 500 currently pointing to 110 and 119. i now have an extra dish 500 and a dish 300(i think, it has 1 lnb). with these to extra sats... what should i point them to?
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
what size dish is the 300 is it same size as the 500
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
same size... i think... im not sure, i left it at my friends house after i took it down and i brought the 500. does the size limit the birds? i have a direct dish mounted that im going to take down... should i just replace the lnbs?
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
which direct dish
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
it has 3 lnb heads... looks kinda funky
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
does it look like this

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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
yes, it does.
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
leave the dish up and take off that lnb
and get a linear lnb and point at 123w for true fta
there are some good old stuff that comes on there and new stuff
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
also could take either the dish 300 or 500 and point to bev on 91w
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
thats galaxy 10r? is there a channel list somewhere? or should i just wait and see what goodies are on there?
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
go to lyngsat.com and you can look at it
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
if you have HD, pick up 82 while your at it. otherwise, 91 is great!
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October 27th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
bev is probable not a good sat to point at right at this time do to n3 i would try different sat for now and see what happens.
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November 14th, 2008
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Re: what to point at?
with bev down... besides 123w... what can i point at (besides 110 and 119)?
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November 14th, 2008
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