satellite stuff was so cool back in the day. I had multiple dishes on the roof and loved playing around with them in the 90s. It was kind of the internet of the day, a window out to crazy foreign tv channels etc. we were at the same latitude as you guys so big dishes needed :-)
I’ve collected several Shaw Direct and Star Choice dishes. I use them to get 125 W, 87 W, and 97 W. I’ve also pulled in 123 W, 101, 99 W, and 115 W with them. Robbie, you’re right about not getting all the transponders with elliptical dishes. But still I can reliably receive many PBS stations, Newssource feeds, and most of the stuff on G-19. I ordered a 39” dish I’m hoping to pull in 103 W with. Thanks Robbie 👍
You would have great fun here in Morocco where we have an enormous range of East-West satellites. Grocery stores sells the dishes , receivers , lnbs, cables and fittings for about $40 all in ,and every kid over 9 knows how to get the English (American) channels . I have had dishes of 3.5 meters for UK TV but the slightest wind will move it off. I don't bring the receiver and TV out . My trick is to sit inside the house by the set-up and slowly pull the the dish with a long clothes-line through the window until I get the signal.
Nice vid! For some reason I tried getting free tv channels with an old directv satellite dish and I got 46 channels in total. Also the only channels that were interesting were FOX, ABC and PBS
HOWdy R-S Can I utilize any of my old RECEIVERS that I used to use to PIRATE DISH NETWORK / DirecTV ? the ViewSat comes to mind ... They seemed to be able to AIM my 39" Antenna but I'm rusty on their capability & function or even their BRAND Names any more COOP ...
This is the first time I've heard about this...would it be possible to use say a Koqit K1 hooked up to the TV in my shop and add MY Dish network satellite that is hooked up to my house? If this is a stupid question I'm sorry. Don't know enough about this. Thanks
glad i found this video, i was about to get a Winegard Carryout MP1, or a DISH Playmaker and replace the LNA but it seems like i should get a better dish
@@RobbieStrike Thanks for responding! also what's the difference between solid dish and grid reflectors in antennas? I saw The Thought emporiums video called "My Other Camera is in Space" where he connects to GOES-15,16,17 and Himawari 8 HRIT and gets images from space, could i use a solid dish for that? or are wire and solid dishes the same?
A lot of people have re used primestar dish's for #FreeSatelliteTV KU band. In Canada there is lots of unused Shaw Dish's Good for Galaxy 19, 87 95, 97, 99, 103, and 123west - PBS channels!
@@RobbieStrike cool idea. I see them once in a while if I'm traveling on country roads. Most of them have been scraped by now in surbrban areas. Is the lnb linear on PrimeStar? I'd imagine it would only be good for aiming at one bird not motorized. I'd like to maybe try something but don't have room for a large or multiple dishes.
@@RobbieStrike I did a little looking on the net. Seems PrimeStar was mid power ku band so maybe the whole thing would work. I'm going to see if I can find one.
Hello ottawaoctane. I also have this hobby about satellite TV especially FTA. I am watching your channel because I am curious about FTA Satellite TV in North America which a little different than Europe Let me tell you, here in Europe we use Ku band (10.75 - 12.75 GHz) for both Pay TV and FTA TV. C-Band is mostly for communication, not important unless you are passionate about telecommunication. Here a 38 up to 60 cm dish are used mostly for camping. It works good but not that good with two satellites HotBird 13E and Astra 19E (these two are high power Ku satellites). A 60 cm is much better for camping than a smaller one, gets all the channels from these two but you loose some channels when it starts raining, and also some other high power satellites. For fixed position the 80-90 cm dishes are best for both pay TV and FTA, they are not so affected by rain. But if you want to receive more FTA channels you need an 100-120 cm dish, it can receive weak satellites. I recommend mesh satellite dish, mine is a 100 cm mesh dish , a USALS motor and a high gain universal Ku LNB, and a FTA DVB-S2 receiver. I receive all satellites from 30W Hispasat to 60E Intellsat from my position. Here most of the satellite dishes use universal LNBs. Also there are twin LNBs used to receive two satellites with a single dish (the dish must be at least 80 cm, the 90 cm performs better) The distance can be 3 degrees 4.3 or 6 degrees (maximum). Even in this case I recommend two LNB's and a switch for a better signal. A full Ku satellite TV equipment is affordable for most of the people if you compare to a C-Band satellite TV equipment.The Ka band is for satellite internet
Same here. Interesting thing that Canada/Usa and also Russia and some other countries use C-Band. I have been in this hobby since 2000/2001. I got an analog tuner that time used it to Astra 19 and Hotbird 13. Switched to digital sometime 2005 when I got an smartcard to receive these nordic pay channels. There is a lot fta channels from baltic but mostly Ukranian. I had cable and there they had in 90s an Russian channel "Horizont". And what I can see it was really strong sattelite here in Scandinavia. I saw an old documentary in swedish from 80s about sattelite tv. But this explains a lot that if there is another standard of the LNB. I can in my receiver set in Cirkular Left Cirkular Right. But here in Europe we use Horizontal Vertical. Im very glad we have these FTA channels. Most of them are in 19E and in German language! The 28.8 sattelite are really interesting too, but too weak when they use the UK footprint 😢 Is it possible to receive some Russian sattelites in Canada? Is it possible to receive 1 west Thor in Canada? Why I ask is that 19E 13E are central europe. Thor is footprinted to nordic and also Iceland. People in central europe have difficult to receive 1w. Somebody here from Iceland? Can you receive Canada/Usa?
I just read you could convert circlear dish or dss lnb to linear ku by removing teflon out of throat of lnb.i also heard that years ago back in the 80s I could add teflon to a c band dish to the lnb to convert to circlear to get channels from south America.it might be possible to convert dish reciever to fta if you could find a way to lower the frequencys to 17500 since dish net frequencys are higher than fta.Higher frequencys smaller dish ku,lower frequencys bigger dish c band,same way with antenna,vhf tv lower frequency bigger antenna,uhf higher frequency smaller antenna.
Can a DirecTV slimline satellite dish work for free satellite C-band tv to get more channels? I also have a dish network dish but since you said that the dish is too small to use it should be better to use a DirecTV dish. What would you recommend?
There's a link in this video description with a eBay dish that you can get it would probably work the best for free to Air KU Band. Just one of those things where you need a slightly bigger dish and it will perform a lot better for the free satellite TV channels
You actually can use a directv or dish satellite dish for free satellite tv you just need the tuner and to aim it correctly. I recycled my dish network satellite to get free tv.
i heard a directr tv satelite dish with an fta reciever -works well how many free to air still avaiable ? what about metv retro tv rewind tv heros icon still free ??
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I have 2 unused dish network dishes installed by dish, pointed in the same direction, one on the ground, the other on the roof, Im seeing people buying a 40$ antenna from Walmart an installing it on the arm of the dish and there getting 84 crystal clear channels. Isn't that worth a try?
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You can try. But it will be hard to get the settings right I would try a dish like this first. KU Band Dish Motor and LNB - 39" MOTORIZED ROTARY SATELLITE DISH + SG2100 MOTOR + FTA FREE TO AIR LNB 33 36 39 Dish, Motor and LNB ebay.us/1kZB5B
3:09 otawaoctane I have one those freesat v8 finder bt01 it uses bluetooth on your cellphone you download dvb finder app you can program satellites i found way bring defected one v8 finder bt01 just use CAIG DeOxit d5 spray it would bring back to life they use this stuff in cb and ham radios they making this stuff for 60years.
A DirecTV world direct dish will work for 97 west satellite for fta thy have a liner lnb I bought the dish and it worked for 97 west and a few other satellite I couldn't get 125 west
That's good to know yes I heard that the DirecTV World dish will work. But I wasn't sure if just the standard DirecTV dish would work or do they have circular lmbs just like Dish Network
The problem with dishes smaller then 90cm is the amount of signal you can receive. I’ve repurposed 5 or 6 dishes and while I’ve made as small as a dish 500 work it just doesn’t pick up that much, usually only the stronger signals. The best dishes I’ve found to repurpose are the hugesnet internet dishes because they are quite large and beefy. But again they don’t perform as well as a 90cm or larger dish. Also the further north (Or south if you live south of the equator) you are the harder it is to receive signals with a smaller dish. The other thing to realize is that sure there are tons of channels on KU but most English stations aren’t that great, if you have a c-band dish there is far more to watch making a transition from pay tv easier. Also the advice about a cheap receiver is good advice as there is a learning curve. While I have a meter I find taking a small tv and a receiver with known good channels better because it’s easier to find then peak channels. This is a personal preference. If I had a meter that did video it might be different. Also starting with a minimum of a 90cm dish is advise able as well leaving small dish experimentation for after you understand how to aim a dish. Personally we use c and Ku as well as an Ota antenna mixed with Netflix and amazon prime saving us a huge amount of money over what we used to pay. Lots of good stuff to watch it’s just relearning what you can watch and where. It’s not identical to the current pay programming. It’s also a lot of fun!
For a while I used a 18 inch dish for 72 west satellite for the nbc mux before thy moved to 103 west satellite I had a bracket for a ku lnb to work but when I would get snow on the dish or heavy rain it would go out
You can put a dish lnb on fta reciever and you might get a few channels channels mabe dish 101 preview channel and dish 500 channel,not worth the trouble.but you can't use a linear lnb a on a dish net reciever to get fta channels because you cant manually change the frequencys down to fta range unless you found a way to lower the frequency.
yes you can use the cable it is Probably RG6 coax! Look at the ends if you can where the LNB attaches. Make sure water ha-sent got in and rusted it out! You will see rust
I had drill my 2007 directv oval dish make 5 way lnb i have done it with two satellites pick up at same time back in 2017 and 2018 the older oval dish works work better i got 7 satellites 97west,galaxy19,87 west,103 west,galaxy 17, 99 west,skymexico1 72 west i did done 30deg weather in utah also until all way from dec 2017 to march 2018.
You can reuse them and get a couple channels that are free. But a lot of them don't do mpeg-4. I always try to tell people never buy an old satellite receiver. Use your money to buy even a cheap new one will be better off than some of those older ones that don't do mpeg-4
The reason is the dish is required to be larger. Most Americans and Canadians do not , know about FTA , have never heard of FTA , never want to hear of FTA , flat out do not care about FTA. Most Americans and Canadians are just plain stupid. I am a Handy Man here in the USA , City of Maricopa , Arizona. I am now 70 years old. I am observing for a long time that the Humans are becoming , dumber , dumber , dumber Many Humans will > Demand < that AI take over and run their lives.
Internet does not cost that much now days. www.broadbandnow.com . For me is not worth the effort , free internet via satellite. And even if you did get free internet via satellite , some one or some ones , along the line will , discover the situation and expose the situation , and there goes the free satellite internet , and then you have to do it all over again. That can add up to a lot of big bucks. Any way if for fun and to find out how , I say it is possible , however I will not research the situation and will not do the situation.
@Nordicrace 927 Dude I found a dish network receiver and have dish network satellites on my roof, can I use them if so hook me up where to find the missing pieces for FTA service. Or should I stop being cheap and by a turnkey system.
On the side of my apartment building there is an abandoned 32-34" HD Dish.. If i go and remove the 3 LNB elements and put in place my Clearstream V2 antenna will I receive more channels and a stronger signal ? Thank you. Rhode Island. #RobbieStrike Awesome channel just subscribed.
I want to help a 3rd world countries , please help me for the best I can do . please enlighten me on a serious note thank you if you can.I want to educate them as they are eager to learn ok. I believe education can be brought to them with such help,as they so crave to get out of poverty. I so want to help in those places.
Would you please consider making a video for beginners? Maybe you could start from the basics and educate people that know nothing about this topic? Explain what those terms are that you throw around. Or is your channel more for people that are already knowledgeable in of the industry?
ottawaoctane you have switch out lnb dish network lnb and directv lnb to a different ku band lnb you look for GEOSATpro UL1PLL they have pill lock it amplifier the lnb signal the geosatspro's does that way you can make dishs into way 5 lnb system.
Robbie Strike not only a boat, they also offer complete FTA dish systems! They’re reasonably priced as well so I thought you should know their name and maybe make a few future videos on them!
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Exactly right bro. The Transponders are very important. You may be able to hit the correct satellite but not all of the transponders.
satellite stuff was so cool back in the day. I had multiple dishes on the roof and loved playing around with them in the 90s. It was kind of the internet of the day, a window out to crazy foreign tv channels etc. we were at the same latitude as you guys so big dishes needed :-)
I’ve collected several Shaw Direct and Star Choice dishes. I use them to get 125 W, 87 W, and 97 W. I’ve also pulled in 123 W, 101, 99 W, and 115 W with them. Robbie, you’re right about not getting all the transponders with elliptical dishes. But still I can reliably receive many PBS stations, Newssource feeds, and most of the stuff on G-19. I ordered a 39” dish I’m hoping to pull in 103 W with. Thanks Robbie 👍
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You would have great fun here in Morocco where we have an enormous range of East-West satellites. Grocery stores sells the dishes , receivers , lnbs, cables and fittings for about $40 all in ,and every kid over 9 knows how to get the English (American) channels . I have had dishes of 3.5 meters for UK TV but the slightest wind will move it off. I don't bring the receiver and TV out . My trick is to sit inside the house by the set-up and slowly pull the the dish with a long clothes-line through the window until I get the signal.
Here in Canada it is hard to find a electronics store or Computer store that has Satellite Reception equipment!
Robbie Strike because in Canada there are only snow tundra and rennifers :)
In Poland, all antennas we had were also able to receive free to air
Nice vid! For some reason I tried getting free tv channels with an old directv satellite dish and I got 46 channels in total. Also the only channels that were interesting were FOX, ABC and PBS
I respect that you blurred your kids face out
He had to after putting on the lucha libre wrestling mask at the end. Otherwise hed get beat up at school 🤣
HOWdy R-S
Can I utilize any of my old RECEIVERS that I used to use to PIRATE DISH NETWORK / DirecTV ?
the ViewSat comes to mind ...
They seemed to be able to AIM my 39" Antenna but I'm rusty on their capability & function or even their BRAND Names any more
COOP
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my question is can you use one of the bigger HD Direct TV sat dishes with the right LNB and receiver?
This is the first time I've heard about this...would it be possible to use say a Koqit K1 hooked up to the TV in my shop and add MY Dish network satellite that is hooked up to my house? If this is a stupid question I'm sorry. Don't know enough about this. Thanks
best to use a 36 inch dish!
glad i found this video, i was about to get a Winegard Carryout MP1, or a DISH Playmaker and replace the LNA but it seems like i should get a better dish
I made the same mistake at first. Just wanted to warn others and save them a sun burn trying to get signal with the wrong type of LNB!
@@RobbieStrike Thanks for responding! also what's the difference between solid dish and grid reflectors in antennas?
I saw The Thought emporiums video called "My Other Camera is in Space" where he connects to GOES-15,16,17 and Himawari 8 HRIT and gets images from space, could i use a solid dish for that? or are wire and solid dishes the same?
The shaw direct dish looks very much like the dish they used in the US for the long defunct PrimeStar service.
A lot of people have re used primestar dish's for #FreeSatelliteTV KU band. In Canada there is lots of unused Shaw Dish's Good for Galaxy 19, 87 95, 97, 99, 103, and 123west - PBS channels!
@@RobbieStrike cool idea. I see them once in a while if I'm traveling on country roads. Most of them have been scraped by now in surbrban areas.
Is the lnb linear on PrimeStar? I'd imagine it would only be good for aiming at one bird not motorized. I'd like to maybe try something but don't have room for a large or multiple dishes.
I know the facts buddy
There has been lots of wrong information about satellite!
We are trying to figure out what your are talking about specifically?
@@RobbieStrike I did a little looking on the net. Seems PrimeStar was mid power ku band so maybe the whole thing would work. I'm going to see if I can find one.
Hello ottawaoctane. I also have this hobby about satellite TV especially FTA. I am watching your channel because I am curious about FTA Satellite TV in North America which a little different than Europe Let me tell you, here in Europe we use Ku band (10.75 - 12.75 GHz) for both Pay TV and FTA TV. C-Band is mostly for communication, not important unless you are passionate about telecommunication. Here a 38 up to 60 cm dish are used mostly for camping. It works good but not that good with two satellites HotBird 13E and Astra 19E (these two are high power Ku satellites). A 60 cm is much better for camping than a smaller one, gets all the channels from these two but you loose some channels when it starts raining, and also some other high power satellites. For fixed position the 80-90 cm dishes are best for both pay TV and FTA, they are not so affected by rain. But if you want to receive more FTA channels you need an 100-120 cm dish, it can receive weak satellites. I recommend mesh satellite dish, mine is a 100 cm mesh dish , a USALS motor and a high gain universal Ku LNB, and a FTA DVB-S2 receiver. I receive all satellites from 30W Hispasat to 60E Intellsat from my position. Here most of the satellite dishes use universal LNBs. Also there are twin LNBs used to receive two satellites with a single dish (the dish must be at least 80 cm, the 90 cm performs better) The distance can be 3 degrees 4.3 or 6 degrees (maximum). Even in this case I recommend two LNB's and a switch for a better signal. A full Ku satellite TV equipment is affordable for most of the people if you compare to a C-Band satellite TV equipment.The Ka band is for satellite internet
Same here.
Interesting thing that Canada/Usa and also Russia and some other countries use C-Band.
I have been in this hobby since 2000/2001.
I got an analog tuner that time used it to Astra 19 and Hotbird 13.
Switched to digital sometime 2005 when I got an smartcard to receive these nordic pay channels.
There is a lot fta channels from baltic but mostly Ukranian.
I had cable and there they had in 90s an Russian channel "Horizont".
And what I can see it was really strong sattelite here in Scandinavia.
I saw an old documentary in swedish from 80s about sattelite tv.
But this explains a lot that if there is another standard of the LNB.
I can in my receiver set in Cirkular Left Cirkular Right.
But here in Europe we use Horizontal Vertical.
Im very glad we have these FTA channels. Most of them are in 19E and in German language!
The 28.8 sattelite are really interesting too, but too weak when they use the UK footprint 😢
Is it possible to receive some Russian sattelites in Canada?
Is it possible to receive 1 west Thor in Canada?
Why I ask is that 19E 13E are central europe.
Thor is footprinted to nordic and also Iceland. People in central europe have difficult to receive 1w.
Somebody here from Iceland?
Can you receive Canada/Usa?
Is it possible to receive some Russian sattelites in Canada? No on the other side of the globe.
I have a Sony Video Plus VP200 Ku band reciever , LNB and 2foot dish will this still work for FTA TV?
try aluminum foil tape put over the mini dish it would increase the signal every dish network and directv will work if have aluminum tape over it.
I just read you could convert circlear dish or dss lnb to linear ku by removing teflon out of throat of lnb.i also heard that years ago back in the 80s I could add teflon to a c band dish to the lnb to convert to circlear to get channels from south America.it might be possible to convert dish reciever to fta if you could find a way to lower the frequencys to 17500 since dish net frequencys are higher than fta.Higher frequencys smaller dish ku,lower frequencys bigger dish c band,same way with antenna,vhf tv lower frequency bigger antenna,uhf higher frequency smaller antenna.
I know you're Canada, but can a DirecTV HD dish be used to receive Dish HD? Thank
My Star Choice did pick up free channels off the wrong sat about 10 of them . They have since changed the receivers so not sure it still will.
What Satellite? What Receiver?
Can a DirecTV slimline satellite dish work for free satellite C-band tv to get more channels? I also have a dish network dish but since you said that the dish is too small to use it should be better to use a DirecTV dish. What would you recommend?
There's a link in this video description with a eBay dish that you can get it would probably work the best for free to Air KU Band. Just one of those things where you need a slightly bigger dish and it will perform a lot better for the free satellite TV channels
You actually can use a directv or dish satellite dish for free satellite tv you just need the tuner and to aim it correctly. I recycled my dish network satellite to get free tv.
This is talking about the 100's of Linear KU band channels
Yep recycled heaps of Proprietary dishes here 🇦🇺 bit of experimental time required ♻
What is the best receiver right now
And plus is 119 and 110 still works?
DIRECTV or Dish Network? 110 with DIRECTV no longer works and 119 with DIRECTV just has different language xhannels
i heard a directr tv satelite dish with an fta reciever -works well how many free to air still avaiable ? what about metv retro tv rewind tv heros icon still free ??
Most of that is on C band THE BIG DISH!
Satellite Shopping list if your looking for stuff on Ebay (updated July 4, 2021)
36 Inch 90 cm Free To Air FTA Satellite Dish & HD LNBF
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MOTECK SG-2100 SATELLITE DISH MOTOR FTA HH SG2100 ROTOR
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39" KU BAND SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA For FTA FREE TO AIR
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Amiko Mini 4K UHD S2X FTA Receiver DVB-S2X H.265 HEVC With NTP 4K Ultra HD $109USD PS
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Amiko Mini HD265 FTA Receiver DVB-S2 H.265 HEVC With NTP
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PR1200 Primesat V-Box Satellite Dish Actuator Mover (For a Large C band dish)
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*Sathero SH400HD HD Digital Satellite Finder Meter
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*Sathero SH-900HD Spectrum Satellite Finder
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24' SATELLITE C BAND DISH ACTUATOR ARM MOTOR BUD 36V DC (US $301.00)
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Venture 18" Inch Linear Actuator 36V Jack Arm with Saddle Clamp Satellite Dish (US $129.95)
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Tek2000 store
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Edision OS Mio 4K UHD HEVC h.265 Satellite FTA Receiver DVB-S2X Linux E2 Grey
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Titaniam Satellite store
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Sathero SH800HD USB2.0 DVB-S2 HD Spectrum Analyzer Digital Satellite Finder dl45
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For Sathero SH-900HD Spectrum Satellite Finder Mete
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angel-electronics-mississauga Store ships out of Canada
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MAVERICK KU BAND PLL LNBF Free-To-Air Standard Linear FTA LNBF
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KU Universal Twin Dual Linear FTA Satellite Dish 9750-10600 LNB High Gain
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36 inch dish are Perfect for the 1296 Mhz Moon Bounce Ham Radio Communication to Contact other Ham through the World!
I have a rather large DirectTV dish, that is oblong. Ithas two lmb set to one side. Would that dish work for free satelight tv?
I think some direct tv models will work But I never used one myself
I have 2 unused dish network dishes installed by dish, pointed in the same direction, one on the ground, the other on the roof, Im seeing people buying a 40$ antenna from Walmart an installing it on the arm of the dish and there getting 84 crystal clear channels. Isn't that worth a try?
I would recommend a decent antenna like a Televis They are a better make than the ones at Walmart! amzn.to/3gD9iPJ But that could work!
@@RobbieStrike thanks for the advice, just got to get it all and hook it up
@@nickhines1131 Yes the best part is the RG6 Coax cable is there. You could also get a #FreeSatelliteTV Dish and get some more channels with your set up!
36 Inch 90 cm Free To Air FTA Satellite Dish & HD LNBF
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MOTECK SG-2100 SATELLITE DISH MOTOR FTA HH SG2100 ROTOR
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Amiko Mini HD265 FTA Receiver DVB-S2 H.265 HEVC With NTP
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i have a dish videopath multi-dish switch model dp34 107 107 con i use it to connect my antenna or a dish to my CONVERTER BOX
ok
Hello Otta
I got a Winegard In-Motion Dish for RV. Can I connect with a FTA Satellite Receiver? It gonna work?
maybe on some of the stronger transponders. But those have a smaller dish in the dome than what works well for Linear KU band
I'm in the lower 48 can I use the DirecTV Lmb that's already on the dish
You can try. But it will be hard to get the settings right I would try a dish like this first.
KU Band Dish Motor and LNB - 39" MOTORIZED ROTARY SATELLITE DISH + SG2100 MOTOR + FTA FREE TO AIR LNB 33 36
39 Dish, Motor and LNB ebay.us/1kZB5B
Some dish network satellite are oval but they normally have a 4 or 5 LNB at least the ones i seen
Can you use a direct tv dish too
3:09 otawaoctane I have one those freesat v8 finder bt01 it uses bluetooth on your cellphone you download dvb finder app you can program satellites i found way bring defected one v8 finder bt01 just use CAIG DeOxit d5 spray it would bring back to life they use this stuff in cb and ham radios they making this stuff for 60years.
A DirecTV world direct dish will work for 97 west satellite for fta thy have a liner lnb I bought the dish and it worked for 97 west and a few other satellite I couldn't get 125 west
That's good to know yes I heard that the DirecTV World dish will work. But I wasn't sure if just the standard DirecTV dish would work or do they have circular lmbs just like Dish Network
The problem with dishes smaller then 90cm is the amount of signal you can receive. I’ve repurposed 5 or 6 dishes and while I’ve made as small as a dish 500 work it just doesn’t pick up that much, usually only the stronger signals. The best dishes I’ve found to repurpose are the hugesnet internet dishes because they are quite large and beefy. But again they don’t perform as well as a 90cm or larger dish. Also the further north (Or south if you live south of the equator) you are the harder it is to receive signals with a smaller dish. The other thing to realize is that sure there are tons of channels on KU but most English stations aren’t that great, if you have a c-band dish there is far more to watch making a transition from pay tv easier.
Also the advice about a cheap receiver is good advice as there is a learning curve. While I have a meter I find taking a small tv and a receiver with known good channels better because it’s easier to find then peak channels. This is a personal preference. If I had a meter that did video it might be different. Also starting with a minimum of a 90cm dish is advise able as well leaving small dish experimentation for after you understand how to aim a dish.
Personally we use c and Ku as well as an Ota antenna mixed with Netflix and amazon prime saving us a huge amount of money over what we used to pay. Lots of good stuff to watch it’s just relearning what you can watch and where. It’s not identical to the current pay programming. It’s also a lot of fun!
For a while I used a 18 inch dish for 72 west satellite for the nbc mux before thy moved to 103 west satellite I had a bracket for a ku lnb to work but when I would get snow on the dish or heavy rain it would go out
And I had a x2 satellite receiver it worked good
You can put a dish lnb on fta reciever and you might get a few channels channels mabe dish 101 preview channel and dish 500 channel,not worth the trouble.but you can't use a linear lnb a on a dish net reciever to get fta channels because you cant manually change the frequencys down to fta range unless you found a way to lower the frequency.
I'd like to get bbc and UK independent stations. What will work and what is the best
IP tv and a VPN ruclips.net/video/RUtPG_p99Yg/видео.html
will it work in west africa
Hi ottawaoctane I have watch all ur videos I am in kenya how can I get those free channels + wifi if possible
Can you usa same cable and mouth the dish was on?
yes you can use the cable it is Probably RG6 coax! Look at the ends if you can where the LNB attaches. Make sure water ha-sent got in and rusted it out! You will see rust
Great this will help a lot!!
How many channels you get from the Galaxy 19 satellite?
I did a scan on Galaxy 19 and you can also look up the channels on www.tvrosat.com and this video ruclips.net/video/NB-lMOefhFc/видео.html
I had drill my 2007 directv oval dish make 5 way lnb i have done it with two satellites pick up at same time back in 2017 and 2018 the older oval dish works work better i got 7 satellites 97west,galaxy19,87 west,103 west,galaxy 17, 99 west,skymexico1 72 west i did done 30deg weather in utah also until all way from dec 2017 to march 2018.
Thanks for the vids, very helpful
Do you have any ideas for using one on an RV ?
Best is a tripod, Or instal it on the roof. ruclips.net/video/r6ITkvNmXhM/видео.html
Not a 20cm it’s a 20 “ Bobbie
I'll see if I can get a galaxy 19 DVR for my dish
Starlink is the way to go! Can watch 4K and get 150 mbps download
Yes yes make more Robbie i lesson to you and the UFO s thanks
My question is with the right equipment, could you get free satellite internet? A linear LNB with tx/rx and a BUC (to uplink), the right modem, etc.
no
Guess my dish out of the question. Thanks.
Can you still use the ViewSat receivers??
You can reuse them and get a couple channels that are free. But a lot of them don't do mpeg-4. I always try to tell people never buy an old satellite receiver. Use your money to buy even a cheap new one will be better off than some of those older ones that don't do mpeg-4
Robbie Strike I got it for scrap price, so it’s good.
As long as you didn't pay more than $5 that's good
I bet I use one and will work,the signals are catch by anything that is metallic
It comes down to dish size, And having the right kind of LNB
The reason is the dish is required to be larger.
Most Americans and Canadians do not , know about FTA , have never heard of FTA , never want to hear of FTA , flat out do not care about FTA.
Most Americans and Canadians are just plain stupid.
I am a Handy Man here in the USA , City of Maricopa , Arizona. I am now 70 years old.
I am observing for a long time that the Humans are becoming , dumber , dumber , dumber
Many Humans will > Demand < that AI take over and run their lives.
My question is with the right equipment, could you get free satellite internet? A linear LNB with tx/rx and a BUC (to uplink), the right modem, etc.
Internet does not cost that much now days. www.broadbandnow.com .
For me is not worth the effort , free internet via satellite.
And even if you did get free internet via satellite , some one or some ones , along the line will , discover the situation and expose the situation , and there goes the free satellite internet , and then you have to do it all over again.
That can add up to a lot of big bucks.
Any way if for fun and to find out how , I say it is possible , however I will not research the situation and will not do the situation.
@Nordicrace 927
Dude I found a dish network receiver
and have dish network satellites on my roof, can I use them if so hook me up where to find the missing pieces for FTA service.
Or should I stop being cheap and by a turnkey system.
Do you have ever track Pakistani and indian setlite in you are country
No but i think there is some channels from that area on Galaxy 19
Here's a taboo question can you still hack Dish Network
It's still possible, I think.
Salaam from Pakistan
I 💘 you
Excellent.
Where you from bro
Canada he’s from
Is it possible to get free internet through the dish
No
Nice friends
Gee lady 1.8 miles has same codes corporal you were called to property
What? please explain?
Can i get nbc on it or abc
On C band ruclips.net/video/63zXC_QUtxQ/видео.html
I have a dish satellite and dret TV
Boy you sure don't know your measurements that is no 20 cm dish. 20 centimeters it's barely 12 in
Sorry!
Right, more like at least 60+ cm
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Just get a massive dish
I want infinity bell
I am from India.
Why is this so entertaining?
On the side of my apartment building there is an abandoned 32-34" HD Dish.. If i go and remove the 3 LNB elements and put in place my Clearstream V2 antenna will I receive more channels and a stronger signal ? Thank you. Rhode Island. #RobbieStrike Awesome channel just subscribed.
I love 13E
I want to help a 3rd world countries , please help me for the best I can do . please enlighten me on a serious note thank you if you can.I want to educate them as they are eager to learn ok.
I believe education can be brought to them with such help,as they so crave to get out of poverty.
I so want to help in those places.
Would you please consider making a video for beginners? Maybe you could start from the basics and educate people that know nothing about this topic? Explain what those terms are that you throw around. Or is your channel more for people that are already knowledgeable in of the industry?
Please check out my Play list section on my channel I think I have what your looking for there ruclips.net/video/F1r-SeJTm7c/видео.html
@@RobbieStrike Great thank you for your hard work.
20 cm dish? you mean 20 INCH dish, that is not a 20 centimeter dish LOL.
ottawaoctane you have switch out lnb dish network lnb and directv lnb to a different ku band lnb you look for GEOSATpro UL1PLL they have pill lock it amplifier the lnb signal the geosatspro's does that way you can make dishs into way 5 lnb system.
You forgot to mention Satpro Tv
Never heard of it but did a google and they have FTA and units for your boat!
Robbie Strike not only a boat, they also offer complete FTA dish systems! They’re reasonably priced as well so I thought you should know their name and maybe make a few future videos on them!
This dish will work for North American Ku Band fro #FreeSatellitetv
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For someone just getting into #FreeSatelliteTV this Amiko Mini is a good start. With the seller a hobbyist ke4est himself will help you out getting started! rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_id=114&ipn=icep&toolid=20004&campid=5338505983&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FAmiko-Mini-HD265-FTA-Receiver-DVB-S2-H-265-HEVC-With-NTP%2F172652269201%3F_trkparms%3Daid%253D111001%2526algo%253DREC.SEED%2526ao%253D1%2526asc%253D20160908105057%2526meid%253Da114fa698e094266b8fe64ecacd40abf%2526pid%253D100675%2526rk%253D1%2526rkt%253D15%2526mehot%253Dag%2526sd%253D172652269201%2526itm%253D172652269201%26_trksid%3Dp2481888.c100675.m4236%26_trkparms%3Dpageci%253A9bfa2237-5d87-11e9-a26b-74dbd1802482%257Cparentrq%253A1436489216a0ab674b72a601fffee48d%257Ciid%253A1%20
This receiver is in the under $100 category!
Also you will need RG6 Cable you can get this and the cable screw on ends at a hardware store!
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36 SATELLITE DISH+DREAMBOX DM100 FTA RECEIVER+LNB+100FT RG6 CABLE For Galaxy 19 SES 2 etc
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Stab HH100 Satellite Dish Motor Rotor DiSEqC FTA Motorized HH-100
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how to make sri lanka
North America?
Love from Pakistan
Plees your country name brother say mee
I am in the Province of Ontario
Plees country name
What a criminal situation for the fcc
What,? please know your facts
it's at least 50 cm dish.lol
Your epic.
36 SATELLITE DISH+DREAMBOX DM100 FTA RECEIVER+LNB+100FT RG6 CABLE For Galaxy 19 SES 2 etc
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Stab HH100 Satellite Dish Motor Rotor DiSEqC FTA Motorized HH-100
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36 Inch 90 cm Free To Air FTA Satellite Dish & HD LNBF
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39" KU BAND SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA For FTA FREE TO AIR
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Amiko Mini HD265 FTA Receiver DVB-S2 H.265 HEVC With NTP
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3.0m (10ft) C-Band Prime Focus Mesh Satellite Dish with King Post
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Tek2000 store
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Edision OS Mio 4K UHD HEVC h.265 Satellite FTA Receiver DVB-S2X Linux E2 Grey
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Titaniam Satellite store
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MOTECK SG-2100 SATELLITE DISH MOTOR FTA HH SG2100 ROTOR
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For Sathero SH-910HD Satellite Finder Meter
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For Sathero SH400HD HD Star Finder
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angel-electronics-mississauga Store ships out of Canada
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39" SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA + DREAMBOX DM100 FTA RECEIVER + LNB +100 FT RG6 CABLE
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Electorica store FTA Dishes, Receivers and TV antenna's
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I don't agree with him
That Bell dish is 20" not cm.
I misspoke
Non stop undefined terminology. Totally confusing.
IT IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY!
Ur just talking lol
You guys could actually try and pay for service from dish.
Whats the fun in that
Dish network is one of the most dishonest companies, I ever felt with.