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More info?)
I'm in eastern Missouri, and get them fine, as well. And since I've
watched the Denver channels (VCII) on AMC 7 in south Texas I know the
footprint extends that far south.
Take care,
Rich
God bless the USA
kilmister wrote:
> on my fortec ultra it is called advanced scan. I am in ontario and i get
> the amc 7 channels fine. Make sure your c band dish is on the right
> palarity before scanning.
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> "Greg O." <ozbirn@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:tRqFc.355$m%7.100@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
>
>>I'm in Texas. I tried, but I could not get anything on W7 (AMC 7).
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>>I can get a few on G10R.
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>>On the Fortec Star 786 receiver, the "Search Mode" of "Auto All" I think
>>scans all TP's, so I don't know if there is any reason to choose a
>>particular TP. Does anyone know?
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>>Greg O.
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>>"CWCunningham" <charlesw-at-blackfoot.net> wrote in message
>>news:cc467101545@enews3.newsguy.com...
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>>>"Greg O." <ozbirn@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>news:qwgFc.244$m%7.211@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
>>>| Where can I receive the major networks (NBC, ABC, CBS) on DVB? I have
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> a
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>>>| Fortec Star 786 receiver and C-Band 7.5' dish.
>>>|
>>>Without any clue where you live (ie: what sattelites you can see), you
>>
>>might try
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>>>AMC7-C band, it has the Alaska networks ABC,UPN,CBS,PBS,NBC,FOX. There
>
> are
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>>other
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>>>sattelites that have some of these networks ... go to WWW.lyngsat.com
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> for
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>>a
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>>>comprehensive view.
>>>
>>>| Also, I'm a little confused on the channel search option. When you
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> pick
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>>a
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>>>| "TP", does it matter which one you pick?
>>>|
>>>I don't know a thing about the receiver you're using, but I can tell you
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>>that
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>>>different TP's (transponders) carry different channels, so it does
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> matter
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>>which
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>>>one you pick, unless you don't care what you watch.
>>>
>>>--
>>>CWC
>>>============================
>>>It's not that nice guys finish last,
>>>They have a whole different notion
>>>where the finish line is.
>>>============================
>>>
>>>
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