I'm sure this has been thought of before.. so maybe someone can point me to a thread or something.... I'm having problems with my j-pole flexing too much. After looking around I found out that 1.25" galvanized pipe has a 1-5/8 inch diameter OD(same as the j-pole)... and is much much...

I followed an ad on Craigs list for a 36" dish for $40... When I got there it ended up being this heavy duty fiberglass dish with the brand Channel Master on it. It measures up to be 1 meter in its longest dimension. It has this big heavy duty dual LNB bracket and 2 lnb's... The whole LNB...

Although I know it is just part of the hobby, but going to lyngsat and "The List" and editing sat lists and channel lists manually can be very time consuming. Is there any online resource that channel master can link to and automatically retreive individual sats/TPs/channels? Is there any other...

So I got this Viewsat VS2000 Platinum yesterday and thought it was a good cheap find... Its turning out to be a nightmare. So... to quote my favorite late night personality.. the Top 10 issues with my VS2000 that you MIGHT be able to help me with: 1) Editing the channel list with...

I just scored a VS2000 Platinum on Craigs List for $20.. came with the original box, remote, manual, a DiSEqC switch, and a 9 pin RS232 cable. After doing a lil reading on the web it seems to me that this model was pretty popular a few years back... and it looks to be in decent shape. It...

Every time I reset my Fortec Star Lifetime receiver I have to reset the time... Is there a battery or something inside the box that might need to be replaced? This really isn't that big of a problem though. The bigger problem is the fact that even after I set the clock, it wanders by about...

I have an SG2100 motor. According to the manual, the motor is DiSEqC 1.2 compatible and additionally supports GotoX. My receiver is a Fortec Star Lifetime and supports USALS. Neither the manual for my motor nor the manual for my receiver explains how to set this up.. When I set this...

I started off in this hobby back in '03 and I bought a kit that came with a Fortec Star Lifetime, cheap plastic "Universal" linear LNB, 75cm diameter Fortec Star antenna, and a SG2100 DiSEq 1.2 positioner.. I originally started this with bad intentions(al7bar) but quickly found out that I liked...