The C Band Satellite Dishes I use for Free Satellite TV

[@rogerdildeau7507]

I have had Ku band FTA for 8 or 9 years. I have recently seen videos where people are using the C band antennas. I put out an ad looking for one and got no response. Yesterday, I was driving about a mile and a half from my home and saw one. I stopped and asked the man in the yard if he was using the dish. He said no, so I asked if he would sell it. He told me that I could have it! I am going over Saturday to pick it up. I am anxious to fire it up!

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Awesome! That’s great to hear. Enjoy it!📡

[@garysmith8455]

Thank you for the answer AND the link!, appreciate that (O:

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@garysmith8455 You’re welcome.

[@whatbroicanhave50character35]

Thought I was remembering a dream. I was an adventurous kid, used to hunt squirrels off the peak of the garage roof with my bolt action .22. I was pretty sure I remembered for the first year or two there being a massive satellite dish on the top of my father's garage. He must have took it down at some point because most of my memory there it wasn't on the roof. It felt kind of like a dream because i couldnt imagine why he wouldve had such a large dish on the garage roof. Been really cool to learn a bit about c-band satellite. I'm gonna have to ask him about it when it isn't 2am.

[@gordonlawrence1448]

With some minor modifications to the LNB you can actually use these dishes as a simple radio telescope. You can either then use a National Instruments card to digitise the signal after further down conversion (or equivalent) or down convert to audio and listen.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Interesting to know, thank you.

[@twikirobot6897]

Had the single hook. It was such a blast in the late 80's/90's finding strange channels showing things you thought you'd never see.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

It’s very fun finding unusual channels that you just can’t find on cable. Thanks for watching!

[@Fordguy02]

Living in a rural area growing up I remember these things all over the place till Directv came along

[@shawnhicks619]

When I got into this hobby I tried the new style LNBF and had reception issues. So I bought a dish mover that not only moved the jack screw but also powered the servo motor. Then after using an older lnb that still worked I bought a commercial LNBF to mount onto the feed horn. I can tell you for certain that the old style lnb on a feed horn with actuator works far better then the new style. They even have feed horns now that you mount 2 lnb’s on so you don’t have to have a servo motor which is what the cable companies use, as I used to mow the local cable companies downlink location. Interestingly all of their dishes were 16’ stationary solid dishes and many had multiple feed horns to receive multiple satellites. I was lucky enough to talk to a technician once while mowing there and was able to see the current commercial receiver equipment currently used to decipher encrypted signals. While this is a hobby, there is plenty of watchable stuff on there and if you speak Spanish there is a goldmine of really good channels to watch. It’s also fun to see what other countries have to watch as well.

[@jeremycook4670]

Servo controlled polarization? That's up there and with things I'd rather not deal with in the middle of the night changing channels lol?

[@jeremycook4670]

Imagine the solid state technology starlink has accomplished with their dishy, I bet it receives everything.

[@shawnhicks619]

@@jeremycook4670 I have the titanium ASC1 dish mover that has servo polarization changes done by the voltage sent by the receiver. It workS like it did in the old days. The only thing I noticed is when you try to fine tune with the receiver remote it moves the dish quite a lot. If you use the dish mover or it’s remote you have very fine motor control. Was pretty pricey to set up this way, but was almost required since I had terrestrial interference on the new style LNBF’s but didn’t on the old style.

[@shawnhicks619]

@@jeremycook4670 I think the most fascinating part of the starlink dish is the users ability to set the dish out and it Orients and tunes itself, tracks the moving satellites across the sky and apparently has the ability now to do this on moving planes, ships, trains, trucks, RVs, and cars. As far as signals it uses I’m pretty sure they are up in a higher frequency range, and fairly high power.

[@jeremycook4670]

@@shawnhicks619 that's interesting if you don't have any sort of growth around you seems terrestrial wouldn't have anything on it? BTW I do remember the ability to have servo Pol but I had never seen one irl, I just remember my godfathers setup.

[@mattnycm3]

Those dishes are a thing of beauty. I remember as a kid in the 80's being fascinated by how they worked.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

They sure are! Thanks for watching!

[@spartaeus]

I didn't realize that there is still stuff on C band. I still have my dish and receiver. Haven't tried it in years.

I wonder if 5G will mess with the reception/SNR.

[@JOOLZNED]

Nice setup, I used a 2 meter dish 6 foot and ran C band and extended Ku band through a modified co rotor with liniar and circular polorization and an L band antenna as well as a modified polar mount with a second elevation actuator for tracking inclined orbit satellites

[@Nicholas_Chris]

Cool video. In Europe if you are interested in C Band there is this satellite Express AM7 at 40.0°E. On this satellite you receive russian TV channels. The interesting part is that you can use a 100 cm dish and have great reception. The problem is with the LNB, you need an LNB that works for Left and Right polarisation instead of Horizontal and Vertical.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

A circular LNB.

[@Mueller3D]

You can get an insert that you put into the LNB to convert it from H/V to L/R polarization. It's a quarter-wave plate.

[@Subgunman]

Any other C band sats in eastern EU? Any other programming on the sat you mentioned other than Russian ?

[@Nicholas_Chris]

@@Subgunman For example there is the Paksat 38 East if you want channels from Pakistan but you need a 4 meters C Band dish, you may use a 350 cm dish but it's small, unlike middle east where a 1.5 or 2 meters C Band dish will work excellent. There are C Band satellites but it's useless they mostly have feeds except the russian and pakistani satellites where you have TV and Radio channels. In Europe I recommend a Ku Band dish preferably a 120 -150 cm dish and an actuator and you have more than 2000 TV channels

[@Nicholas_Chris]

@@Subgunman Those russian channels can be received in the entire European continent on Ku Band, with a 100 cm dish. On Express AM 14 West, so no need for C Band.

[@bobs1345]

At 10:19 - You can power those actuators off a 12 volt battery charger. It is usually the black and white wire connections under the actuator cover on the terminal strip. Reversing the polarity reverses the travel direction. That is how i just changed one of my dish positions last week. I also attach my coax to one of the legs or the button hook and run it back to the dish pivot point and then down the mounting pipe. This prevents the wind from "working" the coax cable which I found will eventually lead to a failure. I also retrofit all of the original threaded hardware with grade 316 alloy stainless steel which I purchase from McMaster on the internet. Grade 304 aka 18-8 stainless fasteners are cheaper but they seem to strip out and are not reusable. I have been working on and installing my dishes since 1992 and so far so good.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Thanks for the tips, and for watching!👍

[@ve7ha]

I use a 1.2-metre dish to receive both Ku- and C-band. With a modern C-band LNBF, I can receive a number of C-band transponders. I was interested in your base. I have an 8-foot dish but haven't installed it since I don't want to pour concrete. For my current dishes, I use wooden palettes for bases so I can move the dishes at different times around my very treed property. FTA satellite is a great hobby and I have no pay TV at all in my home.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Sounds like a great setup. I’d like to get a 1.2 meter dish sometime.

[@ve7ha]

@@NorthcoasterHobby I have an HH motor. I can view 87W through 123W continuous. I also have two 1-metre dishes that I obtained locally a few years ago. They were Star Choice dishes in their former lives discarded by users who no longer wanted them. One was free in the garbage at the side of the road. The other cost me $20 via kijiji.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@ve7ha That’s awesome, I find free Shaw and Bell dishes all the time, never any 1 metre dishes! I wish! But C band dishes are fairly abundant around here.

[@danythrinbell1596]

@@NorthcoasterHobby i got a 3 metre dish with a ku and c band now it is not interesting , only catch a few channels in the free signals , the rest went to pay tv , no longer interesting

[@jeremycook4670]

Gets even better I've heard with ham access and ssb for sailing boats. Freeish internet in the middle of the ocean even video conference.

[@Francescawine]

I still have 7ft dish, now working mpeg format for the new reciever about 300 Tv channels.

[@AlFrosty]

In 1990 I moved to a house in to the UK that had a 120cm dish on a motor. It was mainly pointed at the Astra satellites for Sky TV, but when I moved it I found news feeds between the broadcast station and the news reader on the ground. He or she would rehearse their lines before going live. There were loads of feeds at that time because of the Gulf War. I'm assuming they're digital and encrypted now?

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

No, those news feeds are still widely available. They are digital but most are unencrypted. Reporters waiting to go on air, checking their hair, looking at their phones, talking to video crew, etc. Things you can’t see on the evening news.

[@AlFrosty]

@@NorthcoasterHobby ahh cool. Maybe I should get back in to this hobby and see what's out there.

[@Subgunman]

Back in the 80's I worked in a bar where we had C band working. One evening we came across a news feed waiting to air. The cameraman was quite busy doing upskirts and zooming in to her revealing blouse catching some cleavage on the gal getting ready to read her lines. Was surprised news desk had no modesty panels. We all laughed our asses off at those two. Wonder if the cameraman got his ass smacked by the director?

[@rkmklz7562]

I had one in California back in the 80s and 90s...I would get everything...do Anyone remember G3 OR G5 .....used to get Canada and Australia...also all the back hauls of Football and Baseball ⚾ games....all the movies...it was fun to go through the channels...U never knew what may show up...that was part of the fun...I had a list of satellites on the ground

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Yes, lots of surprises on C band!

[@brendanschmidt3302]

Just put mine back into service recently. Its a 10 foot star trak mesh dish. Might be the only one in my town (Dryden ON) to have one hooked up! Tonnes of stuff on cband

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

That’s great to hear. I just went through Dryden last week on my way back from Winnipeg. There’s quite a few C band dishes around here, even out in Winnipeg there’s a ton still. It’s a fun hobby. Thanks for watching!📡

[@danythrinbell1596]

what catch there now ? church tv ? all channels have been sold to pay tv , its a disgrace i got my dishes for the birds to nest

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

Why is the Dryden area called Patricia Land? I was passing through to/from West Eagle Lake and saw a sign back in the 1990s

[@dcmike1967]

so glad to see the 10:45 part of this video as i never thought about using it like what you said i. tried last night now i can move my dish with a drill easy

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Glad it helps. Thanks for watching!📡

[@keepercity]

This is interesting. It would be cool if you did a video on some of the obscure and interesting channels you are picking up with these dishes.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Have a look at my channel. I’ve made over 200 videos.📡

[@keepercity]

@@NorthcoasterHobby will do, thanks

[@adinnugroho6544]

I still use it at Home. Bought since November/December 2019. Mine is at right, I mean using 3 arms design My Grandma that have this antenna earlier, using single arm design like at left

[@jwalach1650]

Love this video. I like the Channel Master one. I am in awe over the base for the satellite because this was one of my concerns for getting one. Your information and videos are very insightful. Excuse me if some of my questions sound bizarre. When you are adjusting the dish, does it require more than one person? Those dishes seem heavy.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Thank you for watching. Adjusting the dish can be done by one person. However, getting the dish up on the mount during assembly is a team effort! The dish itself is not very heavy; it’s made of aluminum. It’s awkward because of its size.

[@victoryfirst2878]

Can you please tell me if you can still get programming with the big dish Sir ? Thanks

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

You sure can.

[@darrellgabbard5061]

I still have a big dish in the back yard and the 4dtv receiver some where, not in use.

[@MoneyMindMusic]

There also great for radio too. Every station is a channel.

[@briangodinez6921]

My dad has one of those. We havent used it in over 20 yrs (motorized with a Thomson saginov ball screw motor)

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

You can get it working again. Don’t get rid of it!

[@hectorheredia311]

Hi nice video, you said that c band dish are abundant in your area, where are you located? Im in Florida and it is hard find one around here at least in Miami

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Northwestern Ontario, Canada. There’s quite a few around here, abandoned in people’s yards. Thanks for watching!📡📡

[@garysmith8455]

I was wondering what you have these hooked to, and what is actually available? I thought this old analog tech went out when Direct TV came on the scene in the early 90ies, no? Hope to get an answer, thanks!

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

I use a free satellite TV receiver called an Amiko Mini HD265. Generally you get the same type of channels received locally with an antenna. But also news feeds, international channels and interesting stuff not available from an antenna or cable. But no actual pay TV cable channels. Those are encrypted.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoLCmmeqn6uAmcU

[@sethbessinger2025]

So, are there any in-the-clear cable channels on C-Band? I heard channels come and quickly go on FTA.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Generally there are no cable-only channels on free satellite TV. For example you won’t get HBO or TNT. But there are networks like NBC and PBS, as well as lots of diginets , like True Crime, CourtTV, Mystery, Laff, Bounce, Grit, Defy TV, TrueReal, MeTV, Movies, Decades, H&I, etc. Some channels come and go quickly, but others stick around quite a while, sometimes months or longer.

[@sethbessinger2025]

I get the diginets on my antenna. I think I’ve seen a video of yours with The Weather Channel on C-Band.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@sethbessinger2025 It’s on 131 west.

[@jeremycook4670]

The stuff was so complicated I can't believe it made it into consumer grade equipment, especially with a motorized dishes different lnbs polarization etc etc and everything needed to run it could be ruined by a weedeater.

[@shawnhicks619]

Actually there is enough information available, especially now with the internet, that if you can set a post level, read a tape measure and can do some basic math and have some patience it’s not that hard to set one up. I have a couple of dishes my self and installed and tuned them myself. It’s kinda fun and interesting to see what there is up there. As far as the cables, I took a few ideas from the cable companies dish farm and installed all of my cables inside a length of exterior grade pvc conduit. I installed my dishes on pipe buried in the ground with a concrete anchor.

[@jeremycook4670]

@@shawnhicks619 no they're not that hard to install, it's just all the motor controllers connected to the stb, etc it's as intricate/interesting as ham radio.

[@erich84502a]

They still work wow

[@janbill79]

excellent video, I have 7 or 8 ft. forgot, as I watched the classifieds a few years ago , bought It for under 100 dollars, 150 miles away Cemented it in . Windy here. sometimes . SW WI. thats all the farther I got as all the old analog stuff for c band either isn't working or I've not pointed right. I thought there was 1 station still on analog . I need all new stuff. my question is what can I do with these old c-band receivers? 4D TV General instrument and other models I have a 4 or 5 receivers obsolete now, aren't they?

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

The last analog channel, C-SPAN, shut down at the end of October. The old analog receivers can still be used as a means to power the dish actuator, or change polarity on older LNB’s with a servo motor for polarity. But all the channels are digital now. Thanks for watching!📡

[@eswnl1]

A problem is adjusting LNB skew, moving the dish east west is not all you do.

[@kingsojo]

I had the H9000 I think it was. Are the channels all 1920x1080 digital now?

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

They are all digital but not necessarily HD.

[@djflakoelmonstruo9908]

i had a 10 footer man do i miss it

[@paulmoffat9306]

I designed and built 16 foot C band dish systems back in the late 70's in Winnipeg. They needed to be large to get the signal/noise ratio acceptable, as the better LNB's for that band had noise figures of 110'K. Compare that with today's Ku band LNB noise of 0.7'K. Back then there was NO encryption on the signal, so simple analog receivers worked fine. Entering the 80's, the only remaining analog signals were for religious channels.

[@GraceEngineering]

I used to be a C Band satellite tech. I use my experience installing and aiming these motorizied dishes when debating flat earthers.

[@simonsdrift]

I have an old 12 fiberglass 12 foot dish what equipment do I need to power and move this dish I had a 4dttv receiver but i think it was thrown away

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

An old analog receiver can be used as a dish mover. They also have a dish mover (similar to an antenna rotator box) called a Super Jack. As far as a new receiver, get a DVB-S2 receiver, that’s the current standard used for free satellite TV. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZKsiIVoaph1ipY kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3uvlJV3gZWEg5I

[@1607trojan]

Had a motorized 1-meter (I think) with a HD receiver a few years ago. Was cool to play around and get a few channels but I could never get it working 100% every time I changed satellite position, may the arc was off.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

It can be finicky. But it’s fun to putter around with.

[@1607trojan]

@@NorthcoasterHobby your video got me considering revisiting it, may look around at picking up another setup.

[@ebogar42]

Are these the FTA channels you get when you have these? I had one of these growing up but I never knew if it was FTA or not. I just knew the satellite names.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Yes. The channels are unencrypted, or ‘in the clear’ to receive with a free satellite TV (or ‘FTA’) receiver.

[@ebogar42]

@@NorthcoasterHobby Do you know if there are any newer satellite receiver combos you can buy? I tried looking them up but didn't really see much that looked legit. Seems like a market someone could make money in still.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@ebogar42 I’ve found it best to buy components separately: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3eweopsgr6trMk

[@Mueller3D]

There's a directory called Lyngsat that indicates all the channels you can get. It's not so easy to navigate it until you play around with it for a while to figure it out.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@Mueller3D Lyngsat is a great resource for listings of free satellite TV channels. www.lyngsat.com

[@matthewmoroni3500]

Is it just C band channels you get or do you get KU band channels aswell

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

I use these dishes for C-Band. I have other dishes for KU Band.

[@eswnl1]

@@NorthcoasterHobby I guess the mesh would not be good for Ku band due to the higher frequency.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@eswnl1 Yes, the tiny KU Band wavelengths would probably pass through the mesh. I have a series of dedicated KU Band satellite dishes for that band. A Tour of My Free Satellite TV System - FTA Satellite Television Channels kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2OQco2ErK2Ed7M

[@davidkurzdorfer6402]

Another great video

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Thank you!

[@michelletaylor5691]

we have a old channel master, haven't used it for atleast 15 years, have 2 receivers.....what do we need to use it again. We are in the northern states

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

You’ll probably need a new LNB,a way to move the dish unless you move it manually, and a new receiver (like the ones I outlined in this video below) kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3eweopsgr6trMk

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGesdaR_pbx4pLM

[@mjyumping]

What's your f/d ratio for your 10 foot dish?

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

I’ve never calculated it. I used a meter to set the LNB. Also when I set up the dish I measured the scalar ring distance on both sides, made sure it was even as possible. It’s worked without any problems.

[@jimbronson687]

Interesting I was not aware these Satellites were still operating. In mid 80s I was a Wineguard , Channel master and a few lesser known brands. Drake was good. I need to look into C-band again some time. Oh those originals LNBs were NOT LNBs they were LNAs with a Block down converter attached but usually attached in line at the poll. The LNAs were weak at first then just got better and better. I agree with the folks that do not agree with your mounting system. You will get damage at some point. Just dig a hole put a st-ought pipe and 3 or 5 bags of cement then some water. It would likely be less work than your current unstable system. Most places rarely get high wind but the once every two or 3 year wind will take those from you and Could cause Damage to someone else and you could be liable. So post and cement and post hole digger. Also. The mesh as compaired to solid makes less than 2% differance in high wind as compaired to solid. You may get away with this but someday the wind will take those. Think of t as insurance agaist loss and liability. Dishes have been torn loose by wind and damaged expensive cars trucks houses and more importanty people. Its easy. And no you do not dig up pole and cement from where they came from. Its less than 5 hours work. Plus makes good lighting ground.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Concrete is definitely better. I set up these stands as a temporary measure. I actually bought the schedule 40 3-1/2” OD pipe a while ago, but haven’t gotten around to it yet. So far I’ve had no issues. The stable ground certainly helps. Thanks for watching.📡📡

[@ckstaff]

What are you using for a receiver? Are you still using the 4dttv receiver? How many satellites can still be accessed?

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

I use an Amiko Mini HD265 most of the time.

[@ckstaff]

@@NorthcoasterHobby I too felt C-band was great hobby back in the day as much as the tv part of it. I started in about 85, talk about stone age. At that time I went out and purchased the amazing new 130 degree LNA. What an advancement that was! LOL. My family and friends were shocked at how much money I spent over the years upgrading but it gets in your blood and when it does you always want the best. Was a sad day when they announced they would no longer support 4dtv service and programing. I kept hoping someone would by the rights and start it up again and to this day my dish is still sitting there.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@ckstaff You can get it up and running with a DVB-S2 receiver. That’s the current broadcast standard for free satellite TV.

[@puirYorick]

I thought most channels encrypted signals. How many clear channels do you get and are three of them CBC?

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Every satellite is different. There’s hundreds of TV and radio channels. No CBC though.

[@puirYorick]

@@NorthcoasterHobby Okay. I was trying to get a sense of whether it was mainly like some ultra-niche channels like Albanian Wrestling or Sri Lankan Cricket League OR if a regular family could get by for their popular networks plus mid-tier cable channels like CNN, ESPN, SHO, Weather type stuff you'd get from average suburban cable companies.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@puirYorick You won’t get any cable channels. Another option is the smaller KU band satellites. You can pick up NBC, PBS.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@puirYorick kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3Oyh6CPfaZ6jcU

[@puirYorick]

@@NorthcoasterHobby OK. Thanks.

[@carlosstuart1644]

Are you able to pick up payed channels or NBC fox ? Am just curious

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Only free unencrypted channels. No pay or cable channels.

[@rkmklz7562]

Do U still need a decoder still....?...or everything is open now😮

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Some channels are in the clear. Some are encrypted. I’m only interested in receiving channels that are in the clear. A good receiver to use nowadays is this one: Amiko Mini HD265 HEVC H.265 Satellite TV Receiver Overview kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6GrmqusmsyXac0 Amiko Satellite Receiver Tutorials kzbin.info/aero/PLDX6gLCL4WMzwD6o3jf7SjrLByiL2VlU3

[@richardboggs260]

I have a very old bird view 10 foot aluminum dish, it is slow moving because it is driven by a gear box. I had a Houston tracker 5 but it stopped working and couldn't be repaired. Where can I get a new unit???

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Try Tek2000.

[@davidkurzdorfer6402]

Do you get any NFL football in the clear back in the late 80s and 90s lots of NBC and some cbs feeds went to ku band and lots of games were found especially local black out buffalo bills games in the clear then the Sunday ticket came out and ever game scrambled and it used to say only on Sunday ticket cband ... then direct tv baught the rights to Sunday ticket ...any sports back hauls in the clear

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

There was a sports feed on 101 West C band a few months ago. But I don’t know if it’s up anymore. It had some Yankees games on it. As far as NFL, I haven’t seen any. But 127 west C band has a couple of sports channels , also NBC on 103 west KU has a lot of sports on the weekends.

[@davidkurzdorfer6402]

When first got into satellite it was cband only and everything was on cband then Ku band came along and not much on it then more sports feeds started to appear on ku band and lots of satellite folks thought they were gone and NFL started to appear on ku band and this was back in the day of black outs if stadium did not sell out and the buffalo bills had 80.000 seat stadium so lots of black outs then Shawn Kenny appear on bore sight news says NFL moved to ku band so I baught a cku band colorotor two chaparell and north sat ku band lnb and back then lnbs cost few hundred a piece recivers were thousand dollars till uniden came out with cheaper recivers ...and more back hauls seem to appear on ku band ....lots of basketball and other sports would pop up on ku band then I moved out of my parents home my dad and mom passed away and I took my kti 8.5 dish back and looking forward to next spring setting it up thanks to discovering your channel and see not everything is scrambling once again like me tv antenna tv ware back in late 90s everything new would come up and not long after scrambled ....

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@davidkurzdorfer6402 It’s part of the nature of the Hobby I guess for stuff to be in the clear one day and encrypted the next, but sometimes channels stay clear for a while. There is more on free satellite TV than a lot of people realize. Sorry for your loss of your parents, and thanks again for watching my videos.

[@davidkurzdorfer6402]

It happens my dad was 80s, buffalo fire commoniser and exposed to chemicals and same in navy exposed but my mom beat cancer but died 9 months later from losing dad but they are together ...no your videos are encouraging lots of stuff is in the clear like me tv and antenna tv and not scrambling good news proving satellite Is once again great hobby to be in ...your example of great hobbiest showing folks how great hobby it is and taken time to show folks how easy and cheaply it can be

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@davidkurzdorfer6402 It’s still a terrible loss for you to bear. I like making videos to make people aware of free satellite TV and antenna stuff, and it’s a good feeling knowing that my videos are helpful to some people. Thanks again for watching my videos and for the nice comments, I really appreciate it. 📡

[@krisfairley8107]

That Zephyr antenna needs a much more stable mount. Even if it is only being used for timing, you have way too much movement.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

I’ve since taken it down. It was staked into the ground. Didn’t move at all while it was there: ://kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpbGlahoqqqraaM I’d like to put it back up, but I’ll probably put it somewhere else. It was there for testing.

[@matthewmoroni3500]

You can still get channels from these big dishes

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Absolutely you can!

[@millenium2003]

They still work

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Yes, they certainly do.📡📡

[@winterspringfarmwsf5674]

Can I still use my bid dish ?

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Absolutely. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3Oyh6CPfaZ6jcU

[@Alphahydro]

Growing up in the late 70s, early 80s, I thought anyone that owned these were wealthy, despite being comparable to cable TV offerings.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

They were very expensive to buy back in those days.

[@hinspect]

I will have to do research on what is on C band in 2022, I have a 3 meter dish outside but the last time I used it there was not much on but porn stations and news from other countries

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Generally you get the same type of channels received locally with an antenna. But also news feeds, international channels and interesting stuff not available from an antenna or cable. But no actual pay TV cable channels. Those are encrypted. And no adult channels. That’s not what the free satellite TV hobby is about in my opinion.📡

[@ikonix360]

My dad used to have a C band dish years ago until they started going digital and it was gonna cost a bit to be able to receive the digital. So he went with dish instead.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Receivers are much less expensive these days than they were during the digital transition.

[@ronnieallen6986]

I had one years ago

[@tylervaughn6328]

So what do you get with this

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Generally you get the same type of channels received locally with an antenna. But also news feeds, international channels and interesting stuff not available from an antenna or cable. But no actual pay TV cable channels. Those are encrypted.

[@quintonharvey1501]

How many channels do you get

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Between TV and radio channels, there’s hundreds across all satellites.

[@TrueBlueAustralian]

Just buy a new actuator and be done with it, lots more fun scanning the skys, then maybe one dish vertical and one horizontal. Upgrade that coax too ;)

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

There’s more than one way to do things. I have plenty of fun outside with a wrench and meter moving my dishes around. Coax hasn’t caused any problems either. Thanks for watching!

[@TrueBlueAustralian]

@@NorthcoasterHobby What coax are you using? Rg59

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@TrueBlueAustralian Absolutely not. Minimum RG6. Some is RG6 Quad shield.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

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[@josephrodriguez2720]

All this shop is sattle lite that's all. I wanna know how. Everybody know you need a sattle lite. What about the rest of the set up?

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

There’s over 200 other videos on my channel covering all of that. Have a look.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

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[@NorthcoasterHobby]

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[@barryklinedinst6233]

If you want to see a dish that isn't built like a screen door look for a unit called birdview. They are one piece spun aluminum gear drive units. They are made much better than that flimsy stuff in the video

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

I looked up the Birdview dishes you mentioned. They look like well-built dishes. However the dishes you see in my video are in no way flimsy. They’ve survived 30 years of harsh Canadian winters and still work perfectly. Thanks for watching.

[@ricclark6977]

But... the chains go to a hardly restrained fence. LOL

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

The steel posts are sitting in concrete. The posts are clad in wood.

[@imrankhantheboss]

Fron where i can buy this in pakistan.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

I don’t know. I found mine locally.

[@JP-wj2cz]

I wish you could tell me how did you get free Satellite TV instead of just talking about the dish for like 12 minutes.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

I have other videos about that. Have a look at my channel.

[@OnceShy_TwiceBitten]

Why do people still use these old things?

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Because they still work, and it’s fun! Satellite TV kzbin.info/aero/PLDX6gLCL4WMzYuc7UwrAL82RHbqOdGJv9

[@73superglide62]

Still have 6ft 10ft tree took out and 4tv rec lost in house fire

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

That’s unfortunate to hear.

[@73superglide62]

@@NorthcoasterHobby last i hear not much up there open .

[@emmanuelotu6623]

Tp of c band