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What size of dish would I need to pick up bell express Hi def in Phoenix?

I am new to satellite TV. I have a dish and I receive Hotbird at 13 east with a very strong signal. I am located in the south part of France and I am trying to receive AFN 9 US Armed Forces network Programming. I understand that it is transmitted on Hotbird 9 but I am clueless as to what I need to do to connect to Hotbird 9. Any suggestions or help would be ...

Hello all,
I would love to point to IS907 (Intelsat 907) in Nigeria.
I need to confirm if 1130.5 is right for my signal tracking on C-band. I need this urgently.
Regards
Yinka

I am having difficulty to align my dish. I have installed about 12 years ago and never touched until the wind turned it off direction. I don't know which way it went off but I wanted a special tune up for FTA. It is a 8.5 ft Orbitron with H-H mount and spinclination tube.

Questions: Where do I measure the aiming angle on this dish? I am on 43 N latitude. If someone has a manual ...

Pointing your antenna just got easier. We developed a series of satellite pointing apps for android phone which are available in the tools section of the Google Android Marketplace. One is the CyTVSatFinder app specifically designed to help the person find the correct direction to point your antenna. While this app does come at a small cost, a free app (CyGPSFinder) will demonstrate the capabilities befre you purchase to ensure it meets your needs. The ...

Is there a portable meter more precise than the birdog?
Without going the expensive way of a spectrum analyzer? With the five LNB on Directv soon to be the only dish going to be put up it's difficult at times to ensure accuracy to the tune of five satellites and to conclude that I am riding the lobe instead of the sweet spot. Even with dithering.
The birdog is great and gets the job done ...