Ham Radio Stuff

Free To Air Satellite

I recently updated my FTA (Free To Air) satellite receiver and moved the dish because my trees have grown.

Here is a close up, just in case you want to know how it's mounted.

Fortec Star 900cm dish, universal LNB, SG-2100 DiSEqC 1.2 motor mounted to a 10' pole (buried 4.5' down & secured to 240 pounds of concrete)
GeoSATPro MicroHD Satellite Receiver connected to motor / LNB with quad-shielded RG-6 coaxial cable (grounded to satellite pole)

Ham Radio Gear

• Kenwood TM-733 radio, Comet CF-416 duplexer
  ADI AR-447 UHF radio
  DAIWA CN-103L SWR and power meter
  Comet GP-9N VHF/UHF antenna
  Comet DJ-130 discone antenna connected to 3x MiniCircuit 3dB 50ohm splitters which feed four scanners.

• Uniden Bearcat BC780XLT for General Scanning (Local Fire/EMS)

• Uniden Bearcat BC895XLT for Aircraft ACARS downlink on 131.55MHz

• Radio Shack Pro-2040
  Kantonics Kam+
  Kenwood R-2000 Receiver