Does anyone know which reciever would be the best to have to what FTA programs?

Do the rg6 inline amps really work?

I am trying to watch AMC9 83w. I have S80-85/ Q35-40. Very hard to waht. Enjoy whating Retro (RTN) tv.

My rg6 cable is 170 feet back to the house.

All fta receivers will work, Pansat and Colosat are best for true fta but i wouldn't spend extra money on a receiver if you already have one. Inline amp does work it should improve quality by about 10 % on average depending on the receiver, it's not the same for all receivers. Here is some useful info i found for you, hope it helps.

rtn tv network now call myretro tv is on amc 9 83 w. has east/west coast feed. i hope this information will help u find amc 9. these two tp will help u fine amc 9. tp 11728 and 11775. depend on what part of the country u r n one of these tp will come n stronger than the other. put these two tp n frist, then 11735. it will take 10-15 seconds beforce u lock n on 11735 my retro tv.

antenna setup

amc 9 83w
lnb power - on
lnb type - standard- ku-band
lnb freq- 10750
22khz - off
tp- 11728- s/r 04342 pol h- fec- 3/4
tp- 11775- s/r 04342 pol h- fec- 3/4
tp- 11735- sr 04444 pol h - fec- 3/4
remember to scan after setup.
90cm dish

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THanks, I already get the two channels, to many pixels. Would I get a better picture wish a 1.2 dish?

From what i found out it's not necessary dish size but the receiver that is causing color bars. I aslo found out that entering manually tp's and frequency work better then blind scan. Here is a review on some fta receivers.

The same dish and LNB were used for all 3 receivers. The dish and LNB are painstakingly peaked on 83W / AMC9.

Dish: Winegard DS-2076 76cm offset Ku band dish.

LNB: DMS International Standard Ku JSC321S 0.3 dB rated

Neusat SP-6000 Standard: Will not lock onto the 11735 transponder at all. No amount of blind scanning or manual entry of frequency and symbol rate data would get a lock on 11735. Tried TP freqency of 11740 as suggested by others on this forum, in addition to 11735. It would get the NBC color bars and the LEO1 transponders without issues at 60- 80% Q.

Captiveworks CW-700S: Found the 11735 transponder with blind scan first try. Signal quality varies from 30- 45%. Picture breakup threshold is 25- 28 on this receiver, so signal was lost on cloudy days, and at night. NBC Color bars at 80% Q.

Conaxant Mini: (Recently purchased new in the box for $46 delivered on eBay!) This receiver allows the frequency stepping while blind scanning to be selected at 2, 4 , 6 or 8 MHz. I chose 2 Mhz and scanned AMC9. It found the 11735 transponder and gets 60- 70% indicated signal quality. Clouds do not knock it out, and it continues to get 11735 / RTV even in the middle of the night. No noticeable dropouts of RTV signal in over a weeks use. NBC Color bars at 95% Q.

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I have a 1.2 channel master dish, RTN comes in 85% ..Great shows to watch.

Thank you for your input.

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