Portable Satellite Systems

Satellite dish tripods are lightweight and easy to transport. Tripods are excellent for helping your satellite dish clear railings, fences, trees and other obstacles. RV'ers love them, and apartment dwellers keep their landlords happy. These tripods are heavy duty and made of high quality stainless steel.

Take your satellite system on the road with you. Tripods are perfect for outdoor events and activities. It has 3 holes in each foot for secure mounting. Works great with the Eliptical Dish, 18" Dish and 90 cm Dish.

If you need something smaller and more compact you might want to consider a Mini Satellite Dish. These dishes are perfect for truck drivers or just those times you need a temporary satellite signal. It comes with a suction cup that mounts to any surface such as glass or metal and does not require any mounting screws.

The mini satellite dish is perfect to mount on top of your car or even on glass windows. Receive the same signal strength as an 18" dish. Comes with a plastic carrying case that fits any standard FTA size receiver like a Viewsat or Sonicview.

New Product Arrival at Sky High Electronics : EMP switches

Sky High Electronics is proud to announce the new arrival of the EMP Centauri line. These switches are of the highest quality from the Czech Republic and their first class construction is evident after switching from standard Diseqc switches to any EMP product. A wide array of EMP products is available at Skyhighelectronics.

New 2 year Warranty for Viewsat receivers!

Viewtech Inc, a California based free to air satellite company has announced today that they will be extending their warranty on all Viewsat receivers for an additional 1 year. This will give the consumer a 2 year warranty on all hardware.

Company executives have said that due to the exceptionally low defective rate with receivers, they are more then confident in the quality and workmanship in Viewsat receivers. Viewsat receivers like the Lite, Xtreme, Ultra and PVR are all made in Korea. Korea's quality is far superior to the quality produced by China or Taiwan.

All warranty in the United States is handled by http://www.viewsatusa.com
All warranty in Canada is handles by http://www.skyhighelectronics.com/help_answer.asp?ID=129#129

NSS-8 Launch Failure

The launch of NSS-8 state of the art satellite from Sea Launch pad on Pacific Ocean ended in complete failure as Zenit-3SL launch vehicle exploded at start.

The NSS-8 Ku- and C-band satellite for Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent was originally destined to replace old NSS-703 at 57º East.

The total loss of the satellite means that NSS-703 will now remain at its original position until early 2009 when currently in construction NNS-9 replaces NSS-5 at 177° West and the latter can be relocated to 57º East...

Watch The Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JJQO-WBJBY

Satellite & Broadband Expo 2007 West

What started as Satellite Expo in Memphis, Tennessee has now grown to one of the most respected industry events in the nation. The trade show, started as a vision has turned into a universal event, drawing exhibitors and attendees from around the world. In 2007 Satellite Expo became Satellite & Broadband Expo to fully describe the offerings at the show. Now the SBE makes the largest transition to date.

At the request of both exhibitors and attendees, SBE will now be held twice per year. The regular Spring show will be held in Atlanta, GA April 18-21 at the Georgia International Convention Center. October 17- 20 will find satellite retailers and technicians converging on the beautiful Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada for the first annual SBE 2007 West show.

The SBE West show will be like the East coast show in the fact our attendees, the retailers and technicians will always be our guests of honor. Exhibitors come from around the world to present their products directly to those with the decision making power. SBE 2007 West is not a show of employees and trainees, SBE 2007 West is a show for owners, independent contractors, some of the most skilled technicians in the communications industry. We welcome everyone to SBE 2007 West, we also welcome you to the future of the satellite and broadband industry.

For more information visit http://www.sbe07.com/west/index.html

Sirius Radios Won’t Be Obsolete After Merger

SIRIUS Satellite Radio, which recently announced plans to merge with XM Satellite Radio, has issued a guarantee to its more than 12 million listeners that existing radios will not become obsolete if the merger is approved.

SIRIUS unleashed a national print and retail advertising campaign, which sets forth the "SIRIUS Guarantee" in national and metropolitan publications. The guarantee says clearly that no SIRIUS radios will become obsolete as a result of a merger with XM. SIRIUS has millions of radios in the market, including many that are built into the vehicles manufactured by its automakers.

Customers who sign up now for SIRIUS will have their subscription rate honored by the merged company. As a merged company, SIRIUS expects to be able to offer even more flexibility in subscriptions and programming selection.

Viewsat Lite

Viewsat Lite
$157.89 at www.skyhighelectronics.com

This is the most basic entery level satellite receiver. It was developed for the South American market in early 2006 and then introduced to the North American market in late 2006 early 2007. The biggest difference between the Lite and its bigger brother the Viewsat Xtreme is that the Lite has no smart card reader, no component video ad no dolby digital audio output. BEsides those luxury features it is basically the same. The Viewsat Lite will pick-up and receive all the same satellites and channel as all other receivers. The picture quality is best when used with a S-video cable.

What receiver should you buy?

There are many new free to air satellite receivers avaialble on the market. They all do the basic function of receiving and displaying a satellite signal, except that some have more or less features.

First lets start off with a list of the top 4 receivers on the market.

Viewsat Lite
Viewsat Xtreme
Viewsat Ultra
Viewsat PVR 7000

Viewsat Warranty in Canada

www.skyhighelectronics.com is the official Viewsat warranty center for all of Canada.

What channels are FTA Free-to-air?

You can see an brief listing of free-to-air channels available at www.skyhighelectronics.com

Sky High Electronics Inc.
7025 Tomken Road, Unit 1A
Mississauga, Ontario
L5S 1R6
(905) 565 8530
sales@skyhighelectronics.com


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Viewsat Lite, Viewsat Xtreme, Viewsat Ultra, Viewsat PVR, Viewsat Warranty