Removing satellite receivers

Dishes at one of our buildings have been removed, but I can't seem to find information on how we should remove the receivers. I'd love to free up that space in our AV cabinet.

Can buildings that have had dishes removed also remove receivers?
If so, should we arrange for FM to pick them up?

I'd leave them for now. They may be needed to confirm to those upstream that the dish has indeed been removed.

FM may come by later to remove the receivers.

I'm pretty sure they've already confirmed removal of the dishes, because the way I found out the dishes were gone is that the receivers were deregistered.

I'll check with FM. Thanks!

andrewjorgensen wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:35 pm I'll check with FM. Thanks!

Yeah, that would be the safe thing. I'd expect the dish to be removed by a contractor. But they may not have given the contractor access to the building. They may be planning to send around an employee at the next available opportunity.

Your results could vary, but our FM confirmed that I could remove the receivers myself, so I have. Made it possible to tidy up the cabinet better, so I'm very happy about that.

I know this is an old post but thought I would throw in a few things. Some buildings will continue to utilize the satellite dishes. I'm working on satellite sound to chapel sound system issues at a stake center that just got a new dish, in fact. And it was approved by the FM and Salt Lake to get the new dish, as this building is unable to get any internet speeds above 5M down and .5M up. So- for those of you who have buildings with terrible internet speeds that makes streaming conference and other church broadcasts difficult if not impossible, make sure you are talking with your Stake Technology Leader and Stake Leadership and make sure they are in turn talking with their FM Group to ensure that building is not on the list to have the satellite system removed yet.

Has the Church stopped transmitting on the North America C-band channel? At our last general conference in October our meetinghouses were still able to watch the proceedings via satellite. But last week most of them were no longer receiving a satellite signal on the frequency the Church was using.

I would like to confirm that this was the problem so I can tell our wards and branches to stop trying to use the system, even though none of the receiving dishes or other equipment has been removed.

lajackson wrote: Sun Apr 10, 2022 6:10 pm Has the Church stopped transmitting on the North America C-band channel? At our last general conference in October our meetinghouses were still able to watch the proceedings via satellite. But last week most of them were no longer receiving a satellite signal on the frequency the Church was using.

I had a problem awhile back where one of the receivers was knocked off frequency (or wasn't updated with a change). I used the frequency setting from a receiver that worked and updated the one that didn't. That fixed it.

russellhltn wrote: Sun Apr 10, 2022 6:23 pm I used the frequency setting from a receiver that worked and updated the one that didn't.

I cannot find a working C-band receiver. I think they all must have dropped off around the same time.

Just wanted to add another data point: the six buildings in my stake in Indiana all stopped receiving a signal earlier this year. They have not had any of the dishes or receivers removed yet (FM group says the project was pushed back to 2022 instead of 2021). This shouldn't affect receiving sites outside the mainland US.

Your post was a while ago, but I believe the United States C-band spectrum being used by the church satellite network went offline at the end of 2021. The government auctioned off that spectrum for other uses. The church still does operate a Ku-band satellite system. Those use much smaller dishes pointed at a different satellite.

mevans wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:55 pm I believe the United States C-band spectrum being used by the church satellite network went offline at the end of 2021.

I think it's still running, but there was a finacial incentive to remove as many as they could. It's possible the receivers were all turned off remotely.

They came around and removed all of the big receiving antennae in our stake this week. Someone called yesterday from a branch asking why they could not find general conference at the church. I asked if the satellite antenna was still out back or if it was gone. It's gone they said. That's why you cannot get conference. Find a laptop.

Question. Our satellite dish was removed a while ago but they did not take the receiver equipment inside the library. Was there a message or memorandum that provided the information on how to remove this equipment and or who can remove this equipment? We are a small branch and we could really use the space in our library that this equipment is taking up. Any help and or guidance would be appreciate. Thanks for your help.

jelanzoni wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:24 am Was there a message or memorandum that provided the information on how to remove this equipment and or who can remove this equipment?

The cabinet with the receivers probably have other things co-located there. Things like a video distribution system that might be used for large meetings for overflow. Or, a system that might be used to webcast meetings.

But if there's nothing else of interest, the branch president can file a FIR with FM to have it removed.

the branch president can file a FIR with FM to have it removed

Interestingly, we recently did that exact process for a bunch of security camera system equipment in our attic. Our building is inner-city, and somebody asked if we could start using the security camera system. We were told that the Church actually doesn't support that anymore, and they also told us that their recommendation is to keep the equipment in the building (?!?). So it's still turned on, and doing absolutely nothing except using electricity.

Just to say that it wouldn't surprise me if the FM group said they'll just keep the equipment in the building. Hopefully they do take it out, but your mileage may vary

The receivers are no longer needed and useless and worthless. Toss them. They will never be used again. The contractors who removed the dishes were instructed to only remove the dishes and did not go into the meetinghouses and were told nothing about the receivers.

And current policy is that no active security cameras are allowed to be installed in meetinghouses. Doesn't mean that some dummy cameras are not set up in high crime areas.. There are exceptions but those permissions can only come from salt lake.