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  1. wen

    Actuator Recommendations

    Actually a Venture Ball Screw Ma818-B24 is on Ricks Satellite for $229. That will lift 1000 pounds if you use a heavy duty clamp from Venture. The heavy duty clamp comes with some models but you can look it up here...
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    Actuator Recommendations

    Buy a Heavy Duty Ball Screw Actuator I can attest to the fact that the Made in China Ebay actuator is a short lived spare (They use only 1.5 inch tubes and advertise as heavy duty). Mine lasted only until the first good breeze folded it over. Hunted up my old 24 inch Thomson Saginaw Ball...
  3. wen

    titanium ASC1 dish positioner

    Fortunately, mine reads the correct direction. Just noticed that the + key goes toward the next East satellite, when it seems it should go to the next Western satellite (but that is probably because my actuator is mounted on the East side). Hope everything works out to be consistent, although...
  4. wen

    titanium ASC1 dish positioner

    Doesn't the count direction depend on whether the actuator pushes on the West or East side of the dish? My actuator is on the East side of the dish. I set my zero at true South, so it counts up in both directions with the positive numbers going East.
  5. wen

    titanium ASC1 dish positioner

    Not sure how that would work. My LNB's need 18 volts. The polarator needs to know the polarity the receiver is requesting so it can move to the correct polarity for both LNB's. The ASC-1 solves a lot of problems including allowing me to scan both C & Ku LNB's with only one satellite position...
  6. wen

    I need a BUD pole

    You need 3.00 inside diameter schedule 40 pipe which is 3.50 outside diameter. See post http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/316894-12-ft-Paraclipse-Classic-Polar-T-Antenna. It only cost $2.95 per foot new from metal yard like sells metal tubing. Ask a welder where to buy it. It is cheaper used.
  7. wen

    Need SatelliteGuys Assistance for C-band Feedhorn Alignment Tool Project

    I have a couple of pictures of my Chaparral Corotor that appears to be different than those already shown, in that the probe comes almost exactly to the front of the housing. I believe there have been adequate dimensions given, but if you need any more, please let me know.
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    Need SatelliteGuys Assistance for C-band Feedhorn Alignment Tool Project

    I have a couple of Chaparral feeds and they all seem to fit the blue plastic cover quite nicely. It is approx 2 5/8 inches in diameter and goes on 7/8 of an inch. They position quite accurately for locating the boresight of the LNB and hold tightly to the outside of the LNB with 8 plastic...
  9. wen

    AZBOX New firmware version 0.9.5402 for AzBox Elite, Ultra, Premium and Premium Plus models

    Because it is not worth anything or there would be no grey market products sold. Unfortuately Azbox has lost the prestige it once had and there is so much infighting that it probably will not recover. The major distributor in the states was (and still probably is) Ricks Satellite and...
  10. wen

    X2 premium

    This is a technical forum, so why not make a few technical points about the X2 premium? The 80 satellites are good, but you can only use 64 of them at one time. The blindscan is really excellent. The video output is not as good on Standard Definition as the ALI chipset receivers like the...
  11. wen

    Which c/ku-band feedhorn is best?

    Please don't. I always appreciate all points of view and we got a lot of points of view in this thread. Same goes for MagicStatic and all the other people who responded to this thread. Here is a picture of my first LNA, which was home-made in 1980. At that time the tiny semiconductor...
  12. wen

    Which c/ku-band feedhorn is best?

    These are two of my old feedhorns that haven't been used in 19 years. They both seem to be in good shape and both made by Chaparral. The first one has the Ku LNB centered on the dish and the c-band LNB on the Polar Axis 3 inches from centered. It uses two polarators. This one is not shown on...
  13. wen

    Do you still have your first FTA reciever?

    My first satellite dish was home made in 1980 and even got a certificate from TBN to receive their signal and re-transmit it! 12 ft Fiberglass Dish, LNA, Downconverter, and all other equipment were also home made for c-band.
  14. wen

    Paul Crouch, Founder of TBN, passed away this morning

    Paul was instrumental in sending me the authorization to legally receive and redistribute Trinity Broadcasting Network during the early days of Satellite Television (December 1980). I removed my full name from this copy of the Certificate. Paul will be missed.
  15. wen

    Confirmed. Sky Angel is out of business as of January 14th.

    Many of us paid for the Lifetime subscription only to see a change in management completely nullify the lifetime contracts to try to startup the IPTV boxes. They probably truly deserve to go broke, although the gospel programming has been missed for a long time.
  16. wen

    New to the Hobby with an X-Squared M1

    Thanks for the clarification primestar31. The X2 premium HD is still selling for only $54.95. Almost worth that to get the new sat list! It compares quite well with my AZbox Premium HD+ at 6x the price, although the picture quality is better on the AZbox, but all blindscans are on the X2...
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    New to the Hobby with an X-Squared M1

    Search for"X2 Premium HD Nov 06 2013 firmware" and you will find a website with X2 firmware archived for the Premium HD, but will not work on your M1 box. This Premium HD version has a better satellite database and the box has decent editing capabilities if you need to make...
  18. wen

    ASC1 Black Friday Special WOW

    I bought one!!! You convinced me Brian!!! I ordered one yesterday and hope to get one of the first ones shipped. I spent many years in charge of our electronic product design department and I really like the unit: Best Features: 1) nice appearance 2) programmable 3) slow (ramped) stop and...
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    Which combo feed LNB configurations or LNBF's works well or use 1 mtr dish for Ku?

    Thanks again mmewrench for the information. If you have a picture of your feed and lnb's, you might post it. I had several setbacks in this installation that made it take much longer than necessary. I bought one of the 1 5/8 diameter actuators (advertised as heavy duty monster) which lasted...
  20. wen

    Which combo feed LNB configurations or LNBF's works well or use 1 mtr dish for Ku?

    Thanks very much for posting the information on the corotor II. What lnb's are you using on it now and how are you controlling the polarity?
  21. wen

    Which combo feed LNB configurations or LNBF's works well or use 1 mtr dish for Ku?

    My main dish is a 12 ft Paraclipse Classic Polar T. I have a BSC-621-2D which came with no directions and almost no specifications and some web sites say it is for experimental use. It does not work as well as the BSC-421 (which at least has markings for f/d) location on the feedhorn and...
  22. wen

    I finally did it

    Congrats, that is my dish, almost exactly and I bought mine brand new!!! If you have a manual for it, let me know if you ever scan it and can send me a copy. There are two other manuals on this site, but neither is exactly like the polar T mount that you have!
  23. wen

    DiSEqC-Box (vbox7) problem with constant dish motion using buttons

    Thanks A Raine. Looks like that has solved my problem. After I stored the first position P01 in the vbox7, everything else went back to working like it should. I have no idea why, but it now seems to work properly and will go to the preset positions. The buttons now move the dish properly as...
  24. wen

    DiSEqC-Box (vbox7) problem with constant dish motion using buttons

    Hi A Raine. Now that would be a treat to find out that it is only a problem with using the buttons. I guess I need to change my signature as I also use the X2 Premium HD, too. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get a stable configuration and actuator count up to now. Maybe the box will...
  25. wen

    DiSEqC-Box (vbox7) problem with constant dish motion using buttons

    Thanks Magic Static. That would be nice. I tried again with the remote, but still same problem. I have an old Houston Tracker (Echosphere) Model 70 receiver that has never been used as I bought it new just before I moved from California and it has been packed away ever since. Somewhere the...