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    C BAND STEEL POST: WHERE TO GET A 3 1/2" ONE?

    T4Runner good to see you got that dish I gave you up and running I would love to hear out if working out for you since I never had the chance to install it from when I picked it up initially.
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    Free Satellite Dishes- Central Valley California Modesto area

    Hey everyone, Basically I am graduating in may and will be moving to Florida from Turlock, in the Central Valley in California and I am trying to lighten my load so to speak. I have the following dishes that I am going to give away, yep, for free. -a 5ft primefocus solid dish, its a little...
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    newbie questions

    I would have to agree with AcWxRadar on a fixed system first. That is what I did and just playing around with some real budget type stuff and now I could pretty much look into the sky and point out the satellite locations from moving the dish around to see various things. Once you have that kind...
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    info on DTV slimline w/ SL5PIG-P

    I had this set up using a cheap adapter off ebay to mount a regular lnb. I eventually had it on a motor seeing 83-125 and was able to pick up everything except dvb-s2 signals with it using a spitfire .1db lnb. This is from the central valley in California (Modesto). My signal tended to be in the...
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    Newbee question

    Just thought I would drop in to give you my .02. I would order the LNB adapter that you see in my pics rather than mess with conduit or brackets. It really helps in the proper alignment for the focal point. I am not sure where you are located exactly but I am near Modesto in the Central Valley...
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    Directtv slimline for FTA...Success

    -Corrado Mine came with the smaller lnb as well, with the label of swm3 on it. I use it on 101 and the signal comes in strong here in Central California. I don't have a motorized setup yet so it is nice to have 2 birds at the same time. although I do think it is good for newbies like me to get...
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    Directtv slimline for FTA...Success

    -Orac What I did was have the original swm3 lnb on the dish and positioned the new bracket so that it would hold the new lnb at the approximate position as the original. I just eyeballed it and then marked, and drilled the new hole for the lnb. Adjusted the height to match the swm3 height, the...
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    Directtv slimline for FTA...Success

    its about 33x22" and the mount that came on it is quite nice indeed. It is a temporary setup until I get another tripod (I rent my townhouse) as my other one is holding up a starband dish that I got off craigslist a while back.
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    Directtv slimline for FTA...Success

    Someone threw out a Directtv slimline in my neighborhood so I figured I would give it a shot. So purchased a lnb bracket and a spitfire .1db lnb. I drilled a new hole to mount the lnb bracket so that it aligned with where the swm3 that came on it was. Tightened everything up and pointed to the...
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    Plumbing Tripod for Apartment Install

    How about getting some of those adjustable screw things they put on table (and chair) legs?
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    Newbie Success

    I tried to skew it according to dishpointer.com but never so much as a blip on quality. I figured what the heck flip it over and see what happens, within like 15 minutes I had 99Q on 110 with a circular lnb. Swapped the Linear LNB and and moved to 97W where I get about 75Q. Maybe I am just...
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    Newbie Success

    :D It is all smiles today. Just some background I picked up a used Viewsat xtreme on craigslist and had some dishnetwork dishes that were left at my mom's house when she moved in. I tried rigging a linear LNB with no luck picking up anything. Put out the request on Craigslist for FTA dish. After...
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    Welcome New Members! (Please Say HI here!)

    New member here, Firstly I just want to say thank you to everyone who has contributed to this forum past and present. The search feature brings up everything a newbie, such as myself, could ever want to know. The no-hack talk on this board is a pleasant surprise. Love the forum already.