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  1. ayelvington

    Weird kind of H-H motor failure.

    My H-H motor suddenly quit moving. (So sad) I went outside with my STAB hand-held controller and tried to see what was going on. I pressed GOTO 0 and the dish traveled east to zero. I pressed the west button and the dish went west. I pressed the east button and the dish did nothing. I...
  2. ayelvington

    Switching question (stumped so far)

    Yes, I read the FAQ, but I regret that I don't see a common solution for this configuration: MiniHD receiver C-band BUD: Motor driven by V-box II, single-cable LNBF (Frequency stacked I'm told) Ku dish: SG H-H motor (USALS), Universal LNBF I was using a Diseq switch for a while and it worked...
  3. ayelvington

    Audio sync issue on SES3 (103W)

    I have a GeosatPro MicroHD receiver, and I'm having an audio sync problem on SES3 (103W) on C-band. I use the same receiver for Ku with no problem. The sound/motion (lips, whatever) are off enough to make it look like a poorly synced kung fu movie all the time. Is there an issue with this...
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    GEOSATpro MicroHD: Video to go!

    I am appreciate my MicroHD more and more every day. The recording function has been a blessing since I'm not up late at night to catch a lot of feeds. I have wanted to show programs at friends homes, but didn't want to take the receiver with. I was delighted when I discovered that my Micca...
  5. ayelvington

    Balancing a BUD for full actuator range

    I got my BUD on the arc last week, and was delighted to get PBS-HD before I hit the horizon of the bluff behind the house. I judged the installation of the actuator so that I could just get the top of the bluff to the west, and a reasonable travel to the east. Problem, the dish balance keeps...
  6. ayelvington

    90% signal strength, 0-10% signal quality

    Two different birds. Both give me 90% signal strength on an HD channel. One is running 40%+ on signal quality, but the other is 0-10%. I'm going to check my declination, but hard to know what's going on when the signal strength is solid. Any experience to share? I enjoy LPBHD a lot, but...
  7. ayelvington

    Hacking my motorized BUD

    My BUD is some 50' from the house, and not visible from the V-box or receiver that are located in the basement. Doing routine maintenance on the dish was a challenge since it meant having a lookout to tell you where the dish was. Enter my hack. My dish is connected back to the house using the...
  8. ayelvington

    Eagle Aspen C-band LNBF Dual LO Help??

    In reference to this thread: http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/eagle-aspen-c-band-lnbf.96241/#post-3781874 YEARS LATER.... I'm trying to pair this LNBF up to my Fortec Star Mercury II receiver, and I have no clue what to put in for the definition. There's a "user defined" option, but...
  9. ayelvington

    Two stearable dish set-up question

    I have a BUD driven by a V-box, and a Ku dish using USALS. I want to use one receiver (GEOSATpro MicroHD) to run both of them. Both dishes have universal LNBFs using 13/18 polarity switching. I have either a 22 kHz switch (2-port), or a DiSEqC switch (4:1) to choose from. So folks, which...
  10. ayelvington

    OTHER X-Square (X2) Premium Mini questions

    I have an email into the company, but I thought that I'd poll the group for it's combined experience. Two things here: My unit spontaneously did a factory reset losing all of my settings, so is there a process to save settings to the thumb drive? Secondly, I want to use it as the single...
  11. ayelvington

    FREE! Direct burial BUD cable to a good home

    I have a spool of BUD cable in my barn that I have been tripping over for too long. My BUD is installed, and I don't want/need what's on the spool. I suspect that there is still several hundred feet, but I don't know. The coax is good quality, and it includes the motor power, and also the...
  12. ayelvington

    Traxis DBS3500 doesn't work with remote :(

    My DBS3500 stopped working with the old remote. (I could see IR flashing on camera, so remote was signalling.) I bought a replacement remote and still no joy. Cannot even turn power on and off. Any thoughts? This is almost a disposable receiver, but it does power on from the front panel, so...
  13. ayelvington

    Lifting a 10' BUD into place question

    Getting the 10' BUD (and mast) from my neighbor wasn't too bad. We cut the mast at the ground and lowered it with a winch while it hinged on the remaining metal of the mast. Now comes the fun part. The new mast is in the ground standing about 8' tall. I noticed a lift point on the back of...
  14. ayelvington

    Installing a control cable quickly...

    I'm installing a BUD in my yard, and I used my tractor sub-soiler plow to stitch the cable below the grass. I welded 1-1/4" pipe onto the back of the plow to pull the cable behind the tractor. I tapered the trailing edge of the rigid sweep to minimize snagging, and to let the soil grab the...