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  1. (((Garyd)))

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    My stock is now almost penny stock I lost 5k
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    Repurposing broken actuators

    Well my first dish in 1983 was a hand crank, I cut marks in it to mark where the birds were I used 2 of them once to create a X Y table with a video camera moving it in 2 planes now is so easy digitally but I could zoom in on a picture and move it while videoing it I agree not much use for one...
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    C-Band dish positioner

    find a JGS 1 I may even have new parts for it, water in the water came out, and it did not try to be waterproof as others did no steel parts in it I must have installed 200 of them the worm gear did not break but there was a plastic gear which broke on early ones I may have a few NOS of the...
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    C band signal problems

    A hair-off polarity is a big deal, also check the dish is not off being round string it, if you don't know how ask
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    C band signal problems

    What type of dish do you have, show me some pictures front, side, and back of the dish also did you try by-passing the coax cable with another cable, they can go bad for many reasons??? I have even seen a tree dropped near the ground where the cable went the pressure of the earth could chance...
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    Dish System Setup Question

    Yes, how else would they get power and digital signals?
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    Need Repair for 9242 and 6131 Satellite Receivers

    The problem could be the computer power supply not being able to keep up with any extra load you I would use heat on the caps of the power supply and see if that helps you may be getting too much AC ripple on your 5 Volt DC which will cause all kinds of crazy things to happen There is more then...
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    Need Repair for 9242 and 6131 Satellite Receivers

    both items could be found using heat or cold spray cold fixes shorts for a short time, if not hard shorted, but goes shorted after power goes on
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    Need Repair for 9242 and 6131 Satellite Receivers

    Well, when your eyes can not see it, you use logic most caps near heat sources die first they dry out not always show signs of being bad. So while the unit is under power and you see it dead or acting up by not doing what its supposed to do you trick it. With heat and with cold, if you don't...
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    Need Repair for 9242 and 6131 Satellite Receivers

    DO YOU HAVE THIS BOARD IN YOURS?
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    Need Repair for 9242 and 6131 Satellite Receivers

    I'm bad at doing it that way unless you open the receiver up and take very high-quality pictures of everything you see You're asking a doctor to operate on your body without seeing X-rays first, let's see what you have. Don't do it as an attachment, use the insert image, go very high...
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    Need Repair for 9242 and 6131 Satellite Receivers

    Call me 203 232 8888
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    Kijiji, eBay, and Craigslist dishes for you to take a look at

    Agree good shape
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    Need Repair for 9242 and 6131 Satellite Receivers

    I can show how to find the exact bad caps, and teach you how to replace without removing the main board from the receiver I used to repair 5-10 C-band receivers a week and get them from all over the US it beat working outside 99% is common sense when its bad caps, which is 75% of repairs
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    Need Repair for 9242 and 6131 Satellite Receivers

    https://www.digitalhome.ca/threads/bell-tv-9242-hd-pvr-discussion-thread.59201/page-164
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    Need Repair for 9242 and 6131 Satellite Receivers

    Call me I will teach you the needed tricks to repair them your odds are 60-to 40 you can do it 203 232 8888 all calls must be after 1PM Gary Diamond
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    Voyager 2 Gets Major Correction From NASA

    Just think one day 1,000 years from now they will find it and break back for everyone to look at
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    LNB question

    The noise level on that and the drift makes it junk but a KU LNBF that can not be used with anything digital the year on that thing is about 1985
  19. (((Garyd)))

    RG-6 connectors

    When you got a bunch to do, it only pisses you off
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    RG-6 connectors

    Only on C-Band kid LOL
  21. (((Garyd)))

    SOLD!! 12AX7A TUBES $25, OR 10 FOR $200

    ALL SOLD
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    Dish Network desperate to raise money to meet 5G deadline, source says

    https://www.cellularmaps.com/dish-wireless/
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    Dish Network desperate to raise money to meet 5G deadline, source says

    Well let us pick our chs I don't buy everything the store sells may help, what do you think plus a question Scott which streaming service offers the best box that my wife's dementia can handle if I use the fiber. to stream TV, she can not navigate she needs a remote she hit a ch number like she...
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    Dish Network desperate to raise money to meet 5G deadline, source says

    Well how slow up is it, I just got fiber from DSL now that is slow?
  25. (((Garyd)))

    Dish Network desperate to raise money to meet 5G deadline, source says

    What part is NOT great?
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