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Me too. On my CS8000 I entered to new TP data & tried to manual scan the new TP. By bumping the BUD, the best I could do was get 5%-7% Q on the CS8000. I liked having the SD signal available, because with 30 seconds of wire-switching, I could use my CS5000 to send the signal to the back BR via...

I have a CS8000 & an AZBox Elite. For our "everyday viewer", we use the CS8000 b/c it's been pretty easy for my wife to figure out how to change channels & satellites with it. To me, the cs8000 is an excellent tool to have for just watching TV. It's tuner seems to be more sensitive for...

Somewhere, on the FTA section of the forum, there's a copy of the FCC rules that over ride any local, state or HOA regulation on dishes. Iceburg (who IS a HOA president) has dealt with similar issues at his neighborhood. You might want to post this question over in the general FTA forum or the...

I bought mine off of ebay. Occasionally, I've seen one 'for sale' in the classifieds here at SG's.

Based on MY 'beginner' experiences I would recommend the following: 1) Get a motor. That's more important to me than dish size. It's easier to aim a motorized dish than it is aim a stationary dish. To me a 30" dish with a motor is better than a larger dish & the money's about the same. 2) Right...

NO whatever you do, don't fool with it. In fact you need to remove it from your property, and as far as that goes, remove it from your country. Load the dish & other stuff up into a rental van, fill all the available empty space up with Moosehead or Molson's and drive it down to South Carolina...

And those "pine-bore beetles" could spread and cause other problems in the future also.

I gotta figure out a 'non-satellite' excuse to sell my wife on to get rid of about 10 large pines which are blocking my BUD's LOS from 72W to 83W and from 101W through about 119W. Also, if she visits her sister for a couple of weeks, I really could use a third line of RG6 run from my dish...

Actually Radar, I am trying to track the arc with it. Here's what my goal is: I want a semi-fixed dish that can occasionally be easily repositioned at least from 72W to 101 or 105 W. So the suggestions have been relevant. I didn't get as far as I wanted yesterday. But I did get my contraption...

Update on my project: After a little thinking while walking up & down the aisles of a local HD store and a Lowes & stumbling around in my garage, I hit on the idea of mitering wedges out of some old-used "5-4" deck boards to slip between the dish's back plate & the pole sleeve assembly. I...

I remember considering trying this a couple of years ago. But I won the now dead motor in a contest & installed that instead. Fortunately I had bought a used spare for $25. I think that it will be more convenient & precise setting the latitude utilizing the shell of the dead motor. Also, I...

That is an excellent mod, Phlatwound. I think, however, I'm going to try using a spacer between the plates first. The motor's arm fits beautifully except for needing about 10 degrees of more 'travel'.

Thanks Mikey, I think that idea would work also. If mine doesn't work this might be the '1.02' attempt. There is one significant difference b/t the mounting designs of the DN shown & the DTV: the sleeve assembly on the Slimline is a separate piece that can be removed from back plate. The...

Hey guys, I'm not going to buy another motor; the point of the project is to salvage some use out of a motor gone bad & a slimline that was just setting around doing nothing & basically have only $5-10 extra into it. So it's going to have to mount shaft down. I am going to try getting 3/4" to 1"...

That's what I was afraid of...I think I might be able to get more elevation adjustment by using piece of 1" x 4" or 1" x 6" as a spacer between the sleeve and the back plate of the dish.