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    stogie5150's Birdview install

    Stogie i will post model # tommorow and a picture of unit as well ..
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    stogie5150's Birdview install

    Stogie, If you have no luck let me know, might be able to help you with your motor problem, i have 2 of them that i know still work might be able to sell you one if you are interested and cannot find a fix locally ..
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    stogie5150's Birdview install

    How do you figure what your declination angle should be , for the birdview sytems?Is it by zip code or long/lat ? As you are aware i will be doing the same things as you are with with my new setup and i am trying to get this thing right so any help would be appreciated.
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2008

    Her are those pictures i said i would post, the 1st 2 pictures, i have gotten that dish for sure, just found out today that i could also get the second system as well, as for the other 2 sytems not sure yet one was a solid dish and the other is a mesh.. By looking at the picture which one do you...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2008

    linuxman and the rest, As per my original post saying there are many old birdview systems not in use in my area i read this and decided to go hunting to my amazement i found 4 birdview dishes in about a 8 mile radius from my house , the nice thing was that 2 of them had conversion kits...
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    Question reagrding old system setup for birdview system

    About 30 mins or so and just to let you know there are still quite a few of those systems in this area that are no lomger in service the dishes are just sitting in peoples yards collecting bugs and what nots .... Thanks for the info Linuxman will be in touch with you over weekend .
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    Question reagrding old system setup for birdview system

    I see it is used 1 so am i correct that i would need to get c-band lnb and a ku-band lnb as well to mount on that or does it come with those ? Sorry new to this stuff.
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    Question reagrding old system setup for birdview system

    Linuxman saw your pm . Do you still have a new 1 and used 1? Am i reading the post correctly and if i purchase this what else would i need to get for that as you are aware i am going to have to modify my scaler ring to make anything work with the birdview dish. I know i need a new sensor but...
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    Question reagrding old system setup for birdview system

    contacted skyvision they are telling me to go motorolla 410 and make it stationary not what i wanna do . So i am gonna need some help getting this thing in working order hopefully these pictures will help and someone can tell me what needs to be done.
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    Question reagrding old system setup for birdview system

    Pictures Here are those pictures you wanted to see i hope i have gotten what you need to see. As far as the upgrades, any suggestions which way to go, or should i just talk to skyvision about which reciver, feedhorn , and sensor kit will work best for me ?
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    Question reagrding old system setup for birdview system

    Checked everything and it looks good still, just to give you a heads up i have used it recently as per original post i tracked numerous satelittes and had decent pictures on different sats. wiring looked good i will take some pictures and post them tommorow so you can see what we are up against...
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    Question reagrding old system setup for birdview system

    I am not saying i am giving up but it is gonna be a long road for me so bear with me , and once again thanks...
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    Question reagrding old system setup for birdview system

    Thanks for the replys, if i am going to re-use this old system i would deffinately like to bring it up to speed, so if c-band/ku is the way to go this would be the route i would like to go, obviously, it is not gonna be an easy or inexpesive route but i am sure it can be achieved with the...
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    Question reagrding old system setup for birdview system

    Here is my question i have a 8 ft birview mesh dish with a birdview reciver and a gen instrument video cipher II descrambler model 2100e. I have not used the sytem in about 8-10 years thought about hooking it back up, so i did, to my surprise it was still tracking satellites but some of the...