Recent content by eewizard

i have a few servo motors here that were given to me new and unused...but none of them had the round black plastic piece with them....does a new servo motor include that piece? the reason i want to make sure it comes with it is because i have 4 new servo motors already and even though i don't...

think i found my problem...i started hearing some weird wining noises coming from the area of the servo motor so i took it back off to check it and found that the small black plastic insert between the actual servo motor and the round plastic piece holding the feedhorn antenna was broken in 2...

by sub channels i mean the channels that show just a black screen with a signal level and after a few seconds show a message telling you to call your subscriber to subscribe. i haven't subscribed yet because i want to make sure my dish is aligned correctly 1st... there are alot of them that...

i've got my dish set back up and tracking the arc again...but now i have a weird transponder thing happening.... i can get bot odd and even transponders on the free feeds....but on the sub channels i can only get the odd transponders...the even transponder sub channels i was able to get...

they didn't own the truck...but it belonged to a friend of theirs who was not there....in fact...that is probably going to be another charge on them cause they did not have permission to have the truck at all....after speaking with my insurance agent they said that the insurance for the truck...

last night it rained alot here where i live (hasn't rained in a long time so the ground was really dry). lately there have been a group of little IDIOTS who have been getting high and drunk across the street from me....last night while i was asleep they seemed to think it would be funny to hook...

thx..i was wondering who to get the programming from.... :)

pole has been concreted in the ground since 4-27-05 and i got my new actuator arm installed and the system has been in operation since 5-12-05. at this time it tracks the arc with up to 90+ signal on most of the sats....so i think i have the pole setup good...thx for the suggestions... :)

i had not been happy with the signal level i have gotten since i got the dish tracking properly so today i tried something i read somewhere (not sure if it was here or somewhere else). i now have been able to get 90+ on signal strength on all but a couple of sats(and that's with a small tear i...

as for the actuator arm i have to wait alittle while until i get a few extra bucks to buy one that will reach farther....all i had was the $40 i spent on the new 18 inch one...i'll get a 24 inch one when i can...just glad to have it moving correctly for now.... :)

i'm up to 18 sats ranging from amc3 at 87W to amc7 at 137W with my hts tracker system v and am playing with the pansat 2500a now and am hitting alot of sats with it also....so i guess i have it basically tracking the arc correctly.... :)

got it... :) 1. had a bad polarity servo....replaced it with a brand new one someone had given me for parts. 2. the bracket holding the feed horn was loose on 2 bolts...corrected that when replacing the servo. now i have sats i never knew existed popping up and with alittle more...

i've got the new 18" actuator installed and all hooked up. tried to get the 10' dish aimed for a few hours and finally got a picture. after tweaking the settings alittle i can now hit at least 9 satellites that i know of by moving the dish. the problem now is that i can onlt id 1 of the sats...

just got in my new actuator and since i'm new to all this i was wondering if someone might be able to help me with a wiring question. there was no actuator on the dish already when i got it home (had already been removed) so the wires were already disconnected. the actuator is a superjack II+...

got what i think was a deal on a brand new actuator on an online auction...it's only a 18" actuator but hopefully that will be enough for me to at least get it up and running until i can get ahold of a 24" one.... it was a superjack and i got it for 39 dollars (including shipping)...