Recent content by Lone Cloud

I don't see myself as tech savvy. I have probably a good spatial sense of what I am aiming at and what needs to be done to hit the target, but the electronics? I have no idea, for example, what S2 is or how broadcasts are encrypted. For this hobby, I really don't think the required notions...

I have had Directv and Dish Network at one time or other. I think I had cable once, but that fades into memory. Now I am exclusively C and Ku FTA. Even forgetting for a moment that I don't get a monthly bill, just blocking out all other thoughts and feelings, and focusing on how I feel...

How many more years for FTA ?? I don't know but I doubt more than 10. The sad part is how the world seems to be stuck in the age of German rocket scientists out of the nazi era. A lot of people thought in the 1960s that some kinds of new, advanced rocketry would be zipping tourists to the...

Even at 70 bucks per foot, it doesn't take long for customers to pay that off. Sure, the more remote, rural places will be a big investment for fiber. But then the arithmetic of the situation will have the corporates asking if it is worth launching satellites for the few out in the...

Got a great deal this week on Enay You should be able to get all the Ku you want and at least some of the C band. At one point I actually tried to get a certain six foot dish from a motel. They didn't want to part with it though. Keep us informed about what you can get.

I would like to think that FTA satellite technology will continue, but I admit I am not predicting it. The biggest issue is the nature and expense of rocket propulsion. We still use chemical rockets - basically WWII technology.. As far as fiber being expensive, it isn't - at least...

I cut my Birdview pole off at ground level when I got it. I used a circular saw with with a black metal cutting blade. I already had a three inch pole going from the ground to above my roof line. I thought the diameter difference would be noticeable with the Bv pole being 6 in diameter but It...

A solid, spun aluminum dish of at least 8 feet across is considered by many to be the best option. Mesh dishes are lighter and cheaper, but more prone to damage, Another advantage many see in them is in their being less prone to wind pressure . That wind factor, however, is only demonstrated...

Very briefly, just about all methods of past communication continue in existence. Mail, wired phone and telegraph, radio, satellite. Probably the economics favors fiber optics, so while I am expecting satellite tv to continue, I see fiber as the wave of the future. Satellite providers have to...

Right now I am using a Pansat mover, which does accurately move the dish, but my G-box was better. I had a V-box and returned it after a short time. The G-Box was the best of the three. I am not alone in that thought, and I have had people wanting my broken G-Box in order to replace bad...

They used to make a C/Ku lnbf - (voltage controlled for H or V on both Ku and C bands). I used that for awhile. It worked not too bad and getting both bands was a big improvement. That would be the quickest way to get both bands for this dish. A lot of the good products in the past are just...

I am in Southern Cal and did try to change the declination with washers. I did all the trigonometry and calculations. I ended up taking the washers out. I mention that only because my latitude is well south of Kansas. I am also further south than Colorado. I wouldn't mess with it.

Great news that it is reed switch and not potentiometer.That saves you a day right there. It's true there isn't a fine adjustment for elevation, although I've retrofitted mine with one. Used a two foot length of threaded rod, 5/8 " and three heavy angle pieces, all found at home depot. I...

I understand the issue, living as I do in UV world here in So Cal. I have not enclosed the cable, but I have run it under my eaves. The only place it's exposed is going up to the lnb. I have also run the four wire sprinkler cable under the eaves. For that I have a junction box and stranded...

Here is the link on this site for phlatwound's magnet wheel template - - - http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/phlats-birdview-2.166422/page-3 it is for a 3.25 inch wheel. It took me several days to lay out mine with a compass and like instruments. With this you just print it out on...