Recent content by lost_mesa

I feel your pain. I had a different brand of motor that keep running away into one limit or the other. I ended up mounting my 1.2m Ku dish on an old C Band mount and actuator. It worked flawlessly for years.

Thanks FTA4PA, I was going to suggest that, but couldn't find my copy. Good info.

We have friendly bears too.

If you haven't already tried it, disconnect the coaxial cable first and see if that helps.

Yes, it was a huge fire 😧 I'm keeping my 90 cm and 1.2 m antennas. Unless someone buys the house. Then they can have them. I didn't mention the Ku antennas I'm giving away, because they are all kind of small. All of these have a 10.75 GHz LO. One is a WorldDirect antenna, one is the 35 inch...

We haven't decided on a price yet, but I can email anyone interested when it shows up on Zillow in a few weeks. Comes with 4 C-Band dishes, 5 Ku Band dishes and some ham antennas. Mainly 2200m and 630m transmitting antennas. Also included is a 3 bedroom super-insulated passive solar home on 10...

Hey Guys, It wasn't on my to-do list, but I seem to be getting older. To the point were I can no longer live at my remote home in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico (near Los Alamos). So I'm going to give away my 4 C-Band dishes. Two 8 footers, a 10 foot and a 12 foot. The 12 foot is an early...

Sorry to hear this. It was his articles in Radio Electronics magazine that first got me started in this hobby.

Our triple pane low-e glass windows completely block XM radio at 2.3 GHz and severely attenuate UHF TV signals. Open the window and it works fine. Surprisingly, XM radio can be received inside our house through stucco walls with metal lath, but move the antenna to a window and the signal goes away.

OK, got it at 139w on an 8 ft Birdview here in New Mexico. Only 5.2 dB, but a solid lock. Thanks for everyones help.

I was confused too. I had assumed, incorrectly, that ARCS had moved to 127w. I am getting 3880 H 30000 with an SNR of 12.0 dB. Looks like ARCS is still on 139w.

Thanks. I'll try peaking the dish tomorrow.

Could someone post the freq and SR of the Alaskan mux? I'm getting most everything else without any problems on my 8 ft. Birdview. But not getting this one.

First of 4 images received overnight.

This SSTV event was done by the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI). They usually don't transmit during the entire ISS orbit, but only during periods that favor reception over Russia. I only saw one reception report from N.A. There is another SSTV event coming up at the end of this month that will...