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    Winegard 10ft actuator suggestions?

    Thanks for the help/suggestions guys. Lone Gunman: Yeah, the heim joint (thanks for the term!) plastic plug is hollow and seems to be very brittle.. When trying to "massage" it out of the end of the arm, pieces of it started to chip away pretty easily.
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    Winegard 10ft actuator suggestions?

    I'm not sure what exactly it's called, but it's the pivot joint at the end of the actuator arm that attaches to the polar mount. See pic attached.
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    Winegard 10ft actuator suggestions?

    I did end up disassembling the JGS actuator and could easily clean and re-lubricate it, but the plastic/nylon eyelet on the end of the actuator looks suspect and I don't know where to get a new one. It has seized up - tried putting some grease and loosening it up, but it's still really stiff...
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    Winegard 10ft actuator suggestions?

    I've recently acquired a Winegard Pinnacle 10ft dish and the JGS Engineering brand actuator needs to be replaced. A few years ago I had a KTI dish with the Venture actuator that came with it. It was made in such a way that I couldn't take it apart and re-lubricate it properly. This actuator...
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    Name That Positioner!

    Well, I just answered my own question.. Dumped the program EPROM and it had a copyright string: "MTI 4100 Remote IR Antenna Drive Copyright 1984, PenTec/MTI By: John C. Aiken" Time to start google-ing I suppose..
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    Name That Positioner!

    Found this for a buck in a pile of old electronics the other day, and it appears to work.. however, I don't have any information about it, or how it's supposed to be hooked up. Figuring out how to hook the actuator up will be simple, but sensor and skew servo might be a little harder. Bonus...
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    Prodelin fun!

    So, I suppose this is actually about messing around with a mini-BUD.. hope it's ok to post in this sub forum with the big-guns! I've had a Prodelin 1.2m fiberglass dish for quite some time, but never did much with it. Hated the BUC sucking up my other polarity on the OMT. I was curious what...
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    Hughes BUC Question

    I've attached a picture of the entire assembly and one of the connectors in question. Hope that helps :)
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    Hughes BUC Question

    I've acquired an old 1.2m VSAT dish that has an OMT, with an LNB and a BUC from Hughes. There are two ports on the BUC, one is labeled 'IFL' and the other 'AP.' I know what IFL is for, but what is AP for? Is that just a test port? Note: I have no intention of actually using the BUC for...
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    SF/bay area FTA dealers?

    Hmm, looks good, but they don't appear to sell motors?
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    SF/bay area FTA dealers?

    Does anybody know of any FTA satellite equipment dealers in San Francisco or surrounding area? Would I be better off just buying online and biting my tongue at the shipping costs of a new dish? I'm just looking for a simple 90-100cm Ku offset dish and motor.
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    Unity 4000 Mpeg2 IRD

    Again, all I did to get it to play nice was to zero everything out except the beginning of the EEPROM. The information I was supposed to post a while back is here: http://people.oregonstate.edu/~akeym/unity4k/ I never finished the page, but it gives some insight as to what's going on, as well...
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    Unity 4000 Mpeg2 IRD

    Had some issues with the big dish.. namely, my 15 year old actuator arm seized up. I was able to put another used one I had laying around into service for the time being but I'm going to ultimately need to buy a new one. Anyway, I got my box locked onto a Compel stream on G17 and it...
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    Unity 4000 Mpeg2 IRD

    I decided to go back and take a look at my receiver again. Turns out whatever signal I was feeding it for testing before wasn't appropriate for the unit. Not sure what I was doing wrong in the past, and I've moved and set up shop again since then. I have been able to unlock the unit to allow...
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    4DTV Receiver Compatibility

    Unfortunately my response to this falls into the realm of hack-talk. It's a part of one of my many long-term projects that gets neglected because I move every few months, go to school, and work. I may still end up SOL and need to just buy a non-dead receiver, but discussing my methods of...
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