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    SatelliteGuys Farewell Schedule for 4/1/15

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/otllcna0z4x6471/SatGuys-WednesdayApr01-2015-17.00-00.00.mp3?dl=0 I have never used drop box before, but I think this should be available. This is the raw stream. I set a computer to just record from 5pm to midnight. Remember, this is raw. No editing.
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    SatelliteGuys Farewell Schedule for 4/1/15

    Great songs, as always. So sorry to see it go. :( Got room for "Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun"? Even though that might make everyone cry. Even AMC21 (125West) gave you a moment of silence. Create TV, OETA's all went silent for 10 minutes right at 11pm. They claimed technical difficulties...
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    I Love It!

    I absolutely LOVE the new look! The colors, the font, the spacing, the sizes, EVERYTHING is PERFECT! Thank you Scott for all the work you obviously put into the new site. I just have to say this one more time... I LOVE IT!!! Scott
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    SatelliteGuys Get Together in Ionia, MI - July 11 - 13!

    Wow! I am thankful you didn't lose the engine 2 minutes later during takeoff! The world needs you two!
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    Disappointed in Roku 'net radio apps....

    We did consider keeping one of the streams MP3. In fact, it was very late in the process when we decided to drop MP3 completely! We listened to every flavor of mp3 codec. The only ones that were even tolerable had to be streamed at 196k or more! MP3 just sounds horrible! We have invested so much...
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    Rotation Resolution?

    Perfect! Thank you for the reply! 73
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    Something terriably wrong with one or more ad's

    Woohoo! Thank you for all you do!
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    Rotation Resolution?

    This is a tricky question to ask. I'm looking for technical info, but I lack the technical satellite language to ask it. As a dish is told to move, it sends back closures to let the box know how far it has moved. Some dishes may have 8 per rotation, or maybe 30. What is the term for this? I...
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    Something terriably wrong with one or more ad's

    First I must apologize, I love ad based free websites, but I was forced to install Firefox and the AD Blocker add on. I was not able to navigate, or even type on this website. I am posting here first, I hate to see everyone use ad blocker, or worse yet, leave the website! Before installing ad...
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    Another Bird View Comes Back To Life!!!

    Actually, I made the measurements from inside a faraday cage. So that wasn't an issue. Obviously there were several other factors here. Like I said, shielding the entire length of control wires, which were the antennas in this case, was cost prohibitive. Not to mention time was an issue. We had...
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    Another Bird View Comes Back To Life!!!

    Hah! Yes, that was a whole other nightmare. His dish is literally 50 feet from a 5000 Watt AM Broadcast tower. My circuit runs on TTL (5 volts). When it failed at this location, I put the meter on, and there was 4.8 volts (Not millivolts here, 4.8 VOLTS!) across every component on the board! My...
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    Another Bird View Comes Back To Life!!!

    I was told there were some questions here. I'll do what I can. :) I'm not sure which questions are for me. ;) #1 A Pot (Potentiometer) is often used in place of a Rheostat. They are both variable resistors, but the rheostat has only 2 contacts, the potentiometer has 3. #2 As far as your box...
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    CAPTCHA and other bot eliminators...

    Check this one out... I just got this one. I typed ABCDE as the second word and it WORKED!
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    Another Bird View Comes Back To Life!!!

    Thank you for the kind words. :) Nick was really the one who started me on it. He knew the rotary encoder was the way to go, he was just not sure how to do a solid state circuit to tie it all togeather. I had a lot of fun on the project. I built a third one for another friend of a friend. He...
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    Another Bird View Comes Back To Life!!!

    I came up with a simple circuit for running a rotary encoder for higher resolution. I went with a Motorola 8103 Isocoupler because I had several that came out of old IBM Servers. I used 4 1N4001's to make a bridge and a 5 volt regulator so I could tap into any power I found onboard. The large...
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    Pro 96 scanner for sale

    How much did you want to get for your scanner? I nearly bought this one on eBay Radio Shack Pro-96 Digital Trunking Police Scanner *FREE SHIPPING* | eBay I keep holding out hope that I will pick up a P25 scanner in broken condition. That is more my price range. :) Radio Shack had them on sale...
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    CAPTCHA and other bot eliminators...

    Very cool!! I guess I'm not the only one! :) Also, it's hard to express a feeling with text on a board. I'm just having fun with these. I'm not complaining in any way. I don't want anyone to take my poking fun the wrong way. I really enjoy the irony. Bot eliminators are designed to force us to...
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    1296 Mhz 12.5' Portable Moonbounce EME Dish Antenna

    Wow! Not one single bid! I have never operated above 900MHz. I hope to start doing 2 meter EME soon. I just picked up a set of 18 element beams. I won't be able to get em up before winter, but next spring, I hope to finally make an EME contact.
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    CAPTCHA and other bot eliminators...

    Thanks for the replies. I guess it's not a problem with my brain anyway. That's a relief. :D I did refresh that one. I got the next one on the first try! A minor miracle for me. ;) Apparently the boss is watching. I better get back to work. I need to write some software to prevent him from...
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    CAPTCHA and other bot eliminators...

    I have always struggled with CAPTCHA and other similar bot eliminators. Maybe I am a bot. It's not the first time I have been suspected. :p This morning, someone suggested, "Maybe it just always gives me harder CAPTCHA words than it gives everyone else". I guess, as odd's go, someone will...
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    New Show Found...

    Has anyone else found "Ham Nation" yet? I just learned about this show last week, and it just gets better and better. The show features Leo Laporte, Bob Heil, Gordon "Gordo" West and many other HAMS and lots of cool trivia about famous HAMS. I'm trying to remember what last weeks question was...
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    I finally found my dream receiver

    Absolutely gorgeous! I bet she sounds like a dream. Please let us know how she performs! I found a Hallicrafters at a flea market. I wanted it so bad, but I had never seen a radio in such bad shape. It looked like they fished it out of the river, and that’s exactly what it smelled like too...
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    Heathkit Manuals

    Ah yes, thank you. I should have mentioned that in the first post. I need the SB-104 and not the SB-104A. There are many similarities, however I am working on the original SB-104 with no upgrades. This unit is upgradable to the 104A, but I intend to keep it original. I do have the schematic and...
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    Heathkit Manuals

    Does anyone have access to Heathkit Manuals? I only need PDF, or any digital version. I dont need a paper copy. Most of you are probably aware that someone purchassed the copyright to the entire Heathkit library, and has gone after all the websites who used to offer them for free. I have no...
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    I need advice

    I am looking for a free-to-air card for a computer. PCI is prefered, but x16 would be okay too. What brands are good? What do I need to look for? What should I avoid? Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. :) I will be using old DirecTV dishes with no motors. Just manual switching...