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    Preferred ballast material for FTA aficionados?

    I have tried many different materials, guys. Sandbags, a boat anchor, buck-shot... I even tried casting hot lead into the daggone thing in desperation to prevent the inevitable - but alas, all it took in the end was my cat to notice a butterfly fart on a daffodil in my garden to seal its fate...
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    We get signal, Captain! Success, and questions...

    So, I /finally/ got the 8' solid dish in the ground, plumb and level... Get the saddle mount up on the pole... Assemble the dish... Put it up on the mount and point, aim, tip, rock, and cuss... Chaparral feedhorn OK, CA LNB bad, polarotor motor failed. Had a brief flirt with a couple...
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    Encoding, encryption, encapsulation: enigmatic enquiries enclosed

    I posted some time ago about the dish I was given - and have since completed its move and re-installation, and have found myself understanding very little, and knowing even less about this whole deal, so maybe someone can shed some light on a few pointed questions. Looking at Lyngsat's tables...
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    Questions about reviving long-unused C-band dish

    I hope someone can give me some direction here - I spent a while searching the forums before posting, but my searches return way, way, way too many posts or none at all, so either I'm in the dark or dead in the water... Help! I was recently asked by a friend to remove a BUD from his backyard...