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    Automated Clarke belt finder/radio telescope

    look what you can do with a broomstick , printed az/el gears, arduino,pi and a butchered squealer
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    See satellites with the naked eye

    Things you need: 1. a computer 2. a clear dark sky with as little light pollution as possible 3. a decent sense of direction ie which way is north, south, east and west. A knowledge of constellations is helpful but not necessary 4. a digital watch is also helpful but not necessary Steps 1. go...
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    DirecTV slimine dish re-purposed as 2m ham antenna

    Article here http://w6nbc.com/articles/2016-3QSTdishslot.pdf Video here(FFWD to 18:50)(FFWD to 36min to see what an 80acre antenna farm looks like) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MUWc9qt90Y Not outstanding performance(2dB?), but it's cheap/free, stealthy(kinda) and something to play..errr...
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    Munsters coming to FTA

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    Fans of Doc Martin

    marathon today 10am-1am(wed) eastern and tomorrow 9am(wed)-1am(thursday) on the secondary Oklahoma PBS station(the non HD one) on 125w
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    If you own a Phillips SRU5107 universal learning remote

    code 0256 will control your MicroHD(at least the basic functions). That is a code for Coolsat so it's possible if you have a Coolsat remote lying around it might control it as well
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    2 actuators?

    what is the purpose of 2 actuators on a bud? (like seen here) any guesses as to make/size? what would it be worth? would I need two positioners?
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    Free way to find the arc using sun, moon, stars and planets

    Stellarium is a powerful cross platform astronomy program. You can also use it as a site survey tool by comparing the locations of the sun, moon, stars and planets to calculated satellite positions. Now you don't have to wait for spring/fall solar blackoutsIt helps (but isn't necessary) if you...
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    Re-purposing satellite dishes for Wifi antenna

    Primestar dish TREVOR MARSHALL - Biquad feed for primestar dish 12 footer Unwired Adventures: DEFCON WiFI Shootout 2005 DirecTV dish How-To: Build a WiFi biquad dish antenna -- Engadget has anyone built one of these? would you need a completely unobstructed line of sight to the transmitter...
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    Satellite dish death ray

    Look what I made, mum! Teenager builds 'death-ray' which can burn through almost anything YouTube - Solar Death Ray: Power of 5000 suns!
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    TitanTV episode names in listings for RTV on 83w

    TitanTV is now including episode names in their listings for RTV (TitanTV code: RTNNET). RTV tends to skip episodes so many times there will be three or four episodes of a series that you've never seen. You can keep a lookout for it if you know the name of the episode on TitanTV . It's...
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    Spare LNB's lying around? make a Homemade TSA scanner

    Make Your Own TSA “Naked” Scanner - Hack a Day