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    99.1 CM HughesNet Find - Need Help Modding

    I am trying to avoid cutting down a rather large Oak that is on my SW side of my property. That and having yard dogs that may find it funny to climb/chew/otherwise destroy the dish. Yea, roof is a pain, but I think it is my safest bet. I can avoid crawling under the house also... I can snake the...
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    99.1 CM HughesNet Find - Need Help Modding

    I weighed the dish with one back bracket on and it is 25#... I am gonna guess 30# by the time I adapt a few brackets and put on a LNB. What is the best current or older brand diseqc motor that can handle 30# on a roof mount? Or am I better off getting a H-H motor with it on the roof? Nate
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    99.1 CM HughesNet Find - Need Help Modding

    More searching and it is a old-style DirecWay dish. Still think it is a older CM made dish.
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    99.1 CM HughesNet Find - Need Help Modding

    Prodelin or ChannelMaster? What are the guesses as to whom manuf this fiber-enforced HughesNet labeled dish... Prodelin or ChannelMaster? Looks to me like a CM, though I am pretty sure the feedhorn/LNB assembly part number is a Prodelin. The dish is pretty heavy... gotta pick it up and weigh...
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    99.1 CM HughesNet Find - Need Help Modding

    I have in my possession a HughesNet 39" fiberglass Ku dish that I want to motorize and put on my roof for multi-sat scanning. Please let me know if it is worth modding. I esp. need a new backplate as the stock one has the stationary pole bracket, I need one I can use u-bolts on 2 5/8" peak-roof...
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    Scalar rings

    I have spent several hours reading at this site... Very well put together, and easy enough for a newbie like me to grasp... I use it as a go-to when I have a question about something I do not quite grasp. Has some good links also :) Footprints by Dish Size - Adjusting the Polar Mount for...
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    weird dishes?

    The bare alum. perfed dish is surely from one of the "solar grabbers" who also search out and destroy the solid Bird Views and attach them to solar trackers and use them to capture solar energy for on-site power. The sat at the cell site... of course cell phones originate from satellites, that...
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    Birdview May be Possible In Near Future

    The Bird pics are in this post: http://www.satelliteguys.us/c-band-satellite-discussion/159828-adventures-dish-hunting-2009-a-11.html
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    Birdview May be Possible In Near Future

    I did not make it to the station today... trying to wrap up a project. As soon as I can make sure if it is in use pulling satellite broadcast or not - I will report back... keeping my fingers crossed right now - and yes... with any luck the rest of the motor and housing is laying in a box...
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    Birdview May be Possible In Near Future

    If anyone remembers - I found a Bird View MM 20/20 at a local closed radio station... never could contact the property owner who was in N.C. Well, to my surprise I tuned to 1340 AM this weekend, and there was a broadcast! Found out yesterday that several local black gentlemen (yes, we call -...
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    DSR-410 Question

    Thanks for the replys... I will pass that along. I have the DSR-922 that I am gonna use - I guess I have gotten spoiled with my current cable box using component video out to my RPTV. I spent alot of time tweaking that input with user controls within the TV. I have been thinking about...
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    DSR-410 Question

    I have been chatting with my neighbor who is helping me with my BUD install. I told him about the 410 programming through Sky. I have been looking at the receiver and noticed it only has composite RCA video output. It also has a place to input "antenna" which I assume is a aerial UHF/VHF...
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    AC-3 audio

    French... What JVC amp do you have... trying to sort it out, cause it should give you at least stereo sound from the Sony processor. Make sure you have the Captive Works receiver set to output audio on the optical or digital coax if it has that option. Have you tried all the modes on the Sony...
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    AC-3 audio

    French... Yea, you need a receiver that can accept/decode the AC3 signal from your FTA receiver. If you want to use just stereo from your JVC amp - jus use the red/white RCA cord from the back of the FTA receiver to the JVC - but it will only be stereo and you may have to tell the FTA receiver...
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    10ft KTI setup

    If it were me, I would get an adjustable F/D - linear C/Ku feedhorn like a ADL RP-3 or Corotor II for the BUD and setup a separate 36"+ dish if you want circular Ku. Get the best trusted LNBs you can afford. Check places like Ebay, craigslist, and don't ever forget the classified section here...
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    Source for 24" Thomson Saginaw

    Most of the old Fiber sats I have looked at in old timers yards/fields down my way have HTS (Houston Tracker Systems) actuator arms on them... Not sure what type gear system they used, but it was a standard back in the heyday for sure. Nate
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    Dish Positioner Options

    So... I could use the DSR-922 for the positioner and slave it to say a Traxis DBS 3500 FTA receiver. Can I tell or make the 922 go to/lock onto sat 87w and check the signal on the Traxis or do you tell the Traxis to find 87w and it makes the dish move through the 922? Thanks... Nate My south...
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    Dish Positioner Options

    I guess people use the Supra as a pointer and slave it to a FTA DVB type receiver? Stll learning all the hardware stuff. Finally got my head around the setting up the dish part, always something more to grasp. Nate
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    Dish Positioner Options

    Yup... 85w is my truest south sat. Guess I need to invest in a good lil FTA receiver. Any suggestions? Would the Uniden Supra not do me any good cause it is analogue? Nate
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    WTB: Von Weise V76-10 18" HD Actuator

    Anyone got a spare that works they would let go of for a decent price? Trying not to spend $200 for a brand new one. Thanks... Nate
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    Dish Positioner Options

    Another Pointing Question Alot of set-up guides I read and will follow say that after I get my proper angles set on the dish... Hook up a TV and receiver outside and point at my southernmost sat to check signal strength, move the sat east, west, adjust, etc... Will the DSR lock onto those sats...
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    AMCI perf on AJAK motor:

    I'm subscribed and reading... lotsa work ahead for sure! The stop-rusting steps and new paint job will pay off in longevity and good looks! Nate
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    Dish Positioner Options

    My system is finally comin' together... Sami dish, ADL feed w/LNBs, my $50 DSR-922 barely used receiver. As far as a dish positioner, should I use the DSR-922 or would I be better served with something like the Uniden Supra, which I can get cheaply. I think I have read the Supra is a very...
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    How To fix this

    A fellow newbie says welcome Charlie... This place is the "best" for help... great fellers'. I am still waitin' on the rain to subside to pick up my first lil 7.5'er. Hope you get her fixed soon. :up Nate
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2009

    Oh well, so much for that... I will search for posts... kinda figured GI/Moto wouldn't use the best chipset for upscaler. If the quality of the standard 480i is truly broadcast quality, and I get a great signal... my Mitsu with its CRTs should handle the job jus fine. Nate