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  1. PANHANDLER

    12 foot Patriot should i ?

    Sorry the pics wont upload. I will try again later. I was wondering if anyone tried to put a polar mount on this dish. I came across this Bud just by chance. The local cable tv company wants all there buds off the property . At this time I have this one on a trailer and just wondering if I...
  2. PANHANDLER

    Switch question

    Maybe i am thinking to hard to come up with the obviuos answer for what i want to set up . What i am trying to do is connect all 3 of my buds to a switch that will allow me to utilize all my recievers ( 4 recievers ) to any dish i require. All of my buds have the DMX741 C/KU LNBF mounted on...
  3. PANHANDLER

    Elite will not play mp3<128 kbs

    Im trying 2 play an mp3 and it wont play some of them, and this is my problem I have an azbox Elite w ver 0.9.5020 and im networked 2 another comp i can play 128mbs but nothing less, and hear that people w update 3218 and 3686 can play 36 and 48kbs what do i need 2 do 2 play these songs off my...
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    The old f/d question

    I am getting closer to putting up my 10' solid prodelin. Originaly this dish was a button hook instalation. I am converting it to a four suport arm type.What i need to do is figure out the length of each arm to fabricate.From the calculations below i can see the dimention from the center of the...
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    Thomson Saginaw Actuator question

    I am getting very close to puting my Prodelin 10' up , till i ran across this Thomson Saginaw actuator. It looks very promising sense it has a 24" stoke and ball screw .I connected it to my Gbox for a test run and it moves just a few revs then errors out with a loud click. The extention arm...
  6. PANHANDLER

    AMC 18 @ 105

    I am haveing a very hard time locking on AMC18. I am not getting a single blip from this one . Does anyone have a good strong fr and sr that mite help me .I am possitve my 7.5 dish is looking right at it , i wonder if it is even possiable to catch this bird with a 7.5 ' . :( Thanks in advance...
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    Handy transponder list

    First of all i wanted to thank everyone that pointed me in the right direction in getting my c-band set up and running . I'm posting this to give something back . The one thing i found diffacult as a newb in the c-band world was finding the sats with the right fr and sr to find the dang thing ...
  8. PANHANDLER

    Winter winds

    This is my first winter using my 8 ft unimesh , i'm in a high wind area and i was wondering if it makes any sense to turn the dish in a certain position when the forcast looks grim ( facing , back to the wind or cross wind ) to avoid the high winds from doing any misalighnment ? Thanx in advance...
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    Tuning Ku w/ Geosat ck1 c/ku

    I have been trying to get the Geosat Ck1 c/ku to work on ku band for some time now . all is working great on the c side .I am using my 8' unimesh with the Gbox positioner , Pansat 3500SD and on the lnb is a diseq 2x1 switch , port 1 for c-band and port 2 for ku I have the reciever ports setup...
  10. PANHANDLER

    ? How to combine these 2 systems

    What i'm trying to do is combine my 31" fortec and the 8' unimesh into one system, utilizing the Trds3 5x8 switch. I'm not sure if it's even possiable sense the trd only has 1, 13v and 1, 18 v input and the Geosat sk1 requires H:16~18V:12~14.5V on the c-band side and H: 16~18V: 11~14V on the ku...
  11. PANHANDLER

    FORTEC STAR , ADD TP ?

    Ok here we go again i hooked up my fortec star and i'm trying to find a way to add a tp ;{ , I searched the site and came up mt , thanx in advance
  12. PANHANDLER

    Star Trak 800 and 8' Unimesh

    I need a little input on this system , my neighbor was very generious and gave me his system . Before i harvest it , i would appreciate any input on the reciever ( Star Trak 800 ), is it worth keeping ? I know the the Unimesh 8 foot is a keeper and looks like it is in great condition. I can't...
  13. PANHANDLER

    Pointing motorizes system

    I,m setting up my DG-380 motor with a fortec 31" dish useing a Fortec star reciever i just purchased from Sadoun . After several days of fiddling , i don't get any signal . In my wiring setup is basic ,, lnb to motor then to reciever ( no switches ) i have the connection on the lnb ( cuad polar...
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    Connecting the 35-TRDS8

    I'm makeing the leap to a motorized setup and want to make sure i understand the basic connections for ths switch and lnb. From lnb (Quap polar legacy QPH-031 ) looking from behind right to left C to LNB A 13 v , L to LNB A 18 v , C to LNB B 13v , L TO LNB B 18V ,, then RX 1 to motor LNB then...