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  1. BrettBardi

    Live in SoCal? Looking for a BUD?

    Mesh Panels I'm in Palmdale and there are a couple of dishes up the street from me, but can't tell if anyone is using or not. One of the houses has a DTV dish also so I assume they aren't using it. I have some mesh panels for an Orbitron 8' if anyone is interested, also the polar mount. The...
  2. BrettBardi

    Orbitron parts

    I've got some 8' Orbitron parts for free if anyone is interested. I tried to upload pics, but it just hangs and never finishes. All the mesh panels are in great condition, have the ribs and outer ring. The ribs are ok, but some have corrosion where they were in the center hub. When I took it...
  3. BrettBardi

    WSI 6foot dish

    I'm in SoCal and I can get 101W. I get This and ME1 & ME2, my signal is a little on the low side (50's). But as long as the wind isn't blowing too bad they come in fine. I have the WSI 6' special with a DMX-741.
  4. BrettBardi

    microHD Shipping Status

    Woohoo, got my emails too.
  5. BrettBardi

    WSI 6foot dish

    I used the 2.5" Rigid pipe from Home Depot. It was electrical pipe and I bought one 10' and had them cut a 5' section and coupled them together then drilled through both coupling and pipes and put a 3/8" bolt in 2 places to keep it together after tightening it together in the coupling. I came...
  6. BrettBardi

    Anyone excited about the microHD?

    I'm excited, just waiting for customs to release it so I can get it delivered. I know how customs is personally and if the paperwork ain't there, it's not going anywhere until they get it. Try shipping ITAR release items to another country sometime and see what a hassle it is.
  7. BrettBardi

    Openbox S16?

    You got it, I wasn't planning on buying one. I have a S10 that works great with the latest firmware. I was looking at picking up another to replace the viewsonic I'm using upstairs. It's not HD, but the Viet channels on 97W aren't in HD anyway. Not in a rush as my wife and daughter are in...
  8. BrettBardi

    Openbox S16?

    Has anyone seen the new Openbox S16. I just ran across some on ebay. :eek: Specification: - One slot for Smart Card in Conax system - Support of SD/HD(MPEG2/MPEG4 H.264),DVB-S,DVB-S2 system - High resolution video output-HDMI - Standard resolution video output-SCART,RCA - Supported video...
  9. BrettBardi

    6 foot dish install

    WSI Bargain 6' Well I promised some pics when I got the braces on. This should keep the weld from breaking and it also improved my signal and locked me permanently due south to the mast. The arc is perfectly tracking and I get 75 quality on my S10 from 87W to 135W. During the winter I can get...
  10. BrettBardi

    Help with 6' WSI polar mount dish setup

    I just did the same thing. The wind caused the top mount bracket to break the welds and come off, lucky it didn't damage the dish and I caught within 5 minutes of it happening and clamped it together until I could bolt it back together. I'm also adding braces from the elevation pivot bolt due to...
  11. BrettBardi

    6 foot dish install

    Being in the high desert in Palmdale, CA (everyday wind), I've had some problems with the weld quality for the polar mount. I've had it up almost a year and have had the upper mount bracket weld break loose from the top angle steel crossbeam that bolts to the ring. I fixed that by clamping it in...
  12. BrettBardi

    Contest: Enter To Win a New And Improved GEOSATpro 90cm / 36" Offset Satellite Dish

    " I would like to own a GEOSATpro 90cm dish to watch these channels, 97 West - Saigon TV, Vietface, VTV4, Little Saigon TV and VBS".
  13. BrettBardi

    Have a 6' special dish, true south alingment question

    I have the same dish and even with it pointed true south, the horizontal support is not not level due to the position of the dish bolt pattern on the polar ring. I set mine up without the motor attached and locked it in place once I set it to true south. My closest true south sat is 118.7. True...
  14. BrettBardi

    Crashed Openbox S10

    Thanks everyone, I got it up and running again. Thanks to Brent for the loader. I had a null cable already and it worked after I followed his instructions. Still a little trouble with the 22 k switching, but I've put it on a 2X1 diseqc and it seems to be doing better.
  15. BrettBardi

    Crashed Openbox S10

    Well, I went and tried to upload the backup file, but I'm not sure if I'm using the correct loader. I get a file mismatch size and it looks like this. I can download the file from the box, but it doesn't want to send it back up.
  16. BrettBardi

    Crashed Openbox S10

    I tried the video formats first. Everytime I tried one of the upgrades posted, it switched to the 50 hz. My work around was keep an RCA in the video, you can see the menu enough to change the video format back to 60. I have the backup file I made before I tried uploading the edited TP file. I...
  17. BrettBardi

    Crashed Openbox S10

    It does have the RS232 port, but I don't know how to go about redoing it.
  18. BrettBardi

    Crashed Openbox S10

    Anyone know where I can get my Openbox reflashed with the firmware. I was using the channel editor and when I loaded it, it crashed and won't boot up. Damn only have had it a couple of weeks and moved it to my C/KU and was trying to reprogram the Sats quicker. I'm located north of Los Angeles in...
  19. BrettBardi

    Actuator Arm Binding

    Look at the rod end. Mine is installed on the same 6' WSI and the rod end of the ball screw was larger than the room between the bolt mounting for the main piece of angle steel that goes across the mount. The rod end would rub pretty tight against the bolt near the connection point. I probably...
  20. BrettBardi

    FREE GIVEAWAY : LEXIUM FastAlign 7100Pro satellite meter with AutoFind Technology - Enter To Win Now

    " I want to win the all new FastAlign 7100Pro signal meter with AutoFind technology exclusively from LEXIUM "
  21. BrettBardi

    FREE GIVEAWAY : LEXIUM FastAlign 7100Pro satellite meter with AutoFind Technology - Enter To Win Now

    " I want to win the all new FastAlign 7100Pro signal meter with AutoFind technology exclusively from LEXIUM "
  22. BrettBardi

    6' WS International Dish vs Sadoun 6' Dish

    I got one of these about a month and a half ago and there was some rust on one panel. I stripped it, put some rustoleum primer and flat white, so one panel is lighter than the rest. Who cares, it's in the back and the only people that can see it are on the street behind me. It was shipped in...
  23. BrettBardi

    GI Receiver connected to digital?

    Thanks Fat Air, I'll try it. I have some DC blocks at home and I think I'll hang onto the VCII for a while and see if there is anything that needs it since it still works good. Now I have to go back through the manuals and remember how to program them.
  24. BrettBardi

    GI Receiver connected to digital?

    I already have the DMX-741 on the 6 ft dish and a QPH-031 on the small dish, both have HD recievers connected to them already and run both of them fine. Just wanted to run the signals through to decode the VCII and DCII. I do still have 2 outputs open on the QPH as it has a 4X1 DISCQ on it and...
  25. BrettBardi

    GI Receiver connected to digital?

    It doesn't really answer what I was asking. I don't want to use the GI receiver to move my dish or anything else, only decode the signal. My V-box is already setup with the digital FTA boxes and I just want to slave the GI box to view the DCII and VCII channels. I guess I could run the signal...