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    Okay to not ground coax feed from dish?

    Van, Thanks so much for the links and clarification. :bow One more question regarding the aluminum ground lug pictured. It does not appear to come with a bolt or screw and nut to attach to the upper ankle bolt holes. Am I wrong or do you need to supply your own? If I need to supply my...
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    Okay to not ground coax feed from dish?

    Just to beat this point to death and make sure it is correct: The split bolt is the item I was looking for??!! You screw this split bolt to your dish? Where EXACTLY? Drill a hole? There is an existing hole? Attach the messenger wire to this split bolt which is screwed to the dish...
  3. J

    Okay to not ground coax feed from dish?

    Still can't find appropriate lug I still cannot locate the appropriate screw/lug to attach the messenger wire to the dish. Can someone please help?
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    Okay to not ground coax feed from dish?

    Can't find antenna ground lug kit anywhere I cannot find the antenna ground lug that was recommended. I have searched radio shack and home depot. I have spent a couple of hours doing a google search to literally a hundred sites and can't find the part. Someone please help with a link to...
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    Okay to not ground coax feed from dish?

    Do I actually need another clamp? Can I connect two wires to the same clamp on the pipe? (1 from sat grounding block and 1 from cable grounding block) I have searched the radio shack web site and have not found any type of part like you described. Do you have a picture of the part or setup...
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    Okay to not ground coax feed from dish?

    Need help grounding My neighbor asked me for some help regarding a sat install done awhile back for one of his apartments (2 family house). He is an older guy in his 70's but was savvy enough to see a potential grounding issue. I went and looked at the install on the side of the house and...
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    MS-E85 5-lnb dish

    Thanks for the reply. So this dish seems to be good quality? Does it have markings on it to set the elevation/skew/spacing? Is it easy to tune multiple sats with this dish? You said you were able to get a 2 degree spacing..was that via markings or trial and error? I wonder how it works for...
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    MS-E85 5-lnb dish

    I know this thread is kinda old, but I was curious to see how the MS-E85 5-lnb dish worked with FSS sats? Can you do multiple FTA sats with this dish? AMC3 @ 87 IA6 @ 93 IA5 @ 97 G10 @ 123 Also, how is the quality/workmanship of this dish? After a year in the elements and probably a...
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    FIRST LOOK: Dish 500+ Dish 1000+ and the Dish 1000.2!

    Wow, I didn't think you could pull in 121 on an 18" dish. Is 30-40 s.s. enough to tune in 121? Would this work in the North east U.S.A.? When you are pointed to 121 and get s.s. of 40, what does the signal strength of 119 drop to? Is it sufficient to tune in 119? How does 119 s.s. change...