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    Need help identifying 10' aluminum dish

    It looks like a Kaultronics SS120. Very deep dish. But those are not aluminum. They are stainless steel . Is that rust I see in the center hole?
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    Motor woes

    From the manual in our manuals section: 11.1 This function enables the rotor to return to the 0° position and to reset the inside counter. It is very important to re-align all satellite positions that can be slightly slided eastwards or westwards from the reference stored positions (bad picture...
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    Wanted motor for 24" Venture ball-screw actuator

    I ordered and received a belt from Primestar31's link. It's a perfect fit and looks to be excellent quality too. Where can you buy something for $0.59 now-a-days? :thumbup
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    Wanted motor for 24" Venture ball-screw actuator

    No other numbers on the belt, just what you see. There are a lot of gears along with that belt in the gearbox. The way I remember it there wouldn't be any place for an idler in there.
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    Wanted motor for 24" Venture ball-screw actuator

    I have one of those belt driven Ventures. I only use it for bench testing VBoxes and such. The belt is severely degraded/cracked and not available anywhere. I disconnected the limit system so it can run forever in both directions. Modded the sensor from 32 to 96 counts per inch. :)
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    Wanted motor for 24" Venture ball-screw actuator

    I would epoxy the loose magnet back in place. Also make a couple wooden sticks for spacers to slide between the magnets and hold them apart. Glue those in place. Free up that bushing like arlo indicated and you should be good for another twenty years ;)
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    Restoring an AJAX H to H

    The thing about red grease is it's lubrication qualities. Made for slow moving parts like a big gate hinge. It doesn't melt in the heat or rub off like other lubricants. It stays in place and doesn't dry out.
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    Restoring an AJAX H to H

    I have had no issues with the cold on my AJAKs, though it hasn't seen -30 more than once. I did have too much snow on it one time a blew the transformer in the V-Box. I used the red grease on my second one and it's been working very well.
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    Restoring an AJAX H to H

    While that is obviously an AJAK, I have not seen one quite like that before. Two of the three I have rebuilt were seized at the main polar shaft. I was able to beat out the shaft with a plastic mallet. The ones I have seen used a thick nylon sleeve bushing on that polar shaft and the whole thing...
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    Question about C band satellites

    There was a program a couple years ago where the FCC registered home C-Band dishes and then they were enrolled in a plan to protect their reception from the upcoming reassignment of some C-Band frequencies to 5G wireless use. But that was a voluntary program and not many hobbyists went for it...
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    Questions before I get into FTA

    1. www.ftalistings.com 2. It only fails if you give up. ;) repurpose a dish? depends on type and size. 3. Until you are familiar with FTA, stay away from budget STBs. You want one that a lot of people use and can help you with. 4. I have FTA and OTA only and watch every day. I got into FTA...
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    4:2:2 Chroma

    No need to wait. Just reach deep into your pockets or take a second mortgage. ;) https://www.bsbroadcast.com/ericsson-rx1290-mpeg2-mpeg4-sd-hd-4-2-0-4-2-2-dual-ip-asi-receiver-decoder-hd-ac3-124368.html
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    Dish network Super Dish and Stacked LNBs

    Years ago I had access to a huge pile of SuperDishes and played with a bunch of those FSS linear LNBS. https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/my-superdish-mod-to-multi-lnb-fta-dish.289230/#post-2935994 I found an old DTV triple LNB that had removeable feed horns and grafted those onto the FSS...
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    Teinhand VP-2010a Help for repair

    The old Twinhan VP probably can't do DVBS2 and definitely no 8PSK Turbo. So no signal. :(
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    Commercial Hughesnet 39” Score

    Using the feed horn that is matched to the dish is usually preferable. I have a couple Ku dishes with the original feed horn on them. One has a ortho feed with two single polarity LNBs and the other has an Inverto Black Pro flange LNB (dual polarity)
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    Dish network Super Dish and Stacked LNBs

    The FSS LNB (121°W) is linear and will work on 97W. Not sure about the V8 but a LOF of 10750/13850 should handle the bandstacked LNB
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    Photo`s off botton hook dishes

    https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/zenith-rescue-pinnacle.341388/ This dish has a "buttonhook" LNB support
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    Bird View dish?

    A PrimeStar dish made by CM has many differences to that picture. The LNB arms and holder are different. The CM dish has a 7" square bolt pattern holding the dish to the mount. A prodelin has a larger bolt pattern. The back side of the CM A Prodelin
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    DirecTV error 771 on my FTA

    I was watching the NBC news on Virgin Islands feed when suddenly was looking at a DTV error screen code 771. So that's how they get the signal ;)
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    a question about VLC (or PR1200?)

    The delay before it moves is normal operation for that VBox. I'm not real fond of that characteristic either. :(
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    Installed combiner/spliter for OTA antenna and FTA satellite to use just one cable.

    When you find out how bad those reduce the FTA signal you will throw them away.
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    Equipment Question

    That's right. FTA is not a replacement for DTV or Dish. There is some quality programming available FTA and some you will never see on pay TV. But it's no substitute for the cable. Most of what FTA hobbyists watch is on C-Band where a 10' dish dish is the norm. But Ku has stuff I wouldn't want...
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    replacing reed sensor with hall sensor

    As I said before, that Hall Effect sensor you have doesn't operate like a hall effect sensor. It makes me think it's an adapter circuit with a reed switch trigger in it. Made for old movers that couldn't use a reed switch. But I don't have one of them to examine so I really don't know what's up...
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    replacing reed sensor with hall sensor

    I used a 2" hole saw with a 1/4" pilot bit. This creates disks about 1-3/4" with a 1/4" hole in the center. I cut two of them from 1/16" thick material such as the plexi-glass. In one disk I drill (6 ) 3/16" holes around the edge to hold the disk magnets measuring 3/16" wide and 1/16" thick...
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    replacing reed sensor with hall sensor

    I made those wheels. The clear one is two pieces of plexiglass glued together. I cut them with a hole saw. The magnets are cheap. K&J Magnetics Inc. kjmagnetics.com