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  1. bidaw

    What can you do with an old 18 or 20" dish?

    Not far off the mark...I have lined one of these dishes with Mylar and used it as a solar cooker. It works quite well actually!
  2. bidaw

    CONTEST - Enter to Win: GEOSATpro DVR1100c w/15GB HDD, 90cm Dish - Complete System

    My favorite fall evening was going on a blind date meeting this girl to go to a haunted cornfield maze in Milton, WV. Scary trail and haunts! Scary enough to have me protect my date for a majority of the track. Which comes to the favorite part of the story...she is still with me after 5 years...
  3. bidaw

    2010 Dayton Hamvention?

    I usually make it a day trip on Saturday. It's only a 2.5 hour trip for me from WV. I go to the show and head over to the Air Museum later in the afternoon. It's gonna be fun!
  4. bidaw

    Prof 7301, 7500 and 8000 Tuners

    Rick had mine to me in 2 days as well. Very happy with the product!
  5. bidaw

    Installed dish motor. Can get everything but RTN

    Good deal! Glad you got it figured out!
  6. bidaw

    Best reciever to recod high bit rate S2

    I'd have to add the same comment. I have an AzBox Elite and I am currently ordering a Prof 7500 USB DVB-S2 for high bit rate recordings...and other experimentation!
  7. bidaw

    2010 Dayton Hamvention?

    I have been going off and on for the past 18 years. I am planning on it this year as well. 2 1/2 hour drive for me. Scott...If you fly in...don't worry. They usually have UPS set up inside so you can ship all of the stuff you will buy home! If we do have a get together...we should...
  8. bidaw

    GIVEAWAY - DMX241 C Band LNBF Giveaway from WS International

    Believe it or not, a blind man got me into the hobby. As a young(er) man, I was helping out a fellow ham radio op (blind guy) out with setting up an antenna, and he showed me a lot of the stuff he could get radio wise on his c-band dish. The conversation went from radio to fta and it goes on...
  9. bidaw

    Contest - TWO Free GEOSATpro CK1 LNBFs, Clamps and US / Canadian Shipping

    Oh man! This would be great for me to test those lnbf's on the 6' solid and the 7.5' mesh that I have sitting in my garage right now! My roof could be like Linuxman's setup!
  10. bidaw

    FREE Entry: Sadoun Invacom QPH-031 LNBF - Ending 8/31/2008

    I want to win! I want to scan the skies with it!!!
  11. bidaw

    Friday Fun Poll Extra 5-16

    Coming up on 20 years for me. But as others have said, with the cell phone, internet, and the like...I kinda let it slide to the background. At least I still have equipment for disaster or emergency events for communications of last resort.
  12. bidaw

    How many FTA receivers do you have?

    Sheesh...let me see. Where do I start. I have in use... 1 Pansat 3500SD 1 Dreambox 7020 1 Relook 400s 1 Genpix USB/DVB 1 Coolsat 6000 1 DSR 922 Not in use ... 1 Dreambox 500s 1 Relook 400s (spare unit) 2 Coolsat 4000 1 Vortex 7700 1 CNX-V1 PVR 1 Satelco DVB PCI Card 1 Twinhan 1020a DVB PCI...
  13. bidaw

    Friday Fun Poll 4/11

    Wild, Wild, West! The old west secret agents are off the chain!
  14. bidaw

    ~Hispasat 1C.1D At 30.0°W~ PROBLEM!!

    I'm not far from you in Dunbar, WV. Getting 30W real good here. It's a shame that it might be the hill blocking your signal. Anole might have something with the taller pole thought.
  15. bidaw

    Erotic FTA?

    Man, and I thought I was going to have an additional channel on my favorites list!
  16. bidaw

    pics of the dish farm...post yours too :)

    brentb636 ... That's how it all starts. Add a little Miracle Grow, and you get a farm!
  17. bidaw

    Pansat 2500a

    I agree with starman on this one. I have a 2500 and it is the most stable workhorse I have in a satellite box. If you are concerned about the price, you may find others cheaper, but if you want one that has good blind scan and motor support, $40-50 would do you fine in that category.
  18. bidaw

    ebay and FTA....

    Couldn't resist... Snagged one (Coolsat 6000 Plat.) last night for $43 bucks shipped before I went to bed last night!
  19. bidaw

    Dayton Hamvention 2008

    I picked up a Fortec 180 along with a Motech H180 HH Motor last year from you at Dayton. I have the dish put together, but still need to check out your forums to put it together with the Motech (lazy I guess). I would love to get a T-90 dish from you in Dayton this year...if you have any...
  20. bidaw

    Free Entry: Sadoun PowerTech DG380 HH Motor Enter to win - Deadline 4/30/08

    I want to win! Need to get more channels!!! This prize will allow this dream to come true!!!
  21. bidaw

    Friday FTA fun poll 3-28

    I would have to say low signal as well. 4:2:2 is within my equipment threshold.
  22. bidaw

    Why few C band sats in Pansat 2700a?

    You can add as many sats as you would like ... It's an exercise of your thumb though, especially when adding the name of the sat. You can do this at what I believe is the first menu of the installation screen toward the bottom.
  23. bidaw

    SatelliteAV Motorized System Giveaway, We Have a Winner!

    Visionsat IV-200 for the pvr option
  24. bidaw

    I would call it theft! Any suggestions?

    This is great fellas! This truely gives me ideas as how to proceed with a little effort. I just might be able to wrestle this out yet!
  25. bidaw

    I would call it theft! Any suggestions?

    I purchased it outside, a few rows over from Sadoun. I bought a Fortec 180 and motor from them (works)! This is what I was going to use the 3500SD with that I sent to Pansatusa (Panarex). Thing is, I have several different makes of Pansat...2500A, 3500S, 5000HC, and had 2700A. All of which I...