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    Tek2000 10' Mesh Dish Install & Initial Review

    Hole is proly for ropes to hold it verticle
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    Tek2000 10' Mesh Dish Install & Initial Review

    Its not the weight of the dish (for the most part) that calls for a good pipe to mount on but the wind load of the dish when tge wind is blowing ... and tge concrete foot too. If the wind is normally low and you dont mind occasional signal loss then go with a small/light pipe .... it always...
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    Dish restoration advice

    I would take it anyways if I had the time to do it. You might come across a good mount with bent dish .... Iv taken down 2 in the last nonth that i couldnt budge the mount on the pole .... both have been sitting with oil now. Next step will be to use oxy/acet on it to get it hot -- then dry ice...
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    Many 8' solid dishes available

    Wonder if they know that a ham geosynchronous satellite going to go up this year or next .... Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Laser 7.5 Mesh Bud Manual

    Are the Laser arms made from aluminum? Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Laser 7.5 Mesh Bud Manual

    Ok, the Laser is not assembled the same as a unimesh .... Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Laser 7.5 Mesh Bud Manual

    Was winegard , laser and unimesh made by the same supplier.... ir was it just an easy design to copy? Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    Yea ... had hoped that there was some reference from the numbers .... i dont remember seeing a mark depicting the noise figure .... i figured it migh of been based on the voltage applied to the internal first stage amp. That does affect the noise figure and gain .... in case it was bad i wanted...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    Can any one help identify the white lna .... im 100% sure its the Ku lna ... but exactly .... Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    Its been over a week for the sears/radioshack 10' mount has been wet with WD40 -- sprayed into the bolts that tighten the mount to the pole. Yesterday when i removed most all of the mount i took the 3lb hammer to the welded nuts on the mount. Still didnt budge after prying in a twisting fassion...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    This is a C & Ku pair of LNB ... i think ... googled the numbers on the white one .... didnt find much It was on a UNIMESH 8'(or so size) Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    I dont have a blow torch setup ... just propane torch -- no oxy. Up on a hill it was just too windy and was sprinkling almost the entire time. I have a 3lb hammer that beat on the welded nuts and mount body ... didn't budge. I'll have to get it somewhere dry and not windy and take a blowtorch or...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    Just a pic ... Almost done ... New sawsall blades cut nicely ...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    Just a pic ... Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    Thats what this nest was on .. a unimesh ... not sure the size Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Bud Declination Angle Question

    You haft to string the dish when you put the 4 feed supports on ... right? Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    This is normal ... right? Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    One of the fisrt things done was to remove the actuator. Owner wanted it and took it off before i got started .... the mount is rusted to the pole and wont spin. The elevation is rusted in place too.... gona haft to cut tge pole and lean it over or get a taller ladder Sent from my SM-G930V...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    That exactly what it had on it ... a Hughesnet internet setup. Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    Ok, iv not measured it yet .... But the reflecting surface looks just like a BUD that was in another thread about finding a new unopened radioshack 8.5' ... with H-H mount. Ill get out ny calipers later on today ... i have some of the panels (are they called that?) at home now. Sent from my...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    2'2" from cross plate Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    So far the bolts were not TOO hard to loosen .... even the bolts of the mount .... Though the mount is rusted to the pole and the elevation portion is rusted togeather as well ..... I was planning on disconnecting the elevation turnbuckle and let the dish rock over so that i can get the uper...
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    How do you undo the bolts in/on the inner ring? They seem very over kill since they look like their only hoding the screen .... Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    Went to get a better idea ofhow to get this BUD .... mount looks home made to me .... i think removing the panels as far as i can go ... hope 1/2 way round and then push it up and over to get the top pannels ... Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!
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    Adventures in Dish Hunting 2017

    Im some what of a noob ... Pencil lead ... #2 or the outside wood portion ... Sent from my SM-G930V using the SatelliteGuys app!