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I have a couple of 1000 lb rated actuators. One that came with the dish that was seized and another that failed after water ingress. I would like to repurpose them to operate the attachment hitch on my garden tractor and was wondering if any members had tried this. Drawbacks/challenges: 24...

It turns out there was some hurricane damage. One mesh pie shaped section was torn loose from the frame. I have the 1/4 dish panel taken down, the old mesh pie section removed and straightened. Getting it back into the slots proving very difficult. Does anyone have any tips to share?

For a couple of months now the signal levels on this transponder would nose dive around 5 pm local but come back up within a few hours. I figured it may be a sun transit but the transponder has no usable signal level at all now, at any time of day. Is anyone else having the same problems...

Thanks Cham, those are things which I have not checked yet. I also noticed some saltwater corrosion in the throat of the LNBF. Living close to the Atlantic makes everything corrode. Who would have thought that a hobby that is primarily electronics would involve so many wrenches :) Winter is...

I'm making good progress. After doing a string test and checking the alignment of the scalar ring with my homemade laser alignment tool I discovered the dish has some major alignment issues. Not surprising given the 140+ kph winds we had during the last blizzard. I have the C1 PLL back in...

The RXs are Geosat Pro HD and Openbox S10 HD. The LNBF is a Titanium C1 PLL. No switches of any kind in the signal path. Tomorrow I'll get out my voltmeter, stepladder and snow shovel and investigate further. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Cheers fred

My C band LNBF will only work in V polarity. I've swapped out RX to no effect. How does the LNBF polarity switch work? How do I test it? Next steps are to remove the LNBF from its icy perch and bring it inside to warm and thaw. Any help greatly appreciated. 73 fred

Thanks Magic Static. I assumed wrongly that shielded cable was required for the sensor.

I was wondering what you guys use for actuator cable. Mfg? Product # ? I have an 80 foot run to the positioner control unit. cheers fred

I was off by about 6 inches, making the laser dot just outside the round center plate of the dish. It's about 1 1/2" away from the center now and I am getting signal levels of around 83% on my Openbox S10 on G19. This forum has been a huge help to me during the BUD search/buy/dismantle/drag...

I made a gadget to help align the scalar ring on my BUD. It uses an el cheapo laser gunsight and a piece of plastic machined to fit inside the scalar ring.