Search results for query: *

  • WELCOME TO THE NEW SERVER!

    If you are seeing this you are on our new server WELCOME HOME!

    While the new server is online Scott is still working on the backend including the cachine. But the site is usable while the work is being completes!

    Thank you for your patience and again WELCOME HOME!

    CLICK THE X IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE BOX TO DISMISS THIS MESSAGE
  1. W

    More findings to make you jealous!! Birdview!

    My pole was custom made of very thick walled steel, there are pictures on this forum somewhere that I believe Linuxman uploaded quite a few years back, I am using a tablet and it is not easy to find the link or I would post it here. My biggest problem with the Birdview was many of the signals I...
  2. W

    NEEDN UNIVERSAL REMOTE FOR TOSHOBA TRX 1800

    URC made great universal remotes for C-band receiver users, some of the older ones had custom buttons for VC functions. I have a couple of their higher end remotes and the programming software still has lots of old C-band receivers in it, even Birdviews. Harmony remotes might have codes but I...
  3. W

    More findings to make you jealous!! Birdview!

    A Birdview on a 25' pole? I would not even want to try and guess how much the pole it is on weighs, my two piece pole weighed about 450 lbs. If I am remembering correctly.
  4. W

    More findings to make you jealous!! Birdview!

    I had an 8.5' solid and thought it was undersized for many C-band feeds, my 10' mesh outperformed my Birdview as long as it was not too windy. I live in California so maybe I was not getting as much signal as the middle of the country. The Birdview mount was excellent for stability and...
  5. W

    Brought home a Birdview today

    I enlarged the scaler hole with a cheap sanding drum I got from Harbor Freight, I was missing a couple of the scaler support rods and used hollow tubing with a short piece of all thread pinned in each end. There are some pictures of my dish on this forum somewhere posted by I believe Linuxman...
  6. W

    New Mini-BUD C-Band Install (It Can Be Done!)* Part 2

    I have to also point out that the Titanium C1 is a whole lot cheaper than what a standard LNB and Feed horn cost, I could buy 3 for the price of one of my old Norsat LNBs. Posted Via The FREE SatelliteGuys Reader App!
  7. W

    New Mini-BUD C-Band Install (It Can Be Done!)*

    If your plastic C-band bracket that you cracked breaks, it is only about $5 for the metal one, I have that same dish. Posted Via The FREE SatelliteGuys Reader App!
  8. W

    quick question (and dumb too)

    That is not fair to companies who then get stuck with used items they can't sell as new. Posted Via The FREE SatelliteGuys Reader App!
  9. W

    Birdview Brochure Scans...Feast Your Eyes Y'all

    Thanks for posting these, I have a Birdview dish I got second hand and I have never seen any info on it before. I remember when I got my first C-band system up and running back in 1993 that the picture blew away anything I had seen before then.
  10. W

    Found another Birdview, a solid one

    I have a BSC-621-2 LNBF on my Orbitron 10' mesh dish, it works pretty well but that dish blows around too much in the wind. One of these days I will try and tighten up the pivot points on it. I would be better off just replacing the Orbitron with a better dish though. The Birdview is a far...
  11. W

    Found another Birdview, a solid one

    I had my brother measure the distance from the center hole to the front of the Birdview scaler ring, he said it was 39.5 inches. I would have to remove a support rod to get a mesurment of their length, I can't do that right now but I could ask my brother the next time he is around if you need...
  12. W

    Found another Birdview, a solid one

    I have a bad leg right now so I can't get around too easy to check the lengths of the support rods, if you look at the picture of my dish you will see that there are two non white rods. I made them out of steel tubing and put a short piece of all thread in each end, I drilled and pinned the all...
  13. W

    Found another Birdview, a solid one

    You need the distance from the center hole in the dish to the feedhorn? I have my feedhorn almost flush with the original scaler ring. I read on another forum that was a good position for it, I have not moved it since setting it there because I got excellent reception on both KU and C bands...
  14. W

    Found another Birdview, a solid one

    I just read your other Birdview thread. I think it was you that said this. "I have a connective tissue disorder that sometimes makes my joints hurt so bad I can hardly walk, but no matter how I feel, I'll get up and go do some work on FTA, even if it just painting a dish. " I also have a...
  15. W

    Found another Birdview, a solid one

    I am glad you like the dish, I hope people from this forum can put some of these back in service. It would be a shame to have these old dishes ending up in scrap yards.
  16. W

    Found another Birdview, a solid one

    Pics sent.
  17. W

    Found another Birdview, a solid one

    PM me with an email address and I will send you a few.
  18. W

    Found another Birdview, a solid one

    I have a Birdview solid myself, I see a few of them around here in the High desert of Southern California.
  19. W

    C-Band Dish size for 4DTV HDTV ??

    Try to find a free dish in your area of at least 8.5' Dia. as that is the smallest size that is 2 degree compliant and a 10' is better, I would look for a Solid aluminium or mesh dish and a H-H mount if you can find one around you. The odds are you will find lots of people who want to unload...
  20. W

    News from NPS

    I can give numbers for my two dishes on G1 HBO's Dish 1 Orbitron C-10, 10 ft. mesh with button hook feed support. Hbo 100 -111 quality varies between 77 and 81 112-117 quality was between 67-71 dish now stuck on G-1 waiting for new arm. Dish 2 Birdview 8.5 ft spun alluminum solid with...
  21. W

    4dtv x4 (G4R0 on small dish

    I set up a primestar 84E on X4 back before I put up my Birdview 8.5' Solid and it worked great I got quality numbers in the high 80's on everything so I would think it would work with the smaller KU dish. I set the Lnb setting to C and KU LNBF and it worked fine using my Monterey 95 to move...
  22. W

    BirdView Satellite System Parts

    On the reciever I use with my Birdview the count jumps in 4's but my 10' dish with another receiver the count moves in 2's so if I hit east and I am on say 5000 it will go to 5004 on the birdview but other then that it is working very well and will hit all my sats with no problem, I had no...
  23. W

    BirdView Satellite System Parts

    I converted mine and it was no big deal, the worst part is the price seems high for what you get but the dish is an awesome performer on KU and C-band is not bad either. I have the 37:1 ratio gearbox and it works just fine despite the warning it was for the higher ratio( I think 70:1...
  24. W

    Mesh vs Solid Dish

    I would look around for a Birdview 8.5' spun alluminum solid if you want a dish around 8', it is awesome on KU and not bad on C, my 10' mesh is a hair better on C-band signals but the birdview trounces the mesh dish on KU feeds. They are white with six alluminum rods that hold the scaler ring...
  25. W

    LNB Degrees??

    The specs. look better on the cheaper LNB and assuming they are accurate it should be a better LNB due to its better L.O. stability +/- 1 mhz over its temp range versus +/-2 mhz for the 17K, gain is same and you would never notice the difference between a 17k and a 15k. The one area that you...
Top
Back