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I agree with Cosmo Blatz, we have had 4 major snowfalls so far here in Canada and using a Leaf Blower has worked extremely well on my 12 Footer Mesh. With a lot of snow just blow off the bottom of the Dish, the whole process usually takes no more than 30 seconds & no problem with stuck on snow.

Great idea Keystone 7 yes zip ties would also work well. I managed to add a 7th washer and screw combination at the upper end of the dish and can see no more openings. With your zip tie idea you could just walk up to the back of the dish and insert the tie in from the back without having to...

Thanks a lot for your replies Phlatwound and Wvman. You can be assured I won't ever be hitting the Dish again with my snow broom and will definitely check with Home Depot re those Telescoping Poles and Broom combos. Think I'll pass on trying to add a 7th screw and washer at the high end of the...

Yesterday I discovered a tear in the Wire Mesh of my 12 Footer where the wire mesh had detached itself away from one of the Ribs right in the middle of the Dish. We had 2 Blizzards here in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada last winter and I think wacking the dish with a long broom to clear the snow may...

Yes MeTV was off this afternoon (Sunday) on 99.0W for Columbo but luckily picked it up on SES1C 101.0W. Checked back later and it was back up on 99.0W so they are definitely playing games.

Thanks for the replies. It's working well again - just had to re -adjust my Automatic Polarity Controller I got from Ricks Satellite a while back, and got the Q up to as high as 75, boy what a difference!!

Thanks for the reply bpalone - what Q Level are you receiving Me Tv at?

We watch Chicago Me Tv every day on SES 101 (3725 V 10000 -3/4) but as of Last Friday the Signal S = 90 but my Q has dropped drastically from around 65 down to 38 to 41 and breaking up at times. I use a 12 ft Mesh Dish with Norsat LNB's. Also Decades and other Tp's on SES 101 are still okay...

Thanks to some excellent / amazing help from Magic Static we were able to install my 36 Volt Von Weise Actuator which was Converted from a Optical Sensor to a Reed Sensor for use with my V Box III. The results so far on 3 Satellites have been nothing short of amazing, for example on Galaxy 16 -...

Thanks Magic Static, okay I will send you a message. Here is the picture of the old Von Weise Actuator parts with a white plastic wheel and 4 Magnets and its Sensor. Hope to use the Old Sensor or I could order the one you recommended.

Thanks Magic Static. I am not sure how I could make the magnet wheel so it would be great if we could work out how to get one. How can I contact you? I took apart the old Von Weise unit, - the wheel has 4 magnets white plastic and a locking pin there is also a type of magnetic black sensor...

Thanks a lot for the reply Magic Static. It's amazing what you did but I'm sure what you did so that I can modify my unit. First my Optical Unit has 5 terminals as compared to your 4 Terminals. It was for a Uniden UST 9900 receiver Terminals were: Motor +, Motor -, B, Sen, Gnd,.I do have 2...

The 24 Volt Von Weise Actuator on my 12 Foot Mesh Dish is frozen or not moving I get the E2 Error Message but I can move it slightly 1 or 2 steps till E2 comes up. It is 8 years old and very rusty. I want to replace it with with a 36 Volt Von Weise Actuator that runs well but has a circuit...

Thanks Jason S yes that works, thanks a lot.

Is there a way to get a copy of Gabshere's excellent Von Weiss Step By Step Actuator rebuild procedure. It was on these pages about 8 years ago around June 2008. My Von Weiss Actuator has seized up - that is my 12 Footer Mesh Dish with VBox II will only stay on Sat 97 its default position. When...

Nice Dish good find.

FatAir nice antenna Farm.

Jim, as most have said check Kijiji and walk / drive around your area. I found a 12 ft Mesh Dish and Portable Steel Tripod in great condition 5 years ago and was able to deal for it and a Uniden 9900 Receiver for $100.00 - actually he originally wanted $250.00 for this package. Maybe...

Got all 10 CBC Channels scanned in via Pid Entry, 5 channels are French, but there should be some good Hockey from coast to coast on them this weekend. Thanks for the great Tip guys.

Thanks for the reply Fat Air - I'll try to scan them in on AzBox.

I had to rescan in 107.3W Anik F1R and am getting a S = 68 - 70 and a Q up to 100 on some Tp's. But it didn't Blindscan in those CBC Channels on H-4040 and H-4160 / 30,000 / 3/4. Do these 2 Tp's have to be scanned in via manual PID entry?

Very nice clean dish looks like a 7.5 or 8 footer, great find. Good luck.

Upnatm, FEC was 8/9. I had lost that V - 3920 Tp but re scanning and new 5305 Firmware brought it in again. Had to rescan in the entire Satellite, as I could always get those NBC Channels and Universal Sports, but those other channels on 3920 wouldn't scan in manually, so I reblind scanned in...

Those HD NBC Channels are on 105.0W / AMC-18 on C Band Tp H - 3780 were hard to capture but I was able to finally get them with my AZbox Premium Plus. Another great Tp is V - 3920 with Recipe TV, Pets TV, Cars TV, etc.

To find a Big Dish for next to free try KIJIJI or Craig's list - that's where I got mine from.