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dahlemann
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Im new to Satellite Guys site, but have been reading posts and studying up on satellite for a couple of years.

What I have:
-- 7 1/2 foot wire mesh laser c band dual polarity lnb with a venture motor
-- 7 1/2 foot wire mesh Echostar Chapparral CALAMP lnbf with von weise motor

Both of these were taken down in pieces and the pieces are in my garage. No idea if the motors work or not. Also have a Echostar 510 videocipher RS receiver (no remote), from a well meaning relative.

My guess is that these are so outdated that not much will be available with them. Also have 2 dish 500 and a dish single lnb 18" along with a dish pvr and dish 301.

My wife has told me to either use the dishes and receivers or get rid of them. I live in Salt Lake City area Zip code 84047. I'm looking for someone in this area that loves this stuff and will help me do a site survey in my yard and see if I can get clear signals due to various obstructions (neighbors house and trees). Also need to know if anything I have will work or if all needs to be updated.

There are some installers that will charge me to come and look, but I'm thinking there are people that like the hobby and would be willing to teach me without charging an arm and a leg to do it. I want to learn what I am doing by doing it. I'm quick learner if there is someone to show me a few things. I'll do the work, just need a little help to get started.

Interested in any and all hockey, MTN, God TV, glory star, and any available Candian TV.

Thank you!
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Tron
Actually, you will be able to get far more with the 7 1/2 foot dish than you will from the Dish 500 and single LNB DBS dish. The Dish Network receivers are useless for FTA, and the dishes will pick up a handful of unencrypted channels from 82w, 91w, 110w, and 119w, with the majority of free stuff being on 119w.

The big dish and Echostar Videocipher RS receiver are both useful. The Videocipher RS receiver will pick up analog feeds which are in the clear (there are quite a number of them on Ku this time of year, college football games). You may want to try a smaller dish (30 inches is minimum size for Ku) before you attempt to go after C-band (the big dish is for that). You will also need a DVB FTA receiver, and you'll find some good product reviews for them in the reviews section. Good luck and welcome to the forum :)
dahlemann
Thanks!

Thanks for the replies. Hopefully the weather here will cooperate and I can try out the smaller dish tomorrow. Its supposed to rain, but hopefully it will hold off.

Question about the Echostar Videocipher RS receiver. Since I don't have a remote, is there a way to search for signals, and to program them in using the controls on the receiver itself? Does anyone know where I could possibly find a manual online for the receiver?

I love hockey now matter what age and skill level. The Oilers have been my team in the west for many years. In the east I like the Pens and Sens. Anyone playing the flyers is also a favorite of mine.

Dont get to see it too much, but the WHL is awesome. The Oil Kings are just getting started up again, and I have followed the Vancouver Giants for the last three years or so (mostly on the inner net). Got to attend a Giants home game vs the Kamloops Blazers about a year ago. It was cool!!

Not much high school hockey here, but it is fun to watch too. We have a family friend that played at Notre Dame (later with the NY Islanders). College hockey is awesome.

Thanks again! Looking forward to trying things out tomorrow.
ussexplroer
Pictures of everything

IF I understand you correctly. You have 2 7.1/2 dishs or just one dish and a smaller DBS echostar dish?

ANyway. post pictures of the larger dish (Mostly of the lnb end of the needle stack.) Like I picked up one and posted pictures. Plus names and such. I got lucky. Mine included a colarotor with ku and c band lnb. This will help us out.

Basicly you use the old analog sat receiver to control the large 7.1/2 foot dish. Then you connnect a new FTA Dvb receiver to that. Instructions on how to do this is on this website.

But mostly pictures help.

Later,

Josh
dahlemann
I got the dish together. Purchased the micro pro had receiver. I've got a venture linear actuator. How do I connect that to the receiver? Does it require some kind of control box, and how does that box connect to the receiver? Right now the dish is stationary on 107 Anik F1R and am enjoying CBC and CTV Two.
SatelliteAV
To control the actuator, purchase a Gbox or a Vbox. These controllers receive a DiSEqC 1.2 motor position command from the receiver and move the actuator to the saved count position.
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osu1991
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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dishstaller
I really dislike change for the sake of change
TheRatPatrol
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
Jimbo
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in Movie Talk
Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
meStevo
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.

Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!




Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
TRG
TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
meStevo
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
osu1991
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


View: https://x.com/RapSheet/status/2111074303185989663?s=20
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dishstaller
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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIhZm0qkz0o
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Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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White Wedding - Billy Idol
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White Christmas - Elvis Presley
dishstaller
Dirty White Boy - Foreigner
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Tickle Me (Dirty, Dirty Feeling) - Elvis Presley
dishstaller
Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson