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Bought the 12 Footer Today:
Decided to take the Plunge for more C Band and hopefully KU when I went with my friend George half way across town, and purchased the 12 Foot Dish today. This is what I ended up with for the $100.00 that I paid:
12 Foot Aluminum Spun (I think) Dish, see original setup in pic 1,
6 Foot Steel Heavy Duty Ground Mount Tripod Post / Stand - pic 2,
Dish Ring with Von Weiss Actuator - pic 3,
Uniden 9900 Receiver with Remote,
Uniden UST 9900 Power Supply - with 01HG Power Cord,
T-Com 5500 LNB.
The owner wanted $200.00,- I offered $50.00 - we settled on $100.00. I think its a fair deal since 12 Foot Dishes and the Equipment provided do not seem to come along every day. Also the owner phoned me tonight saying he had located the Uniden 9900 Manual which I will pick up next week.
Taking Everything Apart and Transporting across Town:
Since the owner had already taken the system down - (said he needed to redo the flat roof on his house where the dish was), we removed the Actuator / Motor from the Ring, took the braces off the steel Stand which allowed us to fold up the feet on the Dish Stand, then we dissassembled and split the 12 Foot Dish in two after carefully marking what connects to what with masking tape.
The hard part was lowering the Dish off the 15 foot flat roof, I held it over the side of the house and George went down and took each of the 2 Dish Sections. Loaded up the Dish Stand and Feedhorn Rods in my car, and the Dish Ring in his trunk, and 2 piece Dish went onto Georges' Car Top Carrier which we secured with ropes - see pic. George uses this home made carrier to transport canoes all the time, so he said that a Dish should also work. We drove across town and reached my driveway with no problems - 2 more pics. Resting place of the 12 Footer for now is against my garage - see pic.
Bent FeedHorn Rod - How to Fix?
One of the aluminum rods that holds the feedhorn is bent - see pic. Can this be bent back? It's aluminum so if I put it in a vise could it be further damaged? What's the best way straighten it out?
Dish Hole Size - is it okay for KU Band??
Took a closeup pic of the Mesh Size holes by putting a pencil in one of them. See pic - they measured slightly over 2/16 inch but under 3/16 inch. Would a Corotor II or BSC621 LNB allow for C/KU? If so which one is recommended?
What is the Best most Secure way to install the Dish Steel Tripod Stand in My Backyard?
Lastly, does anyone know the best way to securily install the 3 foot heavy duty stand in my backyard? Should I use 3 concrete cardboard tubes from Home Depot (8 feet long and 6 inches wide), fill them with concrete and push carrige Bolts in the curing concrete to secure then level the Tripod Stand? What is the best way to do this? The 12 footer Dish needs to be at the back right hand corner of my yard to get a clear East to West shot, but I'm not sure how many feet to leave Behind the Dish up to the Fence to allow for Actuator adjustments.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
Decided to take the Plunge for more C Band and hopefully KU when I went with my friend George half way across town, and purchased the 12 Foot Dish today. This is what I ended up with for the $100.00 that I paid:
12 Foot Aluminum Spun (I think) Dish, see original setup in pic 1,
6 Foot Steel Heavy Duty Ground Mount Tripod Post / Stand - pic 2,
Dish Ring with Von Weiss Actuator - pic 3,
Uniden 9900 Receiver with Remote,
Uniden UST 9900 Power Supply - with 01HG Power Cord,
T-Com 5500 LNB.
The owner wanted $200.00,- I offered $50.00 - we settled on $100.00. I think its a fair deal since 12 Foot Dishes and the Equipment provided do not seem to come along every day. Also the owner phoned me tonight saying he had located the Uniden 9900 Manual which I will pick up next week.
Taking Everything Apart and Transporting across Town:
Since the owner had already taken the system down - (said he needed to redo the flat roof on his house where the dish was), we removed the Actuator / Motor from the Ring, took the braces off the steel Stand which allowed us to fold up the feet on the Dish Stand, then we dissassembled and split the 12 Foot Dish in two after carefully marking what connects to what with masking tape.
The hard part was lowering the Dish off the 15 foot flat roof, I held it over the side of the house and George went down and took each of the 2 Dish Sections. Loaded up the Dish Stand and Feedhorn Rods in my car, and the Dish Ring in his trunk, and 2 piece Dish went onto Georges' Car Top Carrier which we secured with ropes - see pic. George uses this home made carrier to transport canoes all the time, so he said that a Dish should also work. We drove across town and reached my driveway with no problems - 2 more pics. Resting place of the 12 Footer for now is against my garage - see pic.
Bent FeedHorn Rod - How to Fix?
One of the aluminum rods that holds the feedhorn is bent - see pic. Can this be bent back? It's aluminum so if I put it in a vise could it be further damaged? What's the best way straighten it out?
Dish Hole Size - is it okay for KU Band??
Took a closeup pic of the Mesh Size holes by putting a pencil in one of them. See pic - they measured slightly over 2/16 inch but under 3/16 inch. Would a Corotor II or BSC621 LNB allow for C/KU? If so which one is recommended?
What is the Best most Secure way to install the Dish Steel Tripod Stand in My Backyard?
Lastly, does anyone know the best way to securily install the 3 foot heavy duty stand in my backyard? Should I use 3 concrete cardboard tubes from Home Depot (8 feet long and 6 inches wide), fill them with concrete and push carrige Bolts in the curing concrete to secure then level the Tripod Stand? What is the best way to do this? The 12 footer Dish needs to be at the back right hand corner of my yard to get a clear East to West shot, but I'm not sure how many feet to leave Behind the Dish up to the Fence to allow for Actuator adjustments.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
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. . . but what the heck do I know?
Do you remember back in the thread where you were first looking at this dish?
You showed a picture of another pole which was missing the dish, but still had the mount.
Let me offer the same suggestion again:
- get that pole (with cement)
- remove and save the mount
- dig a hole for pole and existing concrete
- pour in just enough new cement to fill out the hole
- mount dish, and call it a day.
The above is of course conditional that you can get the other pole (with cement), the pole is long enough, the pole is large enough, etc...
But, I just thought you should reconsider that idea before digging three holes and going to all the trouble you described.
Good grief!
Do you remember back in the thread where you were first looking at this dish?
You showed a picture of another pole which was missing the dish, but still had the mount.
Let me offer the same suggestion again:
- get that pole (with cement)
- remove and save the mount
- dig a hole for pole and existing concrete
- pour in just enough new cement to fill out the hole
- mount dish, and call it a day.
The above is of course conditional that you can get the other pole (with cement), the pole is long enough, the pole is large enough, etc...
But, I just thought you should reconsider that idea before digging three holes and going to all the trouble you described.
J
Thanks for the comments Anole. Unfortunately that other Pole in Concrete is on property that is City owned, and try as I may I have been routed from dept to city dept without getting any satisfactory answer as to who has the authority to let me know if I can get that Pole.
The 2 houses that were on the property were moved off about 2 months ago. It was around then that the existing Dish (after I had asked the house moving Contractors about the 10 - 12 Foot Dish that was there), was ripped off its Mount - guess for the Aluminum as was mentioned. At some point the City will probably hire a Contractor to level that Pole for the new construction - but that could be months from now in the dead of our 30 degrees below zero winters. I will keep phoning the City, but for now I can't get to first base with these people!! Also I have closely inspected that Pole and it is rock solid encased in what looks like a lot of concrete, so to try to move it could be a major task.
I would like to mount and install the 12 Footer this Fall. This is why I am considering going with the existing 6 1/2 Ft. steel Tripod Mount - its my only other option.
Good grief!
Do you remember back in the thread where you were first looking at this dish?
You showed a picture of another pole which was missing the dish, but still had the mount.
Let me offer the same suggestion again:
- get that pole (with cement)
- remove and save the mount
- dig a hole for pole and existing concrete
- pour in just enough new cement to fill out the hole
- mount dish, and call it a day.
The above is of course conditional that you can get the other pole (with cement), the pole is long enough, the pole is large enough, etc...
But, I just thought you should reconsider that idea before digging three holes and going to all the trouble you described.
Thanks for the comments Anole. Unfortunately that other Pole in Concrete is on property that is City owned, and try as I may I have been routed from dept to city dept without getting any satisfactory answer as to who has the authority to let me know if I can get that Pole.
The 2 houses that were on the property were moved off about 2 months ago. It was around then that the existing Dish (after I had asked the house moving Contractors about the 10 - 12 Foot Dish that was there), was ripped off its Mount - guess for the Aluminum as was mentioned. At some point the City will probably hire a Contractor to level that Pole for the new construction - but that could be months from now in the dead of our 30 degrees below zero winters. I will keep phoning the City, but for now I can't get to first base with these people!! Also I have closely inspected that Pole and it is rock solid encased in what looks like a lot of concrete, so to try to move it could be a major task.
I would like to mount and install the 12 Footer this Fall. This is why I am considering going with the existing 6 1/2 Ft. steel Tripod Mount - its my only other option.
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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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
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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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Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank 
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Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phoneHello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank
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a good surge protector will help to.Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank
Seems like I remember that now, with my V9 I manually entered anyway on 105, easier for me to pick the channel later
IS Amiko MIRA 3 any good ???
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
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House Passes AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act
(Washington, DC) - The U.S. House has passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, marking a major step forward for broadcasters and listeners who have pushed to keep AM radio available in new cars and
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. can we say over priced garbage!!!
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Once the 24 gets here, there won't be anymore Conference Championships .... or so they say.
Oh what the hell, we really don't need Conferences anymore either ...
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I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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