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I was an electronics tech in the navy back when radios had tubes. Since then all I've done is turn them off and on. All this stuff boggles my mind.
Anyway,after mulling over the advice I received I thought I would run something else by you guys. I actually have 3 dishes on the roof of my motorhome.( I like lots of drag so the Saudis won't go broke.) The one dish is an automatic one that switches from 119 to 110. It finds 119 automatically. But I can program it to just go to 119 and stay there Then the next one is a manual crank up that I could point at 110. Then I have an old C-band motorized that I converted to a Dishnet 36 inch dish, for when I travel up to Alaska every summer, that I could aim at 148.
Anyway, I have 2 coaxes coming in from each dish.
How would I lash up this mess to a 921. I can imagine getting all this pointed the right directions every night. Probably when I'm traveling I would just put up the automatic one every night and watch whatever is on 119.Then when I hunker down for a few days, I would play with the rest of them. Back when I just had the manual dish I sometimes wondered if the Russians had shot the satellite out of the sky.
Also all the dishes have some kind of generic lnb's. Would I have to get Dish Pro units?
Damn the expense, the project must go on!
Any help you gurus could give me would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Anyway,after mulling over the advice I received I thought I would run something else by you guys. I actually have 3 dishes on the roof of my motorhome.( I like lots of drag so the Saudis won't go broke.) The one dish is an automatic one that switches from 119 to 110. It finds 119 automatically. But I can program it to just go to 119 and stay there Then the next one is a manual crank up that I could point at 110. Then I have an old C-band motorized that I converted to a Dishnet 36 inch dish, for when I travel up to Alaska every summer, that I could aim at 148.
Anyway, I have 2 coaxes coming in from each dish.
How would I lash up this mess to a 921. I can imagine getting all this pointed the right directions every night. Probably when I'm traveling I would just put up the automatic one every night and watch whatever is on 119.Then when I hunker down for a few days, I would play with the rest of them. Back when I just had the manual dish I sometimes wondered if the Russians had shot the satellite out of the sky.
Also all the dishes have some kind of generic lnb's. Would I have to get Dish Pro units?
Damn the expense, the project must go on!
Any help you gurus could give me would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
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Note: It's considered good form to keep related issues all in the same thread. Helps everyone with not repeating themselves or asking the same obvious questions over and over. Fortunately, I remembered the other thread.
Anyway, to go with three satellites, you would have to have a SW64, or convert ALL the LNBFs to DishPro - and that probably can't be done with the Winegard unit.
So, pick 2 of your units for 110 & 119, grab the 2 outputs of each along with 2 SW-21's, slam it all together and you should be good.
NOTE: it's very likely you're going to have big trouble with the 921 if you do NOT aim the 110 dish - unless you disconnect the un-aimed one and run Check Switch every time it's nt aimed. And then of course, reconnect and run Check Switch when you DO bring in the 110 bird.
I wonder if you could get a LEGACY Quad, give it's #1 feed to the aiming unit, and then take 2 of it's other feeds for the 921. It's a long shot, but maybe it'll work. Why not call Winegard and see what they have to say about 2-tuner units. Wait a minute - didn't I say that somewhere already?
Anyway, to go with three satellites, you would have to have a SW64, or convert ALL the LNBFs to DishPro - and that probably can't be done with the Winegard unit.
So, pick 2 of your units for 110 & 119, grab the 2 outputs of each along with 2 SW-21's, slam it all together and you should be good.
NOTE: it's very likely you're going to have big trouble with the 921 if you do NOT aim the 110 dish - unless you disconnect the un-aimed one and run Check Switch every time it's nt aimed. And then of course, reconnect and run Check Switch when you DO bring in the 110 bird.
I wonder if you could get a LEGACY Quad, give it's #1 feed to the aiming unit, and then take 2 of it's other feeds for the 921. It's a long shot, but maybe it'll work. Why not call Winegard and see what they have to say about 2-tuner units. Wait a minute - didn't I say that somewhere already?
No problemo - you're learning and it's all good. 
I just thought of a problem with my idea for trying to do a Dish 500 rig on the motorized unit. The skew angle changes with location and the Winegard can't do that part for you.
There IS another solution. Sell the motorized unit and stick with just a manual Dish 500 rig. Switch out the nuts for wingnuts, get a magnetic declination map and a compass. You'll be an expert dish aimer in no time at all.
I just thought of a problem with my idea for trying to do a Dish 500 rig on the motorized unit. The skew angle changes with location and the Winegard can't do that part for you.
There IS another solution. Sell the motorized unit and stick with just a manual Dish 500 rig. Switch out the nuts for wingnuts, get a magnetic declination map and a compass. You'll be an expert dish aimer in no time at all.
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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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The 2025–26 College Football Playoff concluded with the Indiana Hoosiers winning the national championship by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 27–21. [1, 2, 3]
Playoff Results Summary
The 12-team playoff bracket featured the following key results across each round: [1]
The 2025–26 College Football Playoff concluded with the Indiana Hoosiers winning the national championship by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 27–21. [1, 2, 3]
Playoff Results Summary
The 12-team playoff bracket featured the following key results across each round: [1]
- First Round: Alabama defeated Oklahoma (34–24), Miami (Fla.) beat Texas A&M (10–3), Ole Miss topped Tulane (41–10), and Oregon defeated James Madison (51–34) at higher-seeded campus sites.
- Quarterfinals: Miami (Fla.) upset Ohio State (24–14), Oregon shut out Texas Tech (23–0), top-ranked Indiana rolled past Alabama (38–3), and Ole Miss edged Georgia (39–34) across the New Year's Six bowls.
- Semifinals: Miami (Fla.) advanced past Ole Miss (31–27) in the Peach Bowl, while Indiana dominant-defeated Oregon (56–22) in the Fiesta Bowl.
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Walter Koenig, Chekov on Original ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 90
Walter Koenig, who memorably played Chekov in the original "Star Trek" series and seven "Star Trek" feature films, died Sunday in Los Angeles.
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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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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Preorders Open for the Brax Wink De-Googled Phone #shorts
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This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
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. can we say over priced garbage!!!I'm thinking of switching to DirecTV and wanted to know what equipment I should be asking for.
I'm wanting wired satellite due to that fact that I live in the sticks and there is no reliable, decent speed internet for streaming available.
What would be the correct equipment for three 4K tvs in the house?
I'm wanting wired satellite due to that fact that I live in the sticks and there is no reliable, decent speed internet for streaming available.
What would be the correct equipment for three 4K tvs in the house?
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why not just do a rebranding of the two
As they pivot away from using dishes and more toward streaming, the DirecTV brand would make much more sense.why not just do a rebranding of the two
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agree to a certain point!!! is charlies pockets gonna get tight and will he cancel channels because he don't want to pay for them??? a hopper 3 on dtv channel lineup would be amazing and every mans dream come true lol
Squirrels have eaten my antenna wire on my home unit that is a car radio running of the 12 volt side of my solar system. I need a new antenna and would like to add something to one of my existing masts. The reason I am looking at this that I am also covered in trees which has not been a problem, but something mast mounted would future proof me. Thanks in advance.
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We have the pro-500 and it's a beast pulling in the signal!!! always full bars no matter how much it rains. it's worth every penny
I am a animal lover, but this year I gave up gardening. Even moved it to potted plants on the second story deck last year. Can't tell you how much use my Ruger 10-22 got, but it was a losing battle for me. Never got any food. So now they eat coax instead! 20 acres of dense woods behind me and my stuff tastes better, either veggies or wires!
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i might think about running cables through some conduit to prevent the Squirrels from chewing em all to hell
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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....
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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We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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