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I was driving back home taking a different route just to see if there were any Big Dishes on this one road. I see this large satellite dish that looks to me like its 12 footer. It has 4 sections that bolt up to each other. The Feedhorn was I think is referred to as a "Buttonhook". The feedhorn looked OK except it was missing the cover. It looked like it was just set up for C-Band only.
I went to the door and asked what they were going to do with that large dish. The guy told me it was his brothers and most likely would give it away or try to sell it. I laughed and said yeah a lot of people back then made a lot of money for them and they think that they are still worth it! Then they have to spend 200.00 to 500.00$$ to have them removed. I do it for Free. I don't pay, this is just one of my hobbies so it good for everybody around! By the time I got home I got a call from him saying for me to come and get the dish. So I made plans and went to go and get it.
This dish is almost like the one I found before where the guy wanted a lot of money for it. I think he just said a high price because he wanted to keep it. I have photos of that one. Just remember the only thing different is the feedhorn. The one that I got, a section of the mound bar will need to be replaced. That shouldn't be a big problem thought. The actuator looks good and is hardly rusted at all. I think it might be a 24' mover.
The thing that is making me wonder about whether to go ahead and replace the mount is when we were picking up this Super Heavy 4 section Fiberglass dish is that it moaned with the sound of cracking noises. Are these fiberglass over mesh dishes worth keeping? Or what I was hearing a normal thing while it was being carried to the trailer? Should I keep this one or haul it away??
Thanks,
Tom
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I went to the door and asked what they were going to do with that large dish. The guy told me it was his brothers and most likely would give it away or try to sell it. I laughed and said yeah a lot of people back then made a lot of money for them and they think that they are still worth it! Then they have to spend 200.00 to 500.00$$ to have them removed. I do it for Free. I don't pay, this is just one of my hobbies so it good for everybody around! By the time I got home I got a call from him saying for me to come and get the dish. So I made plans and went to go and get it.
This dish is almost like the one I found before where the guy wanted a lot of money for it. I think he just said a high price because he wanted to keep it. I have photos of that one. Just remember the only thing different is the feedhorn. The one that I got, a section of the mound bar will need to be replaced. That shouldn't be a big problem thought. The actuator looks good and is hardly rusted at all. I think it might be a 24' mover.
The thing that is making me wonder about whether to go ahead and replace the mount is when we were picking up this Super Heavy 4 section Fiberglass dish is that it moaned with the sound of cracking noises. Are these fiberglass over mesh dishes worth keeping? Or what I was hearing a normal thing while it was being carried to the trailer? Should I keep this one or haul it away??
Thanks,
Tom
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the dish is warped
Also If i do go ahead with using the good dishes that I have, the Unimesh, Janiel and the Birdview would your type of Switch Panel be good to have?
Thanks,
Tom
You know I was wondering that too as it appears the four sides don't match up. Also was wondering if this was bacause the metal mount is all rusted away and not securing it right. So you think even if I did go forward and put in a new mount it still wouldn't bring it back right?
Also If i do go ahead with using the good dishes that I have, the Unimesh, Janiel and the Birdview would your type of Switch Panel be good to have?
Thanks,
Tom
You know I was wondering that too as it appears the four sides don't match up. Also was wondering if this was bacause the metal mount is all rusted away and not securing it right. So you think even if I did go forward and put in a new mount it still wouldn't bring it back right?
Also If i do go ahead with using the good dishes that I have, the Unimesh, Janiel and the Birdview would your type of Switch Panel be good to have?
Thanks,
Tom
The mount isn't what brings or keeps a reflector's shape...it is the quality of the reflector itself and how well it was originally assembled. The only chance that reflector will have to work reasonably well is to disassemble the panels and swap opposite panels so that no surface that was mated will be mated again. The reflector should be reassembled face down on a flat surface such as a driveway or parking lot. Put all reflector screws in finger tight, then start with the rim bolts and tighten in a spiral until you end up in the center. When you tighten the rim bolts feel with your hand to make sure the panels are flush in the front where they join.
When it gets in the air do a string test to check for warpage.
I have many dishes and I felt that if all the switches were together away from the receivers (wife factor - the wiring is bad enough
) that troubleshooting and testing different configurations would be easier. I have seperate lines for each dish position coming into the basement and with this method no switches are in the weather. It's also close to the breaker box for grounding purposes.
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Right now I have the dish leaning on the side and will be a future project for me. Right now I want to get my two mesh dishes and my Birdview dish up and running. On the Birdview I will have to take the support pole, the part of the pole I cut off from the main pole and have it welded onto a longer and same size pole. Then when I get to the point of working with the fiberglass dish I will do just like you said ACRadio of taking it apart and labeling the parts as I go. That way I can make sure it goes back on by swaping opposite panels so that no surface that was mated will be mated again, like you said. If all looks good from there I will start by having a mount built with Air Craft Tested Aluminum.
Thanks,
Tom
Thanks RV1Pop and ACRadio,The mount isn't what brings or keeps a reflector's shape...it is the quality of the reflector itself and how well it was originally assembled. The only chance that reflector will have to work reasonably well is to disassemble the panels and swap opposite panels so that no surface that was mated will be mated again. The reflector should be reassembled face down on a flat surface such as a driveway or parking lot. Put all reflector screws in finger tight, then start with the rim bolts and tighten in a spiral until you end up in the center. When you tighten the rim bolts feel with your hand to make sure the panels are flush in the front where they join.
When it gets in the air do a string test to check for warpage.
I have many dishes and I felt that if all the switches were together away from the receivers (wife factor - the wiring is bad enough
Right now I have the dish leaning on the side and will be a future project for me. Right now I want to get my two mesh dishes and my Birdview dish up and running. On the Birdview I will have to take the support pole, the part of the pole I cut off from the main pole and have it welded onto a longer and same size pole. Then when I get to the point of working with the fiberglass dish I will do just like you said ACRadio of taking it apart and labeling the parts as I go. That way I can make sure it goes back on by swaping opposite panels so that no surface that was mated will be mated again, like you said. If all looks good from there I will start by having a mount built with Air Craft Tested Aluminum.
Thanks,
Tom
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Continuing the Kilauea thread in the Pub here. Perhaps the Iceland one too next time there's remarkable activity.
Currently there is precursory lava flowing into the crater, leading to the next episode that'll probably start within the next day.
You can see the pace of inflation / deflation here. It serves as the primary predictor for when the expect the eruptions, which coincide w/ inflation turning into significant deflation and last for several hours on average with significant fountaining.
www.usgs.gov
View: https://youtu.be/Uecu2seh4b4
Wife and I like the AfarTV feeds, for the discussion along w/ them, though they're otherwise just mirrors of the official USGS feeds.
View: https://youtu.be/iws3rh5vLAQ
Currently there is precursory lava flowing into the crater, leading to the next episode that'll probably start within the next day.
You can see the pace of inflation / deflation here. It serves as the primary predictor for when the expect the eruptions, which coincide w/ inflation turning into significant deflation and last for several hours on average with significant fountaining.
Monitoring Data for Kīlauea
For more information on how electronic tiltmeters and GPS receivers help monitor the deformation of Kīlauea volcano, see the HVO Deformation page.
View: https://youtu.be/Uecu2seh4b4
Wife and I like the AfarTV feeds, for the discussion along w/ them, though they're otherwise just mirrors of the official USGS feeds.
View: https://youtu.be/iws3rh5vLAQ
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I have Dish with Hopper3. I choose to get local channels OTA and had a "guide list" established at my previous home. Having moved a few miles away, I wanted to update the list by appending a couple new stations via a rescan. As many would know, some stations come in with the UHF/VHF antenna aimed in one direction, while others come in better with a different direction.
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
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