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I'm sure this has been discussed, but I couldn't find a post.
The 36"x24" DTV International dish is designed to point at 95W and 101W. 95W is a linear LNB and 101W is a circular. I have a few questions...
Can the circular LNB be easily replaced with a new linear LNB (so that it has two linear LNBs)?
With dual linear LNBs, can I point it at any linear sats that are 6 degrees apart and expect it to work? I was thinking 129/123 would be nice.
Or would I be able to swap the oringal LNB's possitions aim for 119/125? NASA/PBS seems like a nice combination.
Thanks for any shared wisdom on this.
The 36"x24" DTV International dish is designed to point at 95W and 101W. 95W is a linear LNB and 101W is a circular. I have a few questions...
Can the circular LNB be easily replaced with a new linear LNB (so that it has two linear LNBs)?
With dual linear LNBs, can I point it at any linear sats that are 6 degrees apart and expect it to work? I was thinking 129/123 would be nice.
Or would I be able to swap the oringal LNB's possitions aim for 119/125? NASA/PBS seems like a nice combination.
Thanks for any shared wisdom on this.
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That particular dish has had several threads full of discussion just in the last year.
With 123° & 125° so close, I would be concerned they'd interfere on that dish.
MikeInBaja seems to have gotten 123° to work on it, but claimed it was a pain to aim.
He's only started a couple of threads in the FTA section, so it should be easy to find his exploits (has a silly name on the thread, though).
The lnear LNB needs to be kept at the focal point of the dish for best performance.
So, you could locate a 2nd LNB either to the east side (for a more westward satellite), or to the west side (for a more easterly satellite).
I wouldn't expect great performance of an offset LNB unless:
- it was aimed at a high-powered circular satellite (NASA on 119°, for instance)
- it was aimed at an easy to receive DSS satellite (Whitesprings on 129°, for instance).
The forum is all about experimenting.
So, while the above are conservative guidelines, feel free to color outside the lines.
With 123° & 125° so close, I would be concerned they'd interfere on that dish.
MikeInBaja seems to have gotten 123° to work on it, but claimed it was a pain to aim.
He's only started a couple of threads in the FTA section, so it should be easy to find his exploits (has a silly name on the thread, though).
The lnear LNB needs to be kept at the focal point of the dish for best performance.
So, you could locate a 2nd LNB either to the east side (for a more westward satellite), or to the west side (for a more easterly satellite).
I wouldn't expect great performance of an offset LNB unless:
- it was aimed at a high-powered circular satellite (NASA on 119°, for instance)
- it was aimed at an easy to receive DSS satellite (Whitesprings on 129°, for instance).
The forum is all about experimenting.
So, while the above are conservative guidelines, feel free to color outside the lines.
That particular dish has had several threads full of discussion just in the last year.
With 123° & 125° so close, I would be concerned they'd interfere on that dish.
MikeInBaja seems to have gotten 123° to work on it, but claimed it was a pain to aim.
He's only started a couple of threads in the FTA section, so it should be easy to find his exploits (has a silly name on the thread, though).
The lnear LNB needs to be kept at the focal point of the dish for best performance.
So, you could locate a 2nd LNB either to the east side (for a more westward satellite), or to the west side (for a more easterly satellite).
I wouldn't expect great performance of an offset LNB unless:
- it was aimed at a high-powered circular satellite (NASA on 119°, for instance)
- it was aimed at an easy to receive DSS satellite (Whitesprings on 129°, for instance).
The forum is all about experimenting.
So, while the above are conservative guidelines, feel free to color outside the lines.
In my experiments, I found 123 difficult to peak (even with the birdog) but I would think that you could probably get 123 and 129 on that rig (with the change to 2 linear LNBs) since the dish is already set up for a 6 degree spread. As Anole noted, you need to maintain the focal point when making the conversion.
I'd probably concentrate on tuning 123 first, since that seems to be the weaker bird - your actual mileage may vary.
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Who says dinner or lunch has to be the only good meals of the day?
Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.
Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.
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I had been wanting to get an EV for a couple of years but really couldn't justify it as my Yukon was nearly new and had only 50k miles. Last year we moved my mother into my home and she was having trouble getting into the Yukon, so I decided it was a good time to a vehicle a little easier to get into. The EV 9 had just recently hit dealer lots a little earlier in 2024 and I had been watching them. So in 3 weeks it will have been a year since I got my 2024 Kia EV 9 Light Long Range.
I really enjoy driving it. It's nearly the same size as my 2017 GMC Yukon. I think the Kia has more interior room. It definitely has more rear leg room for the 2nd and 3rd row. It's not the fastest EV out there, but it has plenty of power for normal day to day driving. Made several trips to the lake house this summer. That's usually my longest regular trip. Its 198 miles round trip and the EV9 does that easily even driving 85-90mph on the interstate. Usually charge up to 100% the night before and get back with 20-25% remaining depending on how fast I drive. It was raining and I drove closer to 75mph a few weeks ago and got back with 26%, but was at 20% last week after driving 90mph on a sunny 90F day. Overall I average 2.6m/kWh. Feature wise it's a step up from my 2017 GMC Yukon , which is a nice vehicle but I really hate having to drive it much anymore. The Emporia EVSE in my garage knows my electric rate and logs all the charging. It's been costing me an avg of $20 a month to drive 700-800 miles a month. Less for the year than what it cost me just to change the oil and service the Yukon a couple of weeks ago.
I wouldn't want to go back to a combustion vehicle. The driving experience is just so much better with the EV.
Picture is from the day I picked it up the first week of Nov 2024.
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Dang it's easy to get used to 4 motors and 900HP. Drove the EV9 today instead of the Rivian and could really tell there was 700HP missing. 
. Still really like the EV9 and will miss it.
. Still really like the EV9 and will miss it.
lol, the sales arm of the Kia dealership is starting to ping me 'want to make plans or move on from your EV9?'
I tell them that I'd be open to anything that doesn't involve anything out of pocket, ends my lease and puts me in a new EV9 at same or better trim - and admitting up front that I'm not in a position to expect anything to happen and respecting everyone's time I don't think it's worth pursuing.
Then they send me a EV9 Short Range deal for $550/mo - a downgrade from my LLR - while mentioning Kia Financial is pretty strict on lease options, as if I didn't just tie them both together as needing to be dealt with.
el oh el.
I didn't respond. Fed it into Muse and even it had a laugh.
I've got Muse tracking EV prices and some of the vehicles I'd consider.
I tell them that I'd be open to anything that doesn't involve anything out of pocket, ends my lease and puts me in a new EV9 at same or better trim - and admitting up front that I'm not in a position to expect anything to happen and respecting everyone's time I don't think it's worth pursuing.
Then they send me a EV9 Short Range deal for $550/mo - a downgrade from my LLR - while mentioning Kia Financial is pretty strict on lease options, as if I didn't just tie them both together as needing to be dealt with.
el oh el.
I didn't respond. Fed it into Muse and even it had a laugh.
I've got Muse tracking EV prices and some of the vehicles I'd consider.
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Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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Can't remember where or who I saw predict this.
It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.
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After having continuing trouble with my eight+ year old Dell Inspiron laptop I am looking to hopefully catch a good deal on new one. My options to buy is Costco and Sam's Club. It seems like a lot of new laptops are 2 in 1 which I do not need. I use the laptop to mainly surf the web and keep up with my finances, money and bills. I would like to have at least a 15" screen and having a touchscreen is a plus. The keyboard would need to lighted also. I don't game any. It would have to be Windows instead of and not Mac. The brands I see the most are Asus, Dell and HP. My two last laptops has been Dell's. Of these brands are there any standouts over the other brands. My budget (hopefully) is $600+-. Also while researching I noticed that do not have ethernet ports.
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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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..I hate playing in Ames.
My in-Laws came from Iowa, she was a graduate of ISU. Unranked Iowa teams beat the #24 and #25 teams on Halloween.
And I heard that your QB made a poor choice after scoring the tying touchdown, leading to a fifteen yard penalty on the ensuing kickoff. The Cyclones were then able to take advantage of the resulting field position to get close enough to score the winning field goal.
In a NCAA Football season of bizarre endings, this has to rank right up there.
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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Saw this in Sams yesterday. I thought this was a really cool idea. Having a new grandbaby I almost bought one. I saw a lot of these back in the day.
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Yeah...I heard something like that
I just thought it was cool for the retro aspect of it. I still prefer taking video with my camcorder because I then have the video on a physical memory card which I can back up and put in my safe.
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Pissed off at the crappy healthcare costs
My health Insurance renewal for 2027 just came in. Going from $827 a month to $1,187 a month. Deductible going up a $1k to $9,350. Max out of pocket also going up $1k to $11,000. Doctor co-pay of $40. Urgent Care co-pay $50. ER 50% coinsurance after deductible. That's all in network. Out of network is double, should it be needed.
Have to think about this. I'm really tempted to just go without now. I only go to the doctor once or twice a year. I pay out of pocket for Tirzepitide and can do without the Rosuvastatin (crestor) now. Really tired of spending over $10k a year and getting nothing out of it.
After years with Blue Cross I switched last year to Ambetter as my Blue Cross premium was going from $1200 to $1800 for a Silver plan and the Bronze plan was still going to be $1300 at BCBS. Ambetter was $827 for the same coverage with a Bronze plan. Didn't think it would jump this much so soon.
I'm guessing a Silver plan is probably over $2,000 a month for 2027.
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Such a scam. Healthcare.gov shows me cheaper individual plans available for 2027 from ambetter that ambetter doesn't show on their website. Looked it up. I've spent $68,000 in premiums the last 5 years and got nothing out of it except a few doctors visits and labs.
