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Here's a new thread and some pics of my second Birdview:
After a couple of years of looking, at hundreds of dishes all around SW MO I have finally located and procured a Birdview solid.............and it was within a mile of my house.
I have driven past this dish for almost 25 years, it was within 100 feet of the road but was not visible until the people tore down an old shed that hid it. My eyes about popped out of my head when I saw it, took me a couple of days to find out who to talk to, and they were glad to find someone who wanted it.
When I found it it looked like this:
After a couple of years of looking, at hundreds of dishes all around SW MO I have finally located and procured a Birdview solid.............and it was within a mile of my house.
I have driven past this dish for almost 25 years, it was within 100 feet of the road but was not visible until the people tore down an old shed that hid it. My eyes about popped out of my head when I saw it, took me a couple of days to find out who to talk to, and they were glad to find someone who wanted it.
When I found it it looked like this:
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You got that right gremlin, that sucker is outta here!
I removed the feed supports and scalar to paint the dish, used some $12/gal commercial exterior latex, applied with a 1/2" nap roller. Did a little restoration work with a black permanent marker to bring out the "Birdview" logo letters.
Reinstalled the support arms and scalar and added a GeoSat Pro C2 dual C-band LNBF (and thanks to Brian @ SatAv for the great deal he offered to us SatGuys on these). Set the "0" mark vertically with the dish @ apex.
IF the sun ever reappears I will have some close-ups of the feedarm extensions and my declination adjusters, but for now will say that I have a face-of-dish center to face-of-scalar dimension of 40 3/8", and have about 1/4" of adjustment left if I wanted to move the scalar further away from the dish.
My pre-modded factory measurement was 39 3/8".
Set my "f/d" to "about 1/4" of the feedhorn sticking out of the scalar"....I think that corresponds to approximately .40 on the LNBF scale. I never touched the focal distance or skew after the initial settings. I do intend to check my LNBF pointing with a laser.....one of these days.
Set my main elevation bar to 37.7 (37.63 is what is in the "modified" charts for my location).
The BV mount has some declination built into it from the factory, mine had almost exactly 6 degrees and I need about 5.3 degrees for my location. This requires spacing the dish forward from the bottom mount plate.
I achieved this originally with a small steel splitting wedge and all 6 bolts snugged-up in the dish, thought I would need to play with this adjustment (and the wedge would make this quick and easy) but the way it turned out my digital angle finder was right on the money, so further adjustment wasn't necessary.
After leveling the BV mounting cap on the pole (which required a slight corresponding elevation adjustment).....and a minor azimuth adjustment, I was receiving the LPTV mux on 95W at 95% Q (w/Visionsat IV-200). 93W is actually my true south but there is no C-band there, AFAIK.
I then removed the steel wedge and installed 2 bolts with 1 nut and flat washer on each side of the mounting plate (in the holes that next to the "outside" holes , these could also be used to quickly and easily adjust the declination. In the other 4 holes I used stacked flat washers which I stuck in and aligned them for the bolts with a tapered punch (had no masking tape, Stogie!
), and snugged it all up.Then I started working my way to the west, one sat at a time (peaking and noting the position numbers on my V-Box 6), made one more tiny azimuth adjustment, and in a couple hours was viewing the NASA mux on 137W, and then got that DG TX Prog tp on 139W.
Went back to 95W and started working my way to the east, never touched the az/el/dec again, and eventually made my way to 43W, on which I was getting very acceptable signal, especially considering I was looking through several leafless trees.
I then set my software limits and saved all my count numbers as Position numbers in the V-Box, and it has worked flawlessly from 43W-139W. It doesn't double the counts (like the G-Box) but I am getting 855 (24-magnet wheel) counts in the arc from 43W-139W, so should have about 1700 counts when I get my G-Box fixed.
Now I need to install my new underground runs, more pics to follow. I'm very impressed with these Birdview dishes/mounts.....anybody know where I can find a 10 footer?
We actually have an old step ladder leaning against the house, just for that cat to get up to the deck that is outside our bedroom window (where she comes to be let in).
She used to be able to climb the cedar siding but she's getting old, needs a ladder now!
Here is a couple more magnet wheel templates, they are both for 1/8" diameter magnets, one is for 32 and one is for 40 magnets.
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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 thought I posted it as I usually have nothing to do but sit at my desk in the morning scrolling the interwebs , but my mom passed away the day before so my mind was mush.I noticed you missed last week's… Much like the SEC Shorts!
College Football Playoff nears agreement on 24-team expansion that could end title games
The College Football Playoff field is about to get much more crowded as the conferences near a deal to double the size of the field to 24 teams starting next year
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
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Mark Harmon is coming back as Gibbs in Origins, for the full season. Just saw, Dinozzo too, on NCIS . That will be an interesting writing project.
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Mark Harmon Returning To 'NCIS: Origins' As Gibbs For Season 3
Mark Harmon is returning to NCIS: Origins for a season-long arc.
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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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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?
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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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
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I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....
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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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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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I have been optimizing the site the past few days... and got us here now. We are rocking now!
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.
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Can't imagine what the son is going through.
Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster
Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.
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Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.
Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...
NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system
I'm glad to see ...
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