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I am not exactly new to satellite installations but it has been a while since I did it on a regular basis. I have this problem with not letting satellite equipment go in the trash, and another equally annoying (to some) hobby of letting it gather in boxes and a pile of old pizza pans and BUDs and old actuator arms and the like. I was an office manager for a small local satellite company for a little while and I received training to install the pizza pans, and was certified to install AOL+, DirectWay and a few others (I think Starband as it was pretty new at the time) dial return and sat return. I never actually setup a Cband or ku band dish for programming though but I know I have the basics pretty much down pat. I always seem to be on the look out for satellite equipment and I have a small collection of items relating to Cband and ku that I was curious if I would be able to put into use. Here is the list of items that I have ammassed and the condition its in.
- Drake ESR 1624 VCRS
- IQ Prism VCRS (has remote)
- HTS VCII Tracker System V (has remote)
My neighbor gave me these when a tree limb fell on his 12' monster dish and he sold it for scrap
- Kenwood 1000 (no remote but has a lot of front panel controls)
- Zenith 1000 (has remote but I don't know if it functions as it keep popping its internal breaker on the back panel)
I also have a friend who was moving out of the country and he gave me his old FTA recievers for $20, a pair of Neusat sp6000 regulars, I saw after powering it up that he had them setup for eye-patch activities and immediatly did a factory default/reset and installed the original manufaturer supplied bin/software. They seem like very nice recievers, however from my research I can't find very much out about this brand receiver being used for c band or kuband FTA (legitamate that is apparently the eye-patchers cant get software for this one any more LOL!! score one for the good guys)
I have a Primestar 75E dish and 2 sets of arms and 2 LNBs, I have already set a pole and the dish is setting on it waiting for me to study some more before I aim it at Galaxy 18 at 123 (thats my hope anyway)
I have 2 BUD dishes that I don't know if I will be able to setup without learning more, I dont have all the details but will post some pics tomorrow to see if they are any good. One was given to me by the neighbor who had a tree fall on his old one, but the replacement got damaged on the way to his house to replace the old dish, so he let me have it cause he didn't want to mess with it, it had an interesting actuator/positioner that has a bunch of chains and gears and no arm, so at least I got an interesting positioner. The other one I spotted on my drive home just sitting on the ground next to its pole with a pizza pan mounted on the lip of the old BUDs pole, looking like satellites biggest little joke. The people told me I could have it, it worked before the dish was knocked out of alignment. They told me that the guy sent out to align it talked em out of re aligning it and sold them a pizza pan, I inquired about the reciever and they told me the installer told them that they had to hand it over when he installed the pizza pan (they told me that sounded fishy) The dish is about 6' across wire mesh I think its a good find. I will measure the dishes, and get the info off of the LNBs and post the info tomorrow and see what if anything I can do with these.
The one I got from my neighbor looks like its at least a 7' dish and the smaller one looks to be about 6', both have chapparel feed horns (the smaller one has some adjustment on the throat of the feedhorn/scaler rings?) and both LNBs are california amplifier brand.
I live in a rural area and I can put up just about any dish setup I want so eventually I want to get a BUD setup, but the Primestar is going to get installed very shortly as I can only watch so much NASA. If anyone has a suggestion as to a better sat to aim at with the Primestar I am all ears but it seems to have the most programming that looked interesting on ku digital (unless one of the pieces of equipment I listed above will help in that department) I have also been considering motorising the Primestar but that will have to wait till I get a fixed setup to my liking. Thanks for any info in advance, and sorry this is so long winded.
John
I am not exactly new to satellite installations but it has been a while since I did it on a regular basis. I have this problem with not letting satellite equipment go in the trash, and another equally annoying (to some) hobby of letting it gather in boxes and a pile of old pizza pans and BUDs and old actuator arms and the like. I was an office manager for a small local satellite company for a little while and I received training to install the pizza pans, and was certified to install AOL+, DirectWay and a few others (I think Starband as it was pretty new at the time) dial return and sat return. I never actually setup a Cband or ku band dish for programming though but I know I have the basics pretty much down pat. I always seem to be on the look out for satellite equipment and I have a small collection of items relating to Cband and ku that I was curious if I would be able to put into use. Here is the list of items that I have ammassed and the condition its in.
- Drake ESR 1624 VCRS
- IQ Prism VCRS (has remote)
- HTS VCII Tracker System V (has remote)
My neighbor gave me these when a tree limb fell on his 12' monster dish and he sold it for scrap
- Kenwood 1000 (no remote but has a lot of front panel controls)
- Zenith 1000 (has remote but I don't know if it functions as it keep popping its internal breaker on the back panel)
I also have a friend who was moving out of the country and he gave me his old FTA recievers for $20, a pair of Neusat sp6000 regulars, I saw after powering it up that he had them setup for eye-patch activities and immediatly did a factory default/reset and installed the original manufaturer supplied bin/software. They seem like very nice recievers, however from my research I can't find very much out about this brand receiver being used for c band or kuband FTA (legitamate that is apparently the eye-patchers cant get software for this one any more LOL!! score one for the good guys)
I have a Primestar 75E dish and 2 sets of arms and 2 LNBs, I have already set a pole and the dish is setting on it waiting for me to study some more before I aim it at Galaxy 18 at 123 (thats my hope anyway)
I have 2 BUD dishes that I don't know if I will be able to setup without learning more, I dont have all the details but will post some pics tomorrow to see if they are any good. One was given to me by the neighbor who had a tree fall on his old one, but the replacement got damaged on the way to his house to replace the old dish, so he let me have it cause he didn't want to mess with it, it had an interesting actuator/positioner that has a bunch of chains and gears and no arm, so at least I got an interesting positioner. The other one I spotted on my drive home just sitting on the ground next to its pole with a pizza pan mounted on the lip of the old BUDs pole, looking like satellites biggest little joke. The people told me I could have it, it worked before the dish was knocked out of alignment. They told me that the guy sent out to align it talked em out of re aligning it and sold them a pizza pan, I inquired about the reciever and they told me the installer told them that they had to hand it over when he installed the pizza pan (they told me that sounded fishy) The dish is about 6' across wire mesh I think its a good find. I will measure the dishes, and get the info off of the LNBs and post the info tomorrow and see what if anything I can do with these.
The one I got from my neighbor looks like its at least a 7' dish and the smaller one looks to be about 6', both have chapparel feed horns (the smaller one has some adjustment on the throat of the feedhorn/scaler rings?) and both LNBs are california amplifier brand.
I live in a rural area and I can put up just about any dish setup I want so eventually I want to get a BUD setup, but the Primestar is going to get installed very shortly as I can only watch so much NASA. If anyone has a suggestion as to a better sat to aim at with the Primestar I am all ears but it seems to have the most programming that looked interesting on ku digital (unless one of the pieces of equipment I listed above will help in that department) I have also been considering motorising the Primestar but that will have to wait till I get a fixed setup to my liking. Thanks for any info in advance, and sorry this is so long winded.
John
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New low power station has been granted by the FCC and the new call leter is K33OB-D on RF ch. 33.
Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.
It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.
This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.
Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.
It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.
This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.
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Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets on like the Rev'n, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station. 
Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets like Revn, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station.
I watch MovieSphere Gold channel a lot. Many recent movies on that digitnet
Yes that's a good channel MovieSphere, only thing is the missing CC on it. 
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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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Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.
Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.
Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.
Congrats! I love retirement, no wake ups, no e-mails...Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.
Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.
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Leftovers for lunch, bacon wrapped salmon fillet from Saturday and a KFC thigh from Friday, Tea.
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
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However, when I make a change (tried to add the Columbian pack for $2 so I could generate my bill) and there is a new line - it says "Access for TV" - whereas previously that line item was not there. I hope they aren't charging $5.00 for the initial TV now...
Possibly. In theory, $9 of the base pack has a rental fee built in. But now is this $5 a chance to get a little more? I don't know for sure. According to chat, it is a glitch and will be resolved in a timely manner, but we shall see. Part of my thinks there is a going to be a new charge, whether it is now or this fall. Here in Illinois, the law requires we are given 30 days notice of any fee changes, but I have not been given anything.
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With the 1st Quarter Report just released, Dish lost another 180,000, now at 4.84 Million.
Sling now at 1.79 million subscribers, down approximately 190,000.
For comparison, YouTube TV now has about double the subscribers of Dish and Sling combined.
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Sling now at 1.79 million subscribers, down approximately 190,000.
For comparison, YouTube TV now has about double the subscribers of Dish and Sling combined.
DISH & Sling TV Lost Over 366,000 TV Subscribers In Just 3 Months | Cord Cutters News
EchoStar Corporation, the owner of the DISH Network satellite television service and the Sling TV streaming platform, continued to experience steep declines in its pay-television customer base during the first three months of 2026. The company reported a net loss of approximately 366,000 pay-TV...
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Hello again, haven't posted here in a while.
This morning, around 6:30am, I woke up and found the front panel lights on my HR44 on (I leave it off all the time as it is co-located with one of my Geminis).
Immediately thinking that either a reboot or power outage occurred, I checked the software version, and found that it's still the same release that was sent out last month.
I then ruled out a power outage by checking the clocks on my appliances and seeing that they're still correct (they reset when there's an outage, somewhat similar to the "blinking 12" on VCRs).
I then confirmed a reboot by checking the Upcoming Recordings (fka To-Do List) and seeing that the number was much lower than before (it always resets after a reboot).
I am definitely guessing what happened (and it may very well be actually what happened) is that the "Reset Required" prompt may have come up sometime overnight, and it eventually timed out and rebooted automatically. IIRC that prompt comes up when new software "plugins" have to be installed.
Would like to hear your thoughts, especially since I probably haven't talked to some of you reading this in a while (was a former CE member, left almost a year ago).
Thank you all in advance!
This morning, around 6:30am, I woke up and found the front panel lights on my HR44 on (I leave it off all the time as it is co-located with one of my Geminis).
Immediately thinking that either a reboot or power outage occurred, I checked the software version, and found that it's still the same release that was sent out last month.
I then ruled out a power outage by checking the clocks on my appliances and seeing that they're still correct (they reset when there's an outage, somewhat similar to the "blinking 12" on VCRs).
I then confirmed a reboot by checking the Upcoming Recordings (fka To-Do List) and seeing that the number was much lower than before (it always resets after a reboot).
I am definitely guessing what happened (and it may very well be actually what happened) is that the "Reset Required" prompt may have come up sometime overnight, and it eventually timed out and rebooted automatically. IIRC that prompt comes up when new software "plugins" have to be installed.
Would like to hear your thoughts, especially since I probably haven't talked to some of you reading this in a while (was a former CE member, left almost a year ago).
Thank you all in advance!
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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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Our DNS provider is encouraging us to enable DNSSEC on our domains for added security.
I have gone ahead and enabled it, and am told it may take anywhere from 90 minutes to 24 hours for it to take effect.
Hopefully doing this does not harm the site in any way. (It shouldn't) but if it does, you will then know why and I will revert the settings.
But from what I am reading it should be ok. so just giving a warning as I have screwed up DNS stuff in the past.
I have gone ahead and enabled it, and am told it may take anywhere from 90 minutes to 24 hours for it to take effect.
Hopefully doing this does not harm the site in any way. (It shouldn't) but if it does, you will then know why and I will revert the settings.
But from what I am reading it should be ok. so just giving a warning as I have screwed up DNS stuff in the past.
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