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FTABman0
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Found another dish today up for grabs FREE! The guy said it was a 10 footer and has all the stuff to go with it. He said it was a Drake system used in the day of old 2D analog days. Don't know if it is a great find or not but for free, I told him I would take it off his hands. The pole has 6 bags of concrete on it! Looks like that will be the heaviest part of the take!

Is it possible to use these with another motor? I think I read someplace here that the old Drakes had to be moved by the original receiver. Could that part be changed to modern day parts? Went BUD looking aftwards and found these other potential plucks!

Picture 1-7 The Drake Freebee
Picture 8-9 This dish has been like this for years on this guy's house! Looks like he went smaller dish and provider. Looks like this one would be a bear to get!
Picture 10-12 Could this be a BirdVeiw? Will have to ask this guy about this one! :up
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gabshere
We were thinking of getting a Moteck HARL-2424 (TD-24)

the g-box puts out 36 volts so it would need to be a 36 volt actuator

personally with a 10 ft dish i would pay the bit extra and get the HD version especially if this is a heavy dish or fiberglass.

sometimes you can find a cheaper price on ebay look for sadouns on there maybe so deals .....
FTABman0
Just noticed that gabshere, thanks for pointing that out! :up

Yes that dish is pretty heavy; HD ACTUATOR will be the way to go for sure.

Thanks for the input, I never paid too much attention to the GBox specs, and the HARL-2424 just the size dish it would move. I wanted input here first to see what other members would have suggested to get or what they would use if this was their dish to get movin!

Will go over to Sadoun and do a bit of reading on the models!

Looks like the HARL-3624 (TD-24) would be the one!

As for price, my father n law is a big wheel over at Walker Caterpillar here in town as parts manager and some other big title. He makes good money and always has the green to get the best in toys! One of those types who wants the best thing out there, you know the type!

Thanks again!!

B~Man
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FTABman0
That guy that has the spun aluminum dish (Post 1 of this thread pictures 10-12) was outside of this house tonight when I drove down there and he said he would take $100 for it. I was thinking that that was a bit high unless you guys think it would be a good deal.

He said it comes with everything, old receiver; LNB & LNB support arms and polar mount. I asked when was the last time it was in service, he said late 80's. Also said that lighting struck the LNB on it and burned it up and fried the cables going into the house! We all know the receiver and old LNB is useless anyway and I just want the dish!

He said the pole is still in the ground if I wanted to un-plant it as well. I am thinking that that is a bit high bout wanted your thoughts. It is a 7 footer we measured it the first time I went down and looked at it and took the additional pictures in this post!

Thoughts wanted!

Thanks


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Take the post if you can, it may turn out to be useful.
FTABman0
Take the post if you can, it may turn out to be useful.

If I get it Cadsulfide, you bet yea it will be going with me too! :)


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Scott Greczkowski
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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....
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Rocks On The Road - Jethro Tull
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Man On the Silver Mountain - Rainbow
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Theme For An Imaginary Western - - Mountain
long_time_Dish
On The Western Skyline - Bruce Hornsby
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SKYLINE Pigeon -Elton John
ewindowman
Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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JSheridan
AT&T runs First Net which was set up so first responders have a signal almost everywhere, which is the case around here and up and down the east coast when I've been traveling. In my experience T-Mobile has the fastest network but patchy coverage while Verizon has a slow network and also patchy coverage as well. We also have a iPhone on T-Mobile and one on Mobile-X which uses the Verizon network, so comparison is easy.
EarDemon
AT&T runs First Net which was set up so first responders have a signal almost everywhere, which is the case around here and up and down the east coast when I've been traveling. In my experience T-Mobile has the fastest network but patchy coverage while Verizon has a slow network and also patchy coverage as well. We also have a iPhone on T-Mobile and one on Mobile-X which uses the Verizon network, so comparison is easy.
I did a 2500 mile round trip road trip a few weeks ago, there were a handful of places where Verizon had service and I had nothing on FirstNet. Most notably in the backwoods of Kentucky and Tennessee. Those same places I had no service on T-Mobile either. In populated areas, like the Lexington metro and Knoxville metro AT&T not only had great coverage, better than Verizon and T-Mobile generally, they have n77 everywhere. I hit 1.2 Gbps or higher pretty much everywhere, beating out the other two. That is the exact opposite here back in Western NY. Very little n77 on AT&T here and T-Mobile always rockets to 1.5 Gbps or higher.

As far as I know, there is no AT&T tower in my town. The tower I connect to when I'm outside, no service indoors, is one about 4.5 miles north of me in a different town, I can barley latch on to band 12, not 14. It's LTE only but when near that tower I exceed 200 Mbps which is phenomenal for low band LTE, but T-Mobile and Verizon have mid band on the same tower, and i'm well over a gig.

I'm looking forward to the n14 conversion and deployment of n79/4.9 GHz. Since AT&T can't sell their home internet service in NY State, I don't expect big things from them besides the enhancements to FirstNet.
JSheridan
... Since AT&T can't sell their home internet service in NY State, I don't expect big things from them besides the enhancements to FirstNet.
We're in NY and we can now. We're an AT&T retailer and have been selling AT&T Internet Air for a few months. It's $35 a month if you're an AT&T post paid subscriber, $55 a month if you're not a subscriber.
Almighty1
We're in NY and we can now. We're an AT&T retailer and have been selling AT&T Internet Air for a few months. It's $35 a month if you're an AT&T post paid subscriber, $55 a month if you're not a subscriber.
The AT&T Internet that everyone has access to is AT&T WorldNet aka att.com which is the same backbone created in 1994 that is a joke. AT&T has 3 Internet tier 1 backbones. AT&T Global Network Services formerly IBM Global Network Services (prserv.net) and AT&T Emerging Network Services, formerly (CERFNet (California Educational and Research Foundation Network) that was part of NSFNet (National Science Foundation Network). AT&T WorldNet has always been a inferior and not the same quality as the other two which are highly respected.
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comfortably_numb
The AT&T Internet that everyone has access to is AT&T WorldNet aka att.com which is the same backbone created in 1994 that is a joke

JSheridan is referring to ATT's (relatively) new 5G cellular home internet.
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Almighty1
JSheridan is referring to ATT's (relatively) new 5G cellular home internet.
I know, that still will use AT&T's 1996 created backbone better known as AS 7018 which is the lower end. The other two are higher end under AS2685 & AS2686 & AS1740 & AS1838.
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Juan
JSheridan is referring to ATT's (relatively) new 5G cellular home internet.
Which connects to a backbone network
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comfortably_numb
Which connects to a backbone network

Fun fact.. the backhaul to the tower in Drexel, MO for both VZW and ATT is provided by CenturyLink
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BlackHitachi
Supporting Founder
Last reply · posted in Movie Talk
Since the Reds have there thread we should too!

Last watched Nine inch Nails
Next 3:10 to Yuma
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meStevo
Wild Horse Nine was fantastic.
dishstaller
Wild Horse Nine was fantastic.
Might have to check that out. Google describes it as a "dark comedy thriller".
long_time_Dish
Last night...

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osu1991
Veterans Day and business closed, so movie day and some tv on the patio. Watched several Chewed Up episodes on YouTube out on the patio until lunch time then came inside for the surround and movies.

Raise The Titanic (1980). Great musical score by John Barry of James Bond music fame.


View: https://youtu.be/KqWnM2xZ0gw?is=STWbRqNWrSZ1-z6-


Glenn Miller Story (1954). Great music


View: https://youtu.be/sMa-T71Az68?is=4YG3SQfWBjOG5305
Foxbat
After "VisionQuest" was over, I watched "Avengers: Infinity War" last night and "Avengers: Endgame" tonight.
osu1991
Xmas movies today. 😁. Die Hard and Die Hard 2
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osu1991
Pub Member / Supporter
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club

The number-one US state for EV growth, according to the June 22 Yardi report?
Oklahoma.


:eek


It has no ZEV mandates and "minimal" incentives, Yardi says, but also has cheap electricity, high multi-car household rates (so, for example, a non-Lightning Ford F-150 pulls their trailers), and a consumer base willing to switch.
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dishstaller
IF they had made the cyber truck more like a conventional truck, more would have bought it. There is a REASON trucks all have a very similar layout....it's what people want AND it serves the purposes those of us who have a truck needs.
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harshness
There is a REASON trucks all have a very similar layout....it's what people want AND it serves the purposes those of us who have a truck needs.
As it is, most consumers buy trucks as comfortable transportation rather than commercial utility. The Cybertruck approach to that goal was way out in left field. It turned out to be more of an austere sedan with awful daily-driver attributes (visibility, parking). The expectations regarding truck durability were dashed early on.
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EV owners could face a new $130 annual federal fee as soon as December.

  • Congress is considering a new annual fee for electric vehicle owners to help fund road maintenance.
  • The proposed fee would start at $130 for EVs and $35 for plug-in hybrids, potentially increasing over time.
  • This fee aims to have EV drivers contribute to the Highway Trust Fund, which is primarily funded by gasoline taxes.
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The truck is today's cadillac or buick
Foxbat
Never attempt to buy shrimp at a lumbago stand.
osu1991
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