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alteng
Last reply · posted in C-BAND Satellite Discussion

need help to ID newest rescued dish

Well, here I am again, plugging an IV into my newest rescued dish. I've had an eye on it for some time, but today I found the owner and got the go-ahead to do an instant dish-ectomy. I wasted no time and dug right in...literally. Their system probably had problems from the start. We soon learned that the installers had simply poured a few shovels of concrete into the hole... and never added water or mixed. Most of the concrete was as weak and crumbly as shale, and it broke apart easily. The pole was far too loose to have held adjustment. It appears to be (under the plastic cover) a (spun ?) aluminum beast, measuring approx 63 inches if measured straight across the top of the rain/snow cover (does that make it a 6 footer ? ). Tapping on the back of the dish it looks/sounds like aluminum. It's NOT a mesh dish - it's solid. I just got it home and haven't managed to remove the tight rain/snow cover yet, to see what LNB is underneath. The cover had faded lettering that said Cable Plus, if that means anything. I'll add more info later after I get it unloaded and "opened". Anybody have a tuna can (tin) opener I can borrow? ;) I'm hoping to use this lil beast for some C-band - at least from stronger birds. I think 103W was on my agenda. Hope the close proximity to 2 other birds isn't a problem. At worst it should make a fine KU beastie. Anyone with ESP that can ID this beast from the scant facts above? The winner gets a virtual Kewpie doll, or 200,000 attaboys (or attagirls ?). Let the games begin........ :D

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phlatwound
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alteng, I'd say you have all kinds of options if you want to go C/Ku with that dish.

Looks like you could go with a Chaparral-style CoRotor (similar to the C-band only setup that is already on there), or you could go with one of the voltage switched LNBFs (like the Satellite AV - Free to Air Satellite Equipment Distributors - Fortec Star, GEOSATpro, Glorystar - SatelliteAV, LLC. ).

If you can, please measure straight across the center of the dish, from edge to edge, I'm going to guess it's about 60", thanks. :)
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anole said:
I should have gotten one of those in my recent shipment, just to have on hand for such a situation! The specs say the SL1P should match the dish just fine.
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if i'ld known you wanted one i could have put it in the box :(
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DSOTM and udder facts

Thanks for the break turbosat. I find DSOTM to be good shop music from time to time. For example, it's soothing right AFTER you accidentally touch the 25 kilovolt anode lead and light up like a Christmas tree. :eek: Did you know that people can glow in the dark ?
Phlatwound, the dish is approx 63" across the centerline - measuring in a straight line. I've seen the usual dual band LNB stuff advertised, but I was hoping for any tips gained through the proverbial School of Hard Knocks. LOL ! I expect that some versions are better than others because of factors that are unforeseen at the time of purchase. I thought I read somewhere that some people have found that a dual band setup sometimes compromises the performance of both KU and C (slightly?) - have you noticed that? It seems logical.
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Ok, thanks for the measurement, wasn't sure if you had reached in and measured the dish, or just measured the sides of the "enclosure", it looks like it tapers "out", and is actually bigger than the dish.

I have no experience with the C/Ku voltage-controlled LNBFs, but there is a lot of documentation on this forum from people that have put them through the wringer.

The 3 common ones that I am aware of are the BSC-621 (some reports of problems with this one, others have done well with it), the GeoSat CK-1 (several good reports), and the new DMX741 (initial reports are promising, jury is still out).
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Anole
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gabshere said:
if i'ld known you wanted one i could have put it in the box :(
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:D - Thanks for the offer.
I kick myself for not getting one when Brian had 'em on sale (last Xmas? the year before?)
And I also kick myself for missing a cheap deal on the Invacom feedhorn and some dual-output LNBs on eBay a year back.
But then, I'm also trying to not collect -everything- interesting that I see!
An ortho feed trumps both the above, so that's actually a better solution. - :up
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Scott Greczkowski
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Song Name Game Part 3!

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
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On The Western Skyline - Bruce Hornsby
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SKYLINE Pigeon -Elton John
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ewindowman
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Dish Bankruptcy - Business as Usual

Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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JSheridan
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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.
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JSheridan said:
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.
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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.
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EarDemon said:
... 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.
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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.
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JSheridan said:
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.
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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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Almighty1 said:
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
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JSheridan is referring to ATT's (relatively) new 5G cellular home internet.
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comfortably_numb said:
JSheridan is referring to ATT's (relatively) new 5G cellular home internet.
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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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comfortably_numb said:
JSheridan is referring to ATT's (relatively) new 5G cellular home internet.
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Which connects to a backbone network
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Juan said:
Which connects to a backbone network
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Fun fact.. the backhaul to the tower in Drexel, MO for both VZW and ATT is provided by CenturyLink
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GPT-6 Cyber Finds 81 Firefox Vulnerabilities #shorts

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Nvidia CEO Scandal

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Whisky Pick: Spicebox Spiced Whisky

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All the Google AI News

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Are You AI Pilled?

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Last & Next Movie Watched

Since the Reds have there thread we should too!

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

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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
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After "VisionQuest" was over, I watched "Avengers: Infinity War" last night and "Avengers: Endgame" tonight.
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Xmas movies today. 😁. Die Hard and Die Hard 2
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EV News

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America’s Fastest-Growing EV State Isn’t California—Not by a Long Shot

New data shows electric vehicle adoption is increasingly driven by state policies, electricity prices and charging access—not federal incentives
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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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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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dishstaller said:
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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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
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Never attempt to buy shrimp at a lumbago stand.
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Scout Motors Begins Validation Vehicle Builds at South Ca...

Scout Motors first validation vehicle builds are underway at South Carolina Production Center
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