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A few weeks back I bought a sonicview 360 receiver and a linear LNB. I briefly tried to use an 18in dish I had but had no luck so I went searching for a larger dish. Posted an ad online and someone gave me a dish. It is 56in in diameter and 12 in deep so it should be plenty large enough for Ku. Only problem was that the lnb mounting hardware was missing. I researched how to find the focal point and saw the equation
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Diameter x Diameter / Depth x16
I calculated the focal length to be 16.9. One of my questions is where to measure from, is it 16.9 from the back of the dish, or from the front face?

Also does anyone have any ideas on how to make a lnb mount for this dish? You can see my attempts in the pictures, but I had no luck.

I aimed at 123w (G18) and had very high signal (which i know is mostly meaningless,) but 0 on the quality. I used dishpointer to get the correct compass direction but struggled for awhile and never got anything, This dish doesnt have any elevation markings so I dont know the best way to deal with that.

Looking at the pics can anyone give me any advice on this dish? I dont believe its an offset dish so I tried putting the LNB in center. Also pictured is my southern view which has alot of trees, will those trees totally kill he signal even with that large of a dish?

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turbosat
Hey euro , one day when it quits raining, a coat of paint will spruce up the old primestar, lol.
I wouldn't go purple though, like I did on one of mine, I'm thinking its about time to change that back..
eurosport
Hey euro , one day when it quits raining, a coat of paint will spruce up the old primestar, lol.
I wouldn't go purple though, like I did on one of mine, I'm thinking its about time to change that back..
IF it quits raining! I think one of my 1.0's has grown to a 1.2 now! :eek:
LOL :D
zamar23
I guess your LNB has melted evenly all around the dish adding to its size. :)
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Turbosat, Just saw your edit and wondered if you got a chance to measure the depth/focal point on yours? If I can find a portable tv i can relocate on the property to avoid the trees. My limiting factor now is the length of my coax. If I can find a good spot with a portable TV and a short coax I could get the proper length to do a proper setup. Will just take some creativity and patience to get setup.
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Well.... I am delayed. Got a portable TV, Bought a magnetic angle finder and mounted it to the back center of the dish to get a rough ideal of the elevation, drug the dish out and got it all setup in a clear part of the yard, Just as I was starting the LNB input on the back of the receiver broke off. It will have to be shipped back for repair/replacement it looks like. The receiver was made in April of 09 and is practically new, Its only the third time I tried setting it up. I am not sure if I got a bad unit, or if weak coax inputs are a weakness of this model.

I am going to contact the place I bought it from and see what they can do for me, hopefully they can just replace it, then I will only be out a few weeks.

I appreciate everyones advice, I think I know what I need to do to have a shot at getting it setup, Just on a string of bad luck that is delaying me.
zamar23
aebcoat

Nice to hear, you're a step closer. Just keep in mind Turbosat's advice on a large C-band dish requiring a specially designed Ku-band LNB to illuminate its all surface. Otherwise only a small part of your large dish may be illuminated with a standard Ku-band LNB, giving much weaker signal. Also, try to extend the LNB's mounting post, so that you can find its proper focal point by moving along the post while watching signal Q, once you aimed the dish on a sat.
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osu1991
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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dishstaller
I really dislike change for the sake of change
TheRatPatrol
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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?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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dfergie
I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Howard Simmons
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
Jimbo
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
dishstaller
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Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.


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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
meStevo
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.

Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!




Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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meStevo
I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
TRG
TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


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dishstaller
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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


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