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hi guys,
After all the good advice I've gotten here - I bought a DG380 from one of this sites sponsors
and it arrived today.
Now a couple of questions. When I go to another one of our sponsors, Dishpointer it tells me ...
Address: [my address] cheyenne, wy 82009
Latitude: 41.1718°
Longitude: -104.7801°
Satellite: ****************** Motorized ***********************************
Elevation: 30.0°
Azimuth (true): 57.3°
Azimuth (magn.): 57.3°
Which would seem to tell me to set the motor elevation to + 30 and then the azimuth of the motor on the mast to 57.3. Is this correct?
The paperwork with the motor says set the dish elevation to +35 and the tables that came with the dish are a little confusing to me.
They say (for my latitude 41) an 'Elevation' of 49 - that's the motor angle?
Next it gives 'Declination Angle of 6.4 - that's an offset to my Azimuth?
Last it gives 'Dish Bracket Angle' of 28.6. That's what I set the Dish bracket to?
wow, sorry but I'm about to get the wrenches out and pull the dish down and (for once) it would be nice to know what I'm supposed to do BEFORE I do it.
thanks!!
jeff
After all the good advice I've gotten here - I bought a DG380 from one of this sites sponsors
and it arrived today. Now a couple of questions. When I go to another one of our sponsors, Dishpointer it tells me ...
Address: [my address] cheyenne, wy 82009
Latitude: 41.1718°
Longitude: -104.7801°
Satellite: ****************** Motorized ***********************************
Elevation: 30.0°
Azimuth (true): 57.3°
Azimuth (magn.): 57.3°
Which would seem to tell me to set the motor elevation to + 30 and then the azimuth of the motor on the mast to 57.3. Is this correct?
The paperwork with the motor says set the dish elevation to +35 and the tables that came with the dish are a little confusing to me.
They say (for my latitude 41) an 'Elevation' of 49 - that's the motor angle?
Next it gives 'Declination Angle of 6.4 - that's an offset to my Azimuth?
Last it gives 'Dish Bracket Angle' of 28.6. That's what I set the Dish bracket to?
wow, sorry but I'm about to get the wrenches out and pull the dish down and (for once) it would be nice to know what I'm supposed to do BEFORE I do it.
thanks!!
jeff
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Hey Jeff,
Good Saturday morning to you!
Yes, I combine my circular and linear signals using a switch. I use a Chieta DiSEqC 4x1 switch. There isn't much to watch on the circular side of Ku, except NASA on 119.0 W as it is unencrypted.
The dish network test card channels are really handy to assist in aligning if you need them. These are the "Congratulations, You are Aimed At ...." channels. These usually have assigned SID's of 9902, 9903, 9904 etc.
However, if you are uncertain of your switch condition or type, I would recommend NOT using any switch at this time. It can lead to confusion during the alignment process since you can forget to set up the switch parameters for each satellite in the menus or may set them incorrectly by oversight.
I would connect your cable directly from the receiver to the motor and then from the motor to the linear LNBF and concentrate solely on the linear signals.
As for the mast or motor support pole, definitely make sure that it is plumb in all directions and very sturdy. This is extremely important! And when I say sturdy, I mean an elephant should be able to scratch his butt on it without moving it!
I know of many people who have set their first motorized system up and had the mast be "not perfectly plumb". They state that "it is off a little, but not too much, it should be alright". NO, it is not alright! The mast is the whole foundation of your motorized system. All the other angles depend upon the mast being plumb so that they will be correct. The greatest reason for not being able to track the satellite arc is the plumb of the mast.
Always use a bubble level. It will be more accurate than anything else. Also, the longer it is, the more accurately you can judge the plumb of the mast, so don't use a 3" level. Use something like a 10", 12" or longer level.
The tip from Tron to use a gate hinge or something similar on the mast, set below the motor, is an excellent tip. This provides the motor with a "shelf" to rest on to prevent it from sliding down. This has more of an advantage than you may realize.
When you loosen the motor clamps to be able to rotate the motor on the mast, you can utilize this shelf to help support the motor during the process. Without this "shelf", you may tend to loosen the upper clamp/s more than the lower and use the lower clamp/s as a stop to hold the motor from sliding down the mast. Doing this will change the motor and dish elevation angles since the motor bracket is obviously drooping downward when the upper clamps/s are more loose.
You want to loosen both upper and lower clamps the same amount and only just enough so that you can "spin" the motor bracket on the mast while setting the true azimuth angle. The tip of having something for the motor to rest upon during the process will provide an extremely beneficial support.
I hope that this information proves beneficial to you.
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And when I say sturdy, I mean an elephant should be able to scratch his butt on it without moving it!
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It would take a tank to prevent an elephant from moving it.Unless you mean a real tiny elephant like we see in the cartoons.
The elephant reference was more of a "tongue-in-cheek" comment. I just threw the comment out there to get people's attention so that they would really think about the quality and rigidity of the mast. You simply don't want a good gust of wind or some ice and snow accumulation to affect your mast and therefore your dish and motor alignment.A few years back, we had a strong windstorm blow through this area. It ripped a downspout from my house and dang near tore off the entire gutter from the north side of the house. But, all my dishes remained right on target! Didn't even affect them! I thought I would find my newest 76cm dish all bent into a taco shape after that day, but it wasn't affected in the least!
They reported continual wind speeds of 50-60 mph and gusts to nealy 70 mph.
There was one storm worse than that. During that storm the wind blew full sized pontoon boats out of a lake and down a beach several lots. Took out power poles and twisted and rolled center pivot irrigation systems for miles. Blew railroad cars off the tracks and tore roofs off of many houses. I think the wind speeds recorded that day were in excess of 80 mph. Possibly some up to 120 mph! Seriously, some areas nearby looked like a bomb (a big bomb) had been detonated. There was very little left, no trees, no buildings, not even grass or weeds or crops! It was all just bare dirt. Amazing!
This was not a tornado, it was just straight-line winds that continued for hours. I don't recall ever seeing anything like it before or since.
My dishes were still in one piece and still aligned to their target. I have to admit, I was very lucky as the brunt of this windstorm was several miles south of me. They would not have survived otherwise. But, one dish that I set up for a friend made it through just fine. His place was right in the direct path of this storm. I don't know how it missed that dish, but it spared it just fine.
RADAR
Thanks to ALL!
hi guys!
thanks again to all - i seem to have all my major problems solved and now have a (pretty much) operational motorized system. (!)
i've still got a few issues and some channels i can't get - but i think i'll organize my thoughts and start a new thread for these problems.
thanks again! looking forward to new help with new problems
hi guys!
thanks again to all - i seem to have all my major problems solved and now have a (pretty much) operational motorized system. (!)
i've still got a few issues and some channels i can't get - but i think i'll organize my thoughts and start a new thread for these problems.
thanks again! looking forward to new help with new problems
Awesome Jeff!
Congratulations!
Don't ever hesitate to ask or PM me if you think I can assist you with any future notions. I enjoy helping as much as I enjoy knowing that you have made good progress. From here on, you will be hooked on this hobby! Welcome to the club my friend!
RADAR (Gordy)
Congratulations!
Don't ever hesitate to ask or PM me if you think I can assist you with any future notions. I enjoy helping as much as I enjoy knowing that you have made good progress. From here on, you will be hooked on this hobby! Welcome to the club my friend!
RADAR (Gordy)
The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
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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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
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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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Help, I'm a little confjused on the activation process.
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
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All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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i bought mine straight from dish as it was only $ 100.00 bucks!!! had the protection plan they came out removed and deactivated the 4k joey and activated and installed the joey 4.All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
www.apple.com
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
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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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