Social Feed
I'm seriously thinking of adding a motor for KU and think I have a good idea of how they work and how I need to install. Searched the threads and could not find an answer to 1 question though.
I note in the motor specs the amount of E/W travel and EL travel they advertise, but what about skew?
How does a motorized set-up adjust the dish/LNB skew across the arc?
I note in the motor specs the amount of E/W travel and EL travel they advertise, but what about skew?
How does a motorized set-up adjust the dish/LNB skew across the arc?
11 Replies
·
2229 views
Mike -
As long as you are going to spend the time and money on a motor, I'd put up the biggest dish I could reasonably swing.
Here above the border, 36" is great. Don't fiddle with smaller.
One meter (39") is better by a lot. A molded commercial (Primestar) 1m round would be the gold standard.
I hesitate to suggest 1.2 meters (48"), but that would certainly be the platinum standard if it were one of the commercial molded dishes.
...or probably metal, if it was originally used for two-way sat transmission (highly accurate dish).
But please, don't get sidetracked with the mini-bud urge.
I'd strongly suggest that 1m DirecTV dish MexSunny posted a while back, if you could find one.!. - :up
Show us what ya got.
If you're thinking DirecWay dish like your avatar, that's okay, but you'll have to fab some mount to deal with the weight.
- just my opinion -
As long as you are going to spend the time and money on a motor, I'd put up the biggest dish I could reasonably swing.
Here above the border, 36" is great. Don't fiddle with smaller.
One meter (39") is better by a lot. A molded commercial (Primestar) 1m round would be the gold standard.
I hesitate to suggest 1.2 meters (48"), but that would certainly be the platinum standard if it were one of the commercial molded dishes.
...or probably metal, if it was originally used for two-way sat transmission (highly accurate dish).
But please, don't get sidetracked with the mini-bud urge.
I'd strongly suggest that 1m DirecTV dish MexSunny posted a while back, if you could find one.!. - :up
Show us what ya got.
If you're thinking DirecWay dish like your avatar, that's okay, but you'll have to fab some mount to deal with the weight.
- just my opinion -
"But please, don't get sidetracked with the mini-bud urge. "
I tend to disagree with this. It depends upon your orientation. Using my 1.2M offset dish as a mini-BUD , during baseball season, gets me a lot of HD sports that I can't get otherwise. For the Fall and Winter , though, the 1.2M will be Ku band mostly. It only takes a few minutes to switch from C-band to Ku band, so it's not a BIG BIG problem. Do not bother, though , trying to get a C/Ku combo lnbf working on a small dish. That's not what they're designed for.
I tend to disagree with this. It depends upon your orientation. Using my 1.2M offset dish as a mini-BUD , during baseball season, gets me a lot of HD sports that I can't get otherwise. For the Fall and Winter , though, the 1.2M will be Ku band mostly. It only takes a few minutes to switch from C-band to Ku band, so it's not a BIG BIG problem. Do not bother, though , trying to get a C/Ku combo lnbf working on a small dish. That's not what they're designed for.
Mike -
As long as you are going to spend the time and money on a motor, I'd put up the biggest dish I could reasonably swing.
Here above the border, 36" is great. Don't fiddle with smaller.
One meter (39") is better by a lot. A molded commercial (Primestar) 1m round would be the gold standard.
I hesitate to suggest 1.2 meters (48"), but that would certainly be the platinum standard if it were one of the commercial molded dishes.
...or probably metal, if it was originally used for two-way sat transmission (highly accurate dish).
But please, don't get sidetracked with the mini-bud urge.
I'd strongly suggest that 1m DirecTV dish MexSunny posted a while back, if you could find one.!. - :up
Show us what ya got.
If you're thinking DirecWay dish like your avatar, that's okay, but you'll have to fab some mount to deal with the weight.
- just my opinion -
Anole,
Actually, the dish in the avitar is down and on the "resource" pile (which is nearing a heap) behind the shed - along with 2 others just like it.
The old round metal SKY dishes that I can readily find down here really do outperform it by a wide margin, but I really like the avitar picture of my "back yard"
so have not changed it.I mainly used that dish as a learning platform to tinker with before I did the orphanages.
I MAY have a solid line on an old molded dish that just might be one of the old molded Primestars here in Baja. Need to stop back there again next week with a 6 pack of Tecate (and some home made tamales
) & try to close the deal (third stop). All I can see from the ground is white, molded and probably +/- 4'. Dish I have my eye on hasn't been used in eons, is drooping on a weak deteriorating pole mount and is covered in dust. Have not gotten close enough for a good ID or for good pix for an ID, but I'm working on it. My gut tells me this might be a solid find, but we will see.
Don't be surprised to see one of the old "ID this dish" threads next week.
As always, thanks for the info & support.
"But please, don't get sidetracked with the mini-bud urge. "
I tend to disagree with this. It depends upon your orientation. Using my 1.2M offset dish as a mini-BUD , during baseball season, gets me a lot of HD sports that I can't get otherwise. For the Fall and Winter , though, the 1.2M will be Ku band mostly. It only takes a few minutes to switch from C-band to Ku band, so it's not a BIG BIG problem. Do not bother, though , trying to get a C/Ku combo lnbf working on a small dish. That's not what they're designed for.
Brent,
Thanks & I agree - however, I'm looking to marry this to a larger dish and if I do score the +/- 4' er I'm looking at I'll definitely try to take that baby KU & C. Very little normal heavy cloud cover here and unobstructed west coast view to the west coast sats shooting over the ocean for my LOS.
The way I figure it - if it won't work here - it won't work anywhere!
Mike -
I've actually found a lot of amazing info contained in pictures I took on the fly.
Being able to sit down and examine them in leisure, often exposes many secrets I overlooked by simply looking at the dish!
Have had guys detect little distant dishes in some of my pix, ones I never noticed, and then had a great conversation!
So, any shot, with a decent camera, even from far away, may give us enough to suggest a short list of possibilities.
If this 4' dish is white, and round, the first thing that comes to my mind is a Prodelin.... and that's a real dish! -
We find 'em on tire stores, gas stations, etc.
Yes, that would be killer! :up
Brent -
Disagreement is a good thing!
And I consider Mike a good buddy - so pulling his leg it top priority.
If he wanted to bolt a C2 to a DirecWay dish, I'd be first in line to help him.
Now, I might make jokes too, but I'd certainly provide all the data available.
As for your either/or mode of mounting just one LNBF at the proper focus, I like it.
That's the best possible way to optimize the dish on both bands.
I've actually found a lot of amazing info contained in pictures I took on the fly.
Being able to sit down and examine them in leisure, often exposes many secrets I overlooked by simply looking at the dish!
Have had guys detect little distant dishes in some of my pix, ones I never noticed, and then had a great conversation!
So, any shot, with a decent camera, even from far away, may give us enough to suggest a short list of possibilities.
If this 4' dish is white, and round, the first thing that comes to my mind is a Prodelin.... and that's a real dish! -
We find 'em on tire stores, gas stations, etc.
Yes, that would be killer! :up
Brent -
Disagreement is a good thing!
And I consider Mike a good buddy - so pulling his leg it top priority.
If he wanted to bolt a C2 to a DirecWay dish, I'd be first in line to help him.
Now, I might make jokes too, but I'd certainly provide all the data available.
As for your either/or mode of mounting just one LNBF at the proper focus, I like it.
That's the best possible way to optimize the dish on both bands.
Mike -
I've actually found a lot of amazing info contained in pictures I took on the fly.
Being able to sit down and examine them in leisure, often exposes many secrets I overlooked by simply looking at the dish!
Have had guys detect little distant dishes in some of my pix, ones I never noticed, and then had a great conversation!
So, any shot, with a decent camera, even from far away, may give us enough to suggest a short list of possibilities.
If this 4' dish is white, and round, the first thing that comes to my mind is a Prodelin.... and that's a real dish! -
We find 'em on tire stores, gas stations, etc.
Yes, that would be killer! :up
Brent -
Disagreement is a good thing!
And I consider Mike a good buddy - so pulling his leg it top priority.
If he wanted to bolt a C2 to a DirecWay dish, I'd be first in line to help him.
Now, I might make jokes too, but I'd certainly provide all the data available.
As for your either/or mode of mounting just one LNBF at the proper focus, I like it.
That's the best possible way to optimize the dish on both bands.
Ok, OK, OK - comitted to do brunch on Sunday at the Cantina guys place (remember him Anole?) - will charge the camera & do a special drive-by on the prospect dish (since it's nearby) and post - but don't expect miracles with the pics.
Prospect dish is currently mounted over a "tourista" junk stand/shop. Anybody want a velvet Elvis painting, plastic Jesus or a "lick it - suck it - slam it" tequila T-shirt while I'm there?
Staff member
HERE TO HELP YOU!
Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
66 Replies
·
4197 views
Pub Member / Supporter
Cutting Edge
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.
519 Replies
·
47131 views
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.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
Pub Member / Supporter
0 Replies
·
2 views
Staff member
HERE TO HELP YOU!
Cutting Edge
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....
68494 Replies
·
2670306 views
Pub Member / Supporter
Lifetime Supporter
Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
7 Replies
·
112 views
Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
Lifetime Supporter
Starting a thread klang !
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
9 Replies
·
927 views
One episode into season 4 that dropped today...
Supporting Founder
Lifetime Supporter
This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
1930 Replies
·
298816 views
Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5R5Aw27yr0
Direct YouTube Link - A State Cyber-emergency in Japan
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5R5Aw27yr0
Direct YouTube Link - A State Cyber-emergency in Japan
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
0 Replies
·
6 views
TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEmNun8Ms4s
Direct YouTube Link - AI and Mathematicians
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEmNun8Ms4s
Direct YouTube Link - AI and Mathematicians
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
0 Replies
·
3 views
Supporting Founder
Pub Member / Supporter
Lifetime Supporter
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
13 Replies
·
155 views
