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Ok, I think I'm going to regret this, I think I'm stepping into another tar pit like I did with the KU motor thing but you guys have convinced me.
I'm going to put up (have put up) a big dish. Ugh.. There. I said it.
This will work for Cband right? It seems to be similar to others I've seen mentioned on here.
I need to be able to connect it into my existing pc satellite tuner. I have a Hauppage Nova-S-plus tuner and it's connected to an 8x discque switch.
For now I just want to aim it at the satellite that has THIStv but I want the option of adding a motor to it in the near future so my pc can move it around to other satellites.
I called my ex and he says there are no motors for those old satellite dishes he collected, he threw them away along with the lnb things too.
He said there are several 8 foot dishes, several 10 foot dishes and a 12 foot dish out on the "Lot from Hell" aka "Hell's Half-acre" and they are all most likely totally engulfed in weeds, vines, snakes and goddess knows what else. He started collecting them about 15 years ago and just took them apart and stacked them like big bowls out there.
His advice to me on digging one out? "Don't try it."
I said I wanted one and he said "Good luck, carry a snake bite kit and your cell phone."
I asked about the one big dish that is here in pieces tied to a tree. He said that there are no parts left for it here, it's only the four quarter panels, all the rest of it is missing and long gone. Useless for TV. He said I would do best to make a gazebo out of it.
I guess I need to get out to the lot soon with my camera and take some pictures of what's there and you guys I'm sure could recommend which dish would be the best one to go with as I have no clue in the universe about them. I know zero about that stuff other than what little I remember from way back when we had one to watch and it was constant trouble.
I do recall though, once upon a time, a hurricane came through, we had like 90mph winds and we were able to watch TV all through the storm. It got sparkly at times but it never went out. I can't say that about the little KU satellites. They go out easy.
OH! That reminds me! I saw mention of a weather channel on the cband satellite, is that for real? Still there? I would love to have a weather channel!
I'm going to put up (have put up) a big dish. Ugh.. There. I said it.
This will work for Cband right? It seems to be similar to others I've seen mentioned on here.
I need to be able to connect it into my existing pc satellite tuner. I have a Hauppage Nova-S-plus tuner and it's connected to an 8x discque switch.
For now I just want to aim it at the satellite that has THIStv but I want the option of adding a motor to it in the near future so my pc can move it around to other satellites.
I called my ex and he says there are no motors for those old satellite dishes he collected, he threw them away along with the lnb things too.
He said there are several 8 foot dishes, several 10 foot dishes and a 12 foot dish out on the "Lot from Hell" aka "Hell's Half-acre" and they are all most likely totally engulfed in weeds, vines, snakes and goddess knows what else. He started collecting them about 15 years ago and just took them apart and stacked them like big bowls out there.
His advice to me on digging one out? "Don't try it."
I said I wanted one and he said "Good luck, carry a snake bite kit and your cell phone."
I asked about the one big dish that is here in pieces tied to a tree. He said that there are no parts left for it here, it's only the four quarter panels, all the rest of it is missing and long gone. Useless for TV. He said I would do best to make a gazebo out of it.
I guess I need to get out to the lot soon with my camera and take some pictures of what's there and you guys I'm sure could recommend which dish would be the best one to go with as I have no clue in the universe about them. I know zero about that stuff other than what little I remember from way back when we had one to watch and it was constant trouble.
I do recall though, once upon a time, a hurricane came through, we had like 90mph winds and we were able to watch TV all through the storm. It got sparkly at times but it never went out. I can't say that about the little KU satellites. They go out easy.
OH! That reminds me! I saw mention of a weather channel on the cband satellite, is that for real? Still there? I would love to have a weather channel!
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Oh......
Whew.. Well, it seemed far too light then I saw it was empty so I thought for sure I was ripped off. Whew...
OH!!! Ok.. Thank you! That link explained things but the pictures really straightened me out. I never saw the thing assembled and really have no idea where ding-a-ling even got it.
I did ask about all those other out at the lot and he said that back when the little satellites first came onto the market he would stop when he saw a house that had a little dish AND a big dish and knock on the door. He said people would give them to him free just to get it out of their sight. One of them he put up for listening to radio at work and the rest were going to be some hair brain solar water heater project that, like all his other projects, never happened. Bottom line, he is a junk hoarder with grandiose dreams of pie in the sky.
The one he brought and left in the back yard here, I can only assume he had intentions of putting it up while I was away. I used to travel a lot and was rarely home. He could have gotten away with it for months before I found out.
As to this big one, the odom dish, I think I'll just set it aside for now, considering there are a lot of parts missing and save it for a future date.
Considering how light the thing is
, I don't feel as intimidated by it as I did the other day. I thought these things were like 450 tons or something crazy.It just floored me that I can pick up those sections on my own. Wow..
Thanks!
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One thing that I've noticed is that all the quality LNB products (mostly older models) have what appears to be Brass probes, the newer and cheapies use steel probes (clad plated looking). This may have an effect on performance IMHO. They may be brass clad plated with steel, they are much thinner than the quality products also. I have an older LNB that has much thicker brass probes. Steel is conductive as in a magnetic sense where brass is not. It seems to me that if there's any electromagnetic signals inside the throat of the LNB (which I believe there is) that the steel probes may become magnetized to some extent causing a reduction and/or interferance with performance where brass cannot become magnetized. Just my thoughts on this topic
Maybe other's have some thoughts about this they could share.
Oh......
Whew.. Well, it seemed far too light then I saw it was empty so I thought for sure I was ripped off. Whew...
One thing that I've noticed is that all the quality LNB products (mostly older models) have what appears to be Brass probes, the newer and cheapies use steel probes (clad plated looking). This may have an effect on performance IMHO. They may be brass clad plated with steel, they are much thinner than the quality products also. I have an older LNB that has much thicker brass probes. Steel is conductive as in a magnetic sense where brass is not. It seems to me that if there's any electromagnetic signals inside the throat of the LNB (which I believe there is) that the steel probes may become magnetized to some extent causing a reduction and/or interferance with performance where brass cannot become magnetized. Just my thoughts on this topic
Maybe other's have some thoughts about this they could share.
Well, I found these little gems in a icky old closet while cleaning up this weekend.
I never open it because it's really only used to access the plumbing behind the bathtub and it's just, icky.
I try to pretend it doesn't exist.
So for some reason unbeknownst to me, I opened it at random and discovered this nasty little pile of what appears to be satellite tuners. And to be honest, I don't even want to touch the things. I used gloves to try to move them around to get pictures of them. Ewwwww..... Ick......
I don't recognize any of them so the one we used to use a long time ago at our old place, it's not in there. So I don't know where he got these from. Maybe the people he got those old dishes from gave him these things with the dishes. I can only assume.
I doubt they are of any use, they look a little rusty on the connectors and they weigh a ton. Just ONE of them is almost too heavy for me to pick up. OMG, did they make these things out of concrete and lead?
I assume these are good for the scrap pile IE curb. Unless someone says "NO!!!!! DON'T!!!!!!! It's made of solid GOLD!!!"
I never open it because it's really only used to access the plumbing behind the bathtub and it's just, icky.
I try to pretend it doesn't exist.
So for some reason unbeknownst to me, I opened it at random and discovered this nasty little pile of what appears to be satellite tuners. And to be honest, I don't even want to touch the things. I used gloves to try to move them around to get pictures of them. Ewwwww..... Ick......
I don't recognize any of them so the one we used to use a long time ago at our old place, it's not in there. So I don't know where he got these from. Maybe the people he got those old dishes from gave him these things with the dishes. I can only assume.
I doubt they are of any use, they look a little rusty on the connectors and they weigh a ton. Just ONE of them is almost too heavy for me to pick up. OMG, did they make these things out of concrete and lead?
I assume these are good for the scrap pile IE curb. Unless someone says "NO!!!!! DON'T!!!!!!! It's made of solid GOLD!!!"
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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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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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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.
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.
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
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.
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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
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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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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