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OK I have one question? I have a twin lnb(f) that I'm trying to use and only have one coax running into it. Do I need to run a second coax from the lnb to 4-way DiSEqC switch. Port 1 is a single output lnb to 97w and port 2 is 101w using only one output from the twin lnb. The twin lnb is pointed to 101w AMC 4.

Musher
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Iceberg, the lnbf is a DMS International BSC322-2 Dual Universal LNBF. Sorry about the mix up.
Musher
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OK

so thats a dual. You only need one cable to the diseqc switch. You will get both polarities on the one cable

The duals allow you to run 2 (or more with a multiswitch) receivers off the LNB
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Iceberg maybe its bad or dead lnbf, cause I ran the main coax from the recevier to this lnbf on 97w and it can't pick up anything but other lnbf a Invacom SNH031 works fine at the same 97w. Guess I should pick up some new lnbf's. I did try the Invacom at 101w and it worked fine.

Musher
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Iceberg maybe its bad or dead lnbf, cause I ran the main coax from the recevier to this lnbf on 97w and it can't pick up anything but other lnbf a Invacom SNH031 works fine at the same 97w. Guess I should pick up some new lnbf's. I did try the Invacom at 101w and it worked fine.

Musher

Didn't you say that it was pointed at the 101W only? One lnbf can only be aimed at either one, not both. If you want both birds then you need a twin lnbf setup such as the Glorystar dual lnbf outfit. It has 2 mini lnbf's in one bracket. These two birds are 4° degrees apart and usually too tight for using standard sized lnbf's together which cannot get closer than 6° degrees.

Maybe your Invacom is pointing between the two sats when you switched or you moved the dish. Can you be more specific about what you've done? And by the way, you can't get both sats by using a diseqc switch if you only have one lnbf, it doesn't work that way. It sounds like your configuration is wrong.

EDIT: I added a pic for your convenience, hope it makes better sense, good luck :) I believe this is your ultimate goal as seen in the diagram.
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Iceberg, I posted the wrong info on the lnbf earlier it is a Twin KU LNBF part# JSC322-2 not the BSC322-2

McGuyver, I have a 90cm dish mounted to a motor on the roof but during set up I blow up the motor and no longer works. I have ordered one but its not here yet. This is the one that has the Invacom LNBF on it now.
I did pick up a second 90cm Fortec Star dish and put onto a ground mount to see if I could pick up either 83-89-101 and this is what I'm playing around with, till the new motor gets here.
Today and just got done, I did what some other have done here and that is I took a small tv and my two receivers outside and play with both lnbf's. I have N-fusion HD and a Fortec Star Dynamic receivers and took the Invacom down to the ground mounted dish along with the JSC322-2 lnbf.
I did use my Sat Hawk 5000 meter and found with the Invacom lnbf 83-89-97-101 no problem and both receivers had good SS 75-98% and SQ 50-85%. When I switch to the other lnbf the SS 5-40% SQ 0-5% on both receivers.
So my guess is that the JSC322-2 lnbf is dead, dead, dead. So I will be ordering a couple new lnbfs this coming week.

Musher
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Apple Fall Hardware Event takes place today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It marks the debut of new CEO John Ternus and the expected reveal of Apple's first foldable phone.
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Can't remember if I've posted this yet..


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfL5seXJyWU
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If you ponied up for an iPhone Duo, keep it away from anything other than your soft, fleshy fingertips. No fingernails, no dust, sand, dirt, or other particulate matter. And don't bend it more than it needs to. Zack has destroyed $2,000 of Apple hardware to get those views, which should cover his expenses.
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No fingernails, no dust, sand, dirt, or other particulate matter

And definitely no medieval chain armor!
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harshness
medieval chain armor
Aka "mail" or "maille".
Foxbat
IFixIt has published their Teardown and they had some positive things to say about the iPhone Duo. It still showed some dust ingress into the hinge assembly but seemed otherwise well-sealed.
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But with a considerable number of reports of the main screen dying with similar failures, AppleCare+ should be a no-brainer for this phone.
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Don't know if any of you have watched this series yet, it would be interesting to see if you feel this review was accurate. It was very humorous to listen to however.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsDO3y8I2c
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.

Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.

Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop! 😂
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Season 2 order already in hand:

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1

I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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K
I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
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Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.
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I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.
harshness
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
MikeD-C05
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
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I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
MikeD-C05
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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Well, look at the way she sat in the Captain's Chair. I didn't say the show should have been called "Captain Chair-Whore" for nothing...
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Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
star trek GIF by HULU


Just sayin...
MikeD-C05
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

All In The Family Nostalgia GIF by Sony Pictures Television
All In The Family Singing GIF by Sony Pictures Television
harshness
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
long_time_Dish
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
Was never a huge of the Ferengi-centric episodes in Trek...
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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

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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.

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Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

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Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

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Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys and Bums - Norman Greenbaum
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I Wish I Was Eighteen Again - George Burns
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I Wish - Stevie Wonder
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Lonesome Road -- The Wonder Who?
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Lonesome Loser - Little River Band