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For anyone who is daring to experiment, here is (an almost) totally blank slate for you to work with. I say "almost totally blank" as I could not delete everything - every channel - without the AZBox rejecting this. The AZBox does not like it when you delete or try to delete everything. It does not like empty files or folders.
So, what I did is compile a (hopefully) complete list of satellites from 30.0°W all the way west to 138.9°W with both C and Ku bands included. There are NO channels on any satellite except for the two Cubavision channels on 30.0°W TP 11884 V. These I left because of the AZBox's OS requirements.
I have set every satellite up to utilize USALS motor poistioning and I have entered ONE transponder on each satellite. 3700 MHz horizontal for the C-band satellites and 11700 MHz horizontal for the linear Ku band satellites and 12200 MHz for the LEFT polarized circular Ku band. The latter shows up as H or horizontal in the menu scheme since it is converted from circular to linear polarization.
If you desire to clean your AZBox of the eastern satellites, you may use this list to load into your AZBox. This list covers the satellite arc for a LOS in the midwest.
Hispasat @ 30.0°W is as far as I can go to the east from my location so that is where I stopped on the Atlantic side. The furthest I can go west is 162.0°, but there are no satellites listed beyond AMC-8 @ 138.9°W. I stopped at these two east and west sats as there is no point for me to generate a list more expansive than this for my own personal system. I may create other "blank" lists for the whole N.A. region in the future (i.e. east coast, midwest, west, pacific etc.). Due to the time involved, I have opted to stop short of that objective for this specific project.
This list will have the USALS site coordinates set to my own location, so you will have to change these to your own. I also have no switch parameters set, no switches are selected here, so if you are using some switch matrix with your system, you will have to set these up to accomodate your system configuration.
Back up your current *.dat files and save them on a disk where they can be retreived for restoration later if required. Install these *.dat files and blind scan each satellite that you desire for updated TPs and channels.
You won't be able to blind scan with some AZBox receivers, I know. For these receivers you will have to enter your TPs manually and then scan them.
Since I am able to blind scan with my Premium Plus AZBox, I will do so and post that list at a later time so that you don't have to type so much. I can only supply the linear Ku band list, however. I cannot scan for C-Band channels without a BUD and the circular stuff like DN and Bell Express is up to you to figure out. Most FTA'ers don't require the latter anyway.
You should use these files at your own risk. I have made every effort to be certain that they are clean of any virus or violations, but there is always the unexpected and this is not for the amateur. If you screw something up, please don't put the blame on me! LOL
I do test everything I do multiple times prior to posting the information so I am confident to supply you with this information. If anything does go awry, it is your baby.
RADAR
So, what I did is compile a (hopefully) complete list of satellites from 30.0°W all the way west to 138.9°W with both C and Ku bands included. There are NO channels on any satellite except for the two Cubavision channels on 30.0°W TP 11884 V. These I left because of the AZBox's OS requirements.
I have set every satellite up to utilize USALS motor poistioning and I have entered ONE transponder on each satellite. 3700 MHz horizontal for the C-band satellites and 11700 MHz horizontal for the linear Ku band satellites and 12200 MHz for the LEFT polarized circular Ku band. The latter shows up as H or horizontal in the menu scheme since it is converted from circular to linear polarization.
If you desire to clean your AZBox of the eastern satellites, you may use this list to load into your AZBox. This list covers the satellite arc for a LOS in the midwest.
Hispasat @ 30.0°W is as far as I can go to the east from my location so that is where I stopped on the Atlantic side. The furthest I can go west is 162.0°, but there are no satellites listed beyond AMC-8 @ 138.9°W. I stopped at these two east and west sats as there is no point for me to generate a list more expansive than this for my own personal system. I may create other "blank" lists for the whole N.A. region in the future (i.e. east coast, midwest, west, pacific etc.). Due to the time involved, I have opted to stop short of that objective for this specific project.
This list will have the USALS site coordinates set to my own location, so you will have to change these to your own. I also have no switch parameters set, no switches are selected here, so if you are using some switch matrix with your system, you will have to set these up to accomodate your system configuration.
Back up your current *.dat files and save them on a disk where they can be retreived for restoration later if required. Install these *.dat files and blind scan each satellite that you desire for updated TPs and channels.
You won't be able to blind scan with some AZBox receivers, I know. For these receivers you will have to enter your TPs manually and then scan them.
Since I am able to blind scan with my Premium Plus AZBox, I will do so and post that list at a later time so that you don't have to type so much. I can only supply the linear Ku band list, however. I cannot scan for C-Band channels without a BUD and the circular stuff like DN and Bell Express is up to you to figure out. Most FTA'ers don't require the latter anyway.
You should use these files at your own risk. I have made every effort to be certain that they are clean of any virus or violations, but there is always the unexpected and this is not for the amateur. If you screw something up, please don't put the blame on me! LOL
I do test everything I do multiple times prior to posting the information so I am confident to supply you with this information. If anything does go awry, it is your baby.RADAR
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Can we please stickey this, this is some good stuff! :Two Thumbs UP!
:Two Thumbs UP!
Can we please stickey this, this is some good stuff!
Thanks for the vote of confidence on this thread, Goalie... However, this one isn't ready for anything like a sticky. This is a work in progress.
I know that there is a good deal of work put forth here and a lot of good info, but there is more to come, so just earmark this post for now, and be sure to check out the latest revision of the sticky for the AZBox manual (the A-Z guide). We will be putting all the best stuff in there, eventually. It will become a living document (meaning that all updates and changes will eventually be included in one source). Stargaze is doing a bang up job with this already and it can only progress into something better each day.
Please, consult the stickies and the AZBox A-Z guide for most everything. Recent or new issues will be discussed along the way and posted here first for discussion and crituque until they are proven successful and then they will be added to the A-Z Guide for posterity. Download the guide and peruse it at your leisure, then ask questions to clarify or expound upon the information in the guide if necessary. You should not have to ask too many Q's if we write the guide well, and we are doing our best at that for you! Ain't that right StarGaze!
So, please help us write the guide perfectly for all future AZBox owners.
Discussions are necessary to ensure the accuracy of the guide, so we welcome everyone to join in and ask questions and provide personal experience responses. If they are proven accurate and repeatable they will be included in the guide. Eventually, we will have compiled a really awesome guide. We are doing great so far, so let's keep it up!
Thanks (to everyone)!
Sincerely,
RADAR, and from myself on behalf of Stargaze... We thank you!
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Direct YouTube Link - Green Star Discovery: How a White Dwarf Could Turn Green
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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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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN
Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN
Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
Browns lead the AFC North 
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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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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. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
My year was almost up and we got the new bill for a year of service for $ 360.00 insane sat radio is becoming like cable!!! i logged into my acct and hopped onto chat and told the rep that i wanted to cancel. she understood my concern and went quiet for a few minutes. i figured that she was canceling my service. she comes back and said that she seen that i have been a sub since 07 and then offers me the same package for a year for 120.00 with taxes and fee's!!! i grabbed it. after almost having a stroke 
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Don't you mean phone sex operators
Is That why you keep SXM ???Don't you mean phone sex operators
Mrs. Foxbat reminded me it's that time of the year to do the Cancel Tango
The A.I. agent appears to be better than in the past. It got to the acceptable price quicker than previous years, no human operator involved. $5/mo and I still have over $50 in SiriusXM credit from my FordPartner benefits.
The A.I. agent appears to be better than in the past. It got to the acceptable price quicker than previous years, no human operator involved. $5/mo and I still have over $50 in SiriusXM credit from my FordPartner benefits.
I forgot you can pay that with Ford Pass points, I won't be due again till Feb, but I'll have to remember to try it ... Not sure what needs to be done, but I do have a substantial amount of points currently.Mrs. Foxbat reminded me it's that time of the year to do the Cancel Tango
The A.I. agent appears to be better than in the past. It got to the acceptable price quicker than previous years, no human operator involved. $5/mo and I still have over $50 in SiriusXM credit from my FordPartner benefits.
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when i say cancel. they give the moon and stars!!! iv'e gotten free radios and a free month once since it was my bdayIs That why you keep SXM ???
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America’s Fastest-Growing EV State Isn’t California—Not by a Long Shot
New data shows electric vehicle adoption is increasingly driven by state policies, electricity prices and charging access—not federal incentives
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The number-one US state for EV growth, according to the June 22 Yardi report?
Oklahoma.
It has no ZEV mandates and "minimal" incentives, Yardi says, but also has cheap electricity, high multi-car household rates (so, for example, a non-Lightning Ford F-150 pulls their trailers), and a consumer base willing to switch.
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Never realized that Tesla is losing to BYD at manufacturing too, which IMO is Tesla's biggest accomplishment and area of innovation. Nice writeup about the state of play and how we got here though. I have no faith that we're moving any productive direction though sadly, most changes and efforts feel reactionary rather than rooted in making use of the time being bought by tariffs, with few exceptions.
So: how are the cars so cheap, and what is being cut to get there? The best public accounting comes from the Rhodium Group, which compared BYD, Geely, and Leapmotor against Tesla's Chinese operation, a fair comparison because it removes labor costs and shipping from the equation entirely. Their estimate is that BYD builds a car for about $4,700 less than Tesla builds a Model 3 in Shanghai, roughly 15 percent of the Model 3's price. The breakdown is the interesting part. Direct government grants account for about $292 per vehicle, which is 5 percent of the gap. The biggest single factor is vertical integration: BYD makes about 80 percent of its top-tier components in-house, against 37 percent for Tesla, and that eliminates roughly $2,369 per vehicle in supplier markups. Lower overhead, meaning cheaper engineering talent and administrative cost spread across enormous volume, accounts for another $1,719. And BYD pays its suppliers on 155-day terms, against Tesla's 60, which is worth about $214 per car in float. When people say the Chinese advantage is subsidies, the per-vehicle number says otherwise. When people say it is slave wages, the Tesla Shanghai comparison says otherwise too. The advantage is mostly that BYD decided, twenty years ago, to make its own batteries, its own motors, its own power electronics, and its own semiconductors, and Western automakers decided the opposite.
US EV sales are rising again. Here’s why the recovery is set to last.
Even though sales tanked last year after the end of federal incentives, the American EV sector is on the mend as drivers face sky-high gasoline prices.
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Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
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Here in Indiana, the difference between Regular and Premium is usually a dollar, but some charge even more:
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beTFfPz10OI
Direct YouTube Link - Club TWiT: Media Club #3 - Best of Adult Animation: Futurama, Rick and Morty, and Simpsons Classics
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beTFfPz10OI
Direct YouTube Link - Club TWiT: Media Club #3 - Best of Adult Animation: Futurama, Rick and Morty, and Simpsons Classics
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TWIT Live Feed
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