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How do I move a Von Weise open gear Motor on a 8 ½' Radio Shack Dish to use with my digital GeoSat 1100 box ?
I saw that Linuxman had this type of motor.
I just bought a brand new 1988 Radio Shack 8 ½" Aluminum Dish complete outfit # 16-2502, with a date of 3/10/88 stenciled on the boxes. The man just died and never got it put up since then.
Three of the four boxes were never opened until this week. The Dish assembly Directions, video and the LNB were missing from the opened box. The widow I bought it from called to report she found the instruction manual and will continue searching for the rest and will send in a few weeks after searching awhile.
It has its own mast pole, 24 " L bolts to mount into concrete , a giant Von Weise open gear [27 volt] Motor # Vo4058 AC33 ,a Remote Controlled Home Satellite TV Recorder #2010 with a 52 page manual on how it set it up , a giant roll of a five wire harness with coxial and the supports arms for the Dish which all slide into a 20" Cast Iron [2 piece] Center Hub.
A Heavy steel pipe mounts into the cast Iron Ring to hold the LNB.
I lost my un setup orbitron 7.5' Dish in this weekends wind storm.
I love my my GeoSat Pro 1100 and prefer using it over the # 2010 Analog reciever that looks over whelming.
What is available to use my digital GeoSat Pro1100 with the 1988 Von Weise Motor?.
I bought a DNX 242 Lnb dual C band for it.
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The gbox seems to be twice as accurate (counts 2 pulses vs. 1 pulse) than other diseqc 1.2 positioners. A good thing to know if you plan on using that BUD for ku.

crackt out,.
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I have decided to sell the Whole Radio Shack/Von Weise Satellite system minus the Analog receiver on Ebay because It was over whelming for me and I could not find anyone local to set it up for me.I did find one person who I could pay to find the Clark ark when using the standard type motor.
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Vintage 1995
8.5' Satellite Dish (160-2502) Specifications Faxback Doc. # 15618
Antenna

Type:.............................................................Parabolic
Diameter:............................................................8 1/2'
Drive (DC Motor):.................2200 RPM 2.7 Amps 1/12 HP 25 in, 27 volts
Reducer:................................525:2 Ratio 6.2 RPM output shaft
Gear:....................................Worm and sector 48:1 Ratio Gray
iron 30 yellow zinc chromate
Focal length...................................................37.25 Inches
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I have decided to sell the Whole Radio Shack/Von Weise Satellite system minus the Analog receiver on Ebay because It was over whelming for me and I could not find anyone local to set it up for me.I did find one person who I could pay to find the Clark ark when using the standard type motor.
Anole
Wow, I'm disappointed you let it go (or plan to).
With patience, you could learn everything you need to know by reading this forum, asking questions, and participating.

At least see it goes to someone who'll appreciate it... not to a scrapper.
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osu1991
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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dishstaller
I really dislike change for the sake of change
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
Jimbo
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
dishstaller
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Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
meStevo
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.

Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!




Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
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TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


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