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I have the opportunity to buy 1.8 meter dish that was used in a investment company business I'm told, and taken down from the roof there, I researched it and its a prodelin i believe from the pdf install manual I found on the internet. I only saw it once for like 4 minutes and couldnt find any IDer on it as it was fully assembled but lieing on its side off the pole. It has a monster of a lnb feedhorn lnb on it like 9inches across and 16 inch long guessimating. finned to death looks like for heat dissipation. I assume its a send and receive dish with a lnb that size. and it being a brokage house business use thats my assumption. Seems all the dish are classed as Rx,TX, ku, C, x , L. How can you id one from the other? looks like is a prodelin but they all look the same.
dish is the thermoplastic resin fiberglass , 8 bolts hold reflector to back structure.
I believe its a prodelin 1184 because it has a elivation scale on it or it could be a 1182 or it could be strictly x band or ku band, has the heavy duty arm on it, will take 30 lb lnb or more
I want it for c band. What can I measure to find out if it will do C band as I dont have any identifier on the dish to tell me.
it measures 71 by 76 1/2 inches, will the depth f/d ratio tell me something if it will do C band. With a string what will tell me if its C band capable.
I already have a 4 footer that I cant do c band on so I dont want to be stuck with another dish hard to hide around the yard from the neighbours. hehehhehehehe
Its a steal for under 50 bucks. in excellent shape.
Can someone give me some advice on this, without trail and error.
dish is the thermoplastic resin fiberglass , 8 bolts hold reflector to back structure.
I believe its a prodelin 1184 because it has a elivation scale on it or it could be a 1182 or it could be strictly x band or ku band, has the heavy duty arm on it, will take 30 lb lnb or more
I want it for c band. What can I measure to find out if it will do C band as I dont have any identifier on the dish to tell me.
it measures 71 by 76 1/2 inches, will the depth f/d ratio tell me something if it will do C band. With a string what will tell me if its C band capable.
I already have a 4 footer that I cant do c band on so I dont want to be stuck with another dish hard to hide around the yard from the neighbours. hehehhehehehe
Its a steal for under 50 bucks. in excellent shape.
Can someone give me some advice on this, without trail and error.
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Ku - the reflecting layer in the dish doesn't have any very big holes...if any at all.
C - the reflecting layer may be a grid, a mesh, or have holes too big for efficiently reflecting Ku signals.
Tx - it is very accurate, and won't send signals to the adjacent satellites in orbit. (and certified as such! )
Rx - it's a dish. May have more run-out or surface inaccuracy (just guessing. I suspect they come from the same mold)
These are all offset 6' dishes, made for reception or two-way communication on Ku band.
That big finned canister looking like a paint can, houses the transmitter and receiver front end.
So, if your dish has the paint can, your dish is certified for transmitting.
Yes, you can -use- a 6' to receive C-band. It is about the smallest size I'd recommend.
I've seen pictures of that dish equipped with two or three different LNB mounts.
One like Linuxman's pictures, is a big steel assembly, with no side support arms.
The other, is a smaller lower rod, with two side support arms.
Since both have been shown with the paint-can transmitter, I'll suspect they represent different years of production.
See also this thread by Pendragon, where he put his on an H-H mount, and matched a late-model Ku LNB to the original horn, for some serious Ku signal suckin'!
Here's another thread, where Linuxman put several Ku and C-band LNBFs on his fixed dish.
Lots of ways to skin a horse. What did you have in mind?
C - the reflecting layer may be a grid, a mesh, or have holes too big for efficiently reflecting Ku signals.
Tx - it is very accurate, and won't send signals to the adjacent satellites in orbit. (and certified as such! )
Rx - it's a dish. May have more run-out or surface inaccuracy (just guessing. I suspect they come from the same mold)
These are all offset 6' dishes, made for reception or two-way communication on Ku band.
That big finned canister looking like a paint can, houses the transmitter and receiver front end.
So, if your dish has the paint can, your dish is certified for transmitting.
Yes, you can -use- a 6' to receive C-band. It is about the smallest size I'd recommend.
I've seen pictures of that dish equipped with two or three different LNB mounts.
One like Linuxman's pictures, is a big steel assembly, with no side support arms.
The other, is a smaller lower rod, with two side support arms.
Since both have been shown with the paint-can transmitter, I'll suspect they represent different years of production.
See also this thread by Pendragon, where he put his on an H-H mount, and matched a late-model Ku LNB to the original horn, for some serious Ku signal suckin'!
Here's another thread, where Linuxman put several Ku and C-band LNBFs on his fixed dish.
Lots of ways to skin a horse. What did you have in mind?
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well I got the dish and its a 0179-189 prodelin 1.8, its a beautiful dish, close to 200 lbs. I made a pole up 8 feet long , I used a 4.5 pole, then I went out and sighted by compass where I thought I was going to stick it and I kept moving closer to where I cant stick it and in the end decided if I was only going to be able to get limited use and eyesore to others it wasnt going up, and no pole was going in the ground. Cant do a surface mount , no area to do it.
I got 60 bucks into it , so I dissembled it and I might sell it for cost , because
I dont want to send it to the buddies satellite cemetary.
Its a real quality dish. AZ scale, EL scale even a built in leveling bubble.Or I might skin it down in structural weight for quicktemp install and under engineer it for temp assembly on sunny days and such to play with. Anyone out there got back bone shots of a lighter one they created for temp use?
I got 60 bucks into it , so I dissembled it and I might sell it for cost , because
I dont want to send it to the buddies satellite cemetary.Its a real quality dish. AZ scale, EL scale even a built in leveling bubble.Or I might skin it down in structural weight for quicktemp install and under engineer it for temp assembly on sunny days and such to play with. Anyone out there got back bone shots of a lighter one they created for temp use?
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Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
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Thanks to Fitch Ratings ( who gives the ratings on Credit and debt, as approved by the SEC, so they have accurate numbers) we have the totals.
DIRECTV's video subscriber base is the third-largest traditional multi-channel video programming distributor (MVPD) in the U.S. with about 8.2 million subscribers at the end of 1Q26.
The last time it was reported, it was 8.8M at the end of 2Q25, so only a 600,000 loss for 3 quarters, which is a major improvement, since for many years before that, it was losing 500,000 a quarter, 2 Million a year.
It is now losing less than Dish/Sling combined, I believe the Genre Packs are helping to retain and get subscribers.
DIRECTV's video subscriber base is the third-largest traditional multi-channel video programming distributor (MVPD) in the U.S. with about 8.2 million subscribers at the end of 1Q26.
The last time it was reported, it was 8.8M at the end of 2Q25, so only a 600,000 loss for 3 quarters, which is a major improvement, since for many years before that, it was losing 500,000 a quarter, 2 Million a year.
It is now losing less than Dish/Sling combined, I believe the Genre Packs are helping to retain and get subscribers.
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Recently came back to DirectTV Satellite service and have two boxes, Gemini and a main HR54.
DirecTV is charging me two "TV access fees" of $10 each, but can only watch TV on the one without the server. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
DirecTV is charging me two "TV access fees" of $10 each, but can only watch TV on the one without the server. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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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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I feel like this was discussed in another thread, but I can't find it. I have T-Mobile and my last iPhone upgrade was in 2020. I want to get a new iPhone, but what is the best way to go about doing it? Should I order the iPhone from T-Mobile directly, or should I buy from the Apple Store? I feel like there are pros/cons to each option.
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I have a Hopper with Sling. (Don't know exact model.) A couple nights ago, I went into the DVR screen, and noted that it was recording three programs. Yet I was able to view live TV (that was not one of the channels being recorded.) Did something change? In the past, it would only let me watch one of the channels being recorded, or any recording in the DVR menu. Maybe it was streaming, although there was no indication of that?
Apologies if this has been covered; I searched and didn't find anything.
Thanks.
Apologies if this has been covered; I searched and didn't find anything.
Thanks.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YJjxjYvmQ8s
Direct YouTube Link - Good Bye, Tim! Last WWDC
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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Anyone have a DirecTV Local Channel Connector that you'd like to get rid of at a reasonable price? DirecTV is currently in a contract dispute with owner of my local ABC affiliate.
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I did that. The response was that the LCC is not available. Escalated the issue to a tech support person with the same results.
Could be out of them I guess ... I'd keep trying, every 3-4 days.I did that. The response was that the LCC is not available. Escalated the issue to a tech support person with the same results.
If they are not out of them as them WHY you can't get one, seeing Your in a Dispute. Thats what they are for.
I would make them give you a real answer, don't let them off the hook.
I had one, and it worked well, but I believe I gave it to another D* friend (also had a AM21), I know I gave them away ...
According to the tech support guy, they don't have any in stock. He said I should receive an email when and if they have them. I even told him I would accept a refurbished unit.
I'm not sure your going to find any Refurbished ones as D* doesn't ask for them back.According to the tech support guy, they don't have any in stock. He said I should receive an email when and if they have them. I even told him I would accept a refurbished unit.
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Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
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