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When I started in FTA some years ago I had a Ku dish and motor. I learned about USALS and used it. This was very cool and then found out it was not available in C-Band equipment. Later while reading thru some German forum I ran across a picture of a modified polar mount for c-band dish that was powered by a Ku motor and used USALS. It was one poor quality photo and no explanation of its working details other than a brief description. That stuck in my mind and I thought I would like to try something like that. Then I finally took the time to understand this forum was not a mega-commercial site of little interest to me. And I joined. The world of FTA was opened to me and I saw unlimitless possibilities happening here. WSI held a special on 6' Dishes and I saw my opportunity to experiment with my USALS idea.
My idea was to modify the polar mount somehow and attach an SG2100 motor to it. I put the mount together and studied it. It was soon apparent there was no way I could make this mount work. In fact one had to take extra measures just to attach this mount to a pole. The polar mount is a simple design so I decided to build my own mount to suit me. The Ku motor is not a powerhouse so I needed to make the dish easy to move. The dish was very light made from (.02thin) gauge steel. I wanted bearings on the axis of the mount not just a long rusty bolt. This prompted me to base the mount on the headset of a bicycle. I went to a bike junkyard and was given an old frame and fork to work with. I cut out the headset and set up my mount. I went to a local metals store and bought many of the pieces I needed for scrap prices. Having a fully equipped auto shop at my disposal I had all the tools needed. I made a rolling satellite dish pole to work from. The SG2100 had been modified to use an external power source for the motor but still accepted DiSEqC commands thru the coax.
Winter weather set upon me and my satellite projects were put on hold. This gave me time to iron out a few more details on this dish. Indoor testing continued. I soon was able to make this Ku motor move this dish H-H with the help of springs. I was excited. This might work I thought. Of course I was always told it wouldn't by smarter people than me. In fact I purchased the dish mover and VBox X at the time I bought the dish. But I wanted to see for myself. I needed a location for the dish and this turned out to be on top of a new storage building. And that was not here yet. So I had to put a lot of pieces together to get this dish going. Winter was long and hard but we survived. The shed was here.
Finally! (Where have I seen that before?) The pole was up and the dish came home from the shop. With my son's help I soon had it secured to the pole. I couldn't aim it yet. Still too damn cold and I didn't really have a good way of doing that yet. But it's up and running the final test, wind loading. Spring time is a good time for wind testing. And this is where we see the total futility of this project. That motor will never be capable of handling even light winds. It wobbled so badly I thought it might actually break the case and blow its guts all over the place. After a week of observation I pulled the motor off and installed the jack. After all I still wanted the C-Band stuff. Good weather showed and I aimed the dish. The Dish works well but no USALS L
My idea was to modify the polar mount somehow and attach an SG2100 motor to it. I put the mount together and studied it. It was soon apparent there was no way I could make this mount work. In fact one had to take extra measures just to attach this mount to a pole. The polar mount is a simple design so I decided to build my own mount to suit me. The Ku motor is not a powerhouse so I needed to make the dish easy to move. The dish was very light made from (.02thin) gauge steel. I wanted bearings on the axis of the mount not just a long rusty bolt. This prompted me to base the mount on the headset of a bicycle. I went to a bike junkyard and was given an old frame and fork to work with. I cut out the headset and set up my mount. I went to a local metals store and bought many of the pieces I needed for scrap prices. Having a fully equipped auto shop at my disposal I had all the tools needed. I made a rolling satellite dish pole to work from. The SG2100 had been modified to use an external power source for the motor but still accepted DiSEqC commands thru the coax.
Winter weather set upon me and my satellite projects were put on hold. This gave me time to iron out a few more details on this dish. Indoor testing continued. I soon was able to make this Ku motor move this dish H-H with the help of springs. I was excited. This might work I thought. Of course I was always told it wouldn't by smarter people than me. In fact I purchased the dish mover and VBox X at the time I bought the dish. But I wanted to see for myself. I needed a location for the dish and this turned out to be on top of a new storage building. And that was not here yet. So I had to put a lot of pieces together to get this dish going. Winter was long and hard but we survived. The shed was here.
Finally! (Where have I seen that before?) The pole was up and the dish came home from the shop. With my son's help I soon had it secured to the pole. I couldn't aim it yet. Still too damn cold and I didn't really have a good way of doing that yet. But it's up and running the final test, wind loading. Spring time is a good time for wind testing. And this is where we see the total futility of this project. That motor will never be capable of handling even light winds. It wobbled so badly I thought it might actually break the case and blow its guts all over the place. After a week of observation I pulled the motor off and installed the jack. After all I still wanted the C-Band stuff. Good weather showed and I aimed the dish. The Dish works well but no USALS L
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Don't mess up your Ajak to where it cannot be restored to factory configuration.
Some years ago, I considered adding a new magnet wheel to the Ajak to double its pulse count.
Upon studying how it worked, I found they'd come up with an ingenious trick to double the count already!
Those five magnets actually give ten pulses! *
So, my efforts to double the number of magnets and use a tiny reed, were unable to improve on their design.
(well, not easily)
* Extra credit if you figure out how it works! -
Some years ago, I considered adding a new magnet wheel to the Ajak to double its pulse count.
Upon studying how it worked, I found they'd come up with an ingenious trick to double the count already!
Those five magnets actually give ten pulses! *
So, my efforts to double the number of magnets and use a tiny reed, were unable to improve on their design.
(well, not easily)
* Extra credit if you figure out how it works! -
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Me to i have the same problem whit the win , it was tracking the arc but the win mess up everything
Me to i have the same problem whit the win , it was tracking the arc but the win mess up everything
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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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I thought I posted it as I usually have nothing to do but sit at my desk in the morning scrolling the interwebs , but my mom passed away the day before so my mind was mush.I noticed you missed last week's… Much like the SEC Shorts!
College Football Playoff nears agreement on 24-team expansion that could end title games
The College Football Playoff field is about to get much more crowded as the conferences near a deal to double the size of the field to 24 teams starting next year
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
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Mark Harmon is coming back as Gibbs in Origins, for the full season. Just saw, Dinozzo too, on NCIS . That will be an interesting writing project.
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Mark Harmon Returning To 'NCIS: Origins' As Gibbs For Season 3
Mark Harmon is returning to NCIS: Origins for a season-long arc.
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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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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?
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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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
OTHER Mini Multiswitch
I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....
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This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
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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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I have been optimizing the site the past few days... and got us here now. 
We are rocking now!
We are rocking now!
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.
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Can't imagine what the son is going through.
Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster
Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.
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Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.
Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...
NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system
I'm glad to see ...
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGlC_BDgwZo
Direct YouTube Link - Kenwood TM-D750 vs ICOM ID-5200: Don't Buy One Before Watching This!
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