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I would appreciate expert advice with my problem locking High FEC (9/10) TP's on my 10' Mesh. I can receive some TP's on the SAT in question (97W) with 100% Q but they are low FEC. The high FEC TP's bounce from 0 to 70 but don't stay at 70 long. I was given this dish from a house about 5 miles away. It was previously used for old analog service. I did not touch the elevation/declination. I am beginning to question the following: is the elevation/declination correct? Is the Feed perfectly skewed? Is the Feed at the correct F/D? Are the trees blocking too much signal? Am I tracking the ARC correctly? Thanks!
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Cham
Have you been able to max out the signal on 72W? For the dish to properly track the arc your dish mounting pole needs to be as perfectly vertical as possible. You would then play with azimuth, elevation, focal point, and skew to max the signal at your closest south (72 in your case). For azimuth make sure your polar mount bracket is pointing perfectly north/south. Elevation; your polar axis should point directly at the North Star or 90deg- (your latitude). Focal point; moving the LNB/LNBF in or out to max the signal. Skew; feed horn rotation in the scaler ring, should be just a bit minus of zero at 72w. Focal point and skew can be fine-tuned at the same time because your feed horn will be loose for either adjustment. The focal point might be off if you removed the support struts to move the dish, in which case it has to be measured and calculated (Diameter squared/ 16 x the Depth), scaler ring back to the center of the dish (inside).

It's a complex set of adjustments but they are important for the dish to track the arc properly. Best of luck...

-C.
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Have you been able to max out the signal on 72W? For the dish to properly track the arc your dish mounting pole needs to be as perfectly vertical as possible. You would then play with azimuth, elevation, focal point, and skew to max the signal at your closest south (72 in your case). For azimuth make sure your polar mount bracket is pointing perfectly north/south. Elevation; your polar axis should point directly at the North Star or 90deg- (your latitude). Focal point; moving the LNB/LNBF in or out to max the signal. Skew; feed horn rotation in the scaler ring, should be just a bit minus of zero at 72w. Focal point and skew can be fine-tuned at the same time because your feed horn will be loose for either adjustment. The focal point might be off if you removed the support struts to move the dish, in which case it has to be measured and calculated (Diameter squared/ 16 x the Depth), scaler ring back to the center of the dish (inside).

It's a complex set of adjustments but they are important for the dish to track the arc properly. Best of luck...

-C.

I did max out the CW mux on 72W to 100 Q. Does this help to elimate any variables? I have an LNBF - no polarotor.
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I did max out the CW mux on 72W to 100 Q. Does this help to elimate any variables? I have an LNBF - no polarotor.

What would you consider a weaker TP? 9/10 FEC? on what SAT?
FaT Air
I don't think it matters what the FEC is. Just something that doesn't max out the Q meter. As in: You may have 100Q, but is it centered or along one side of the arc of performance?? Being there isn't much to choose from on 72 C band, And thinking a 100Q reading may be wider than just one spot in the adjustment. I think I'd double check, and adjust elevation in one direction to some lower Q value, then adjust back, across the peak while counting turns to the same lower Q reading on the other side of peak. Then go back half of the counts. See what that looks like. Then check the Azimuth adjustment. and maybe tweak the feed (away from zenith is easier as you don't have to reach into the dish to get at the feed. If all is peaked up and the 9/10 FEC TP's still don't come in, i'd suspect the PROF 7500 DVB-S2 Card or ?
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I ventured up on the roof to tweak the azimuth and actuator. I have managed to get the CBS TP's to about 55 to 60 Q steady. However, I still cannot lock them. I have tried with linux and XP with my PROF 7500. I don't have a STB that can do S2. I am now going to try to tweak the feed if the weather stays nice.
Cham
Try peaking on 97W using 3850 V 9980. This is a regular DVB transponder, you should get 80%Q or better.
Once you get that maxed out you should get the others you are looking for.
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Try peaking on 97W using 3850 V 9980. This is a regular DVB transponder, you should get 80%Q or better.
Once you get that maxed out you should get the others you are looking for.

I get 77% Q on that TP now and can lock it. I guess I don't have to tweak it too much more.
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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"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.
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.........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.


View: https://x.com/RapSheet/status/2111074303185989663?s=20
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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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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


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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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White Christmas - Elvis Presley
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Dirty White Boy - Foreigner
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Tickle Me (Dirty, Dirty Feeling) - Elvis Presley
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Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson