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I received my Geosat Pro SL1 PLL a week ago today and frankly I wasn't all that sure I would be able to post within the week that I promised I would, but here is what my thoughts are.
I FREAKING LOVE IT !!!
Oh, you meant you wanted more than that?
OK, here goes.
We have had some of the hottest weather on record here in North West Arizona, followed by several days of torrential rain, daytime highs between 113 and 118, and monsoon rains that have closed roads IN TOWN and washed out roads in the mountains, causing big transportation problems. So we have heat AND muggie all at the same time.
I just wasn't feeling like I wanted to go out and mess with a 1.2m dish, especially one that I knew nothing about, and didn't have all the parts, but I did give it my best, so here goes.
The dish I have had in the back yard for nearly a year now. It had resided on the roof of the FedEx distribution center. I drive by this building every day on my way to work, and have at times even had to stop when a FedEx truck was turning into or coming out of their yard, I mean it is ON the road I take to work. I receive packages from my supplier at least three times a month, sometimes more, so I am in there quite often picking up my packages, like I did last week when I received my winning package from Brian (again, thank you very much Brian).
On one of these trips in I asked about the dish on the roof, it was obvious there was no LNB on it, so I asked if they had plans for it. I was told no, they didn't want it, but it would be a while before they could give it to me, not until they had a reason to go up on the roof. About a week or so later I saw it was gone, so I stopped off just to see what happened, and they said it was "on the ground out back and I could take it with me." It came home that day.
However, the entire assembly to hold the LNB wasn't all there, the screws and the top piece of the collar were missing. I've mentioned it a few times but never made a big thing about it. There are pieces I am sure on their roof, but that's another story. I'm also still trying to get the NPRM they took this baby off of but that will have to wait for another day too.
I always figured that when I had time I would just slap something together and besides I have LOTS of "Plumbers Tape" laying around. It (the dish) looks like it's fiberglass, or plastic, and the back has ribs like some of the smaller dishes I have seen.
I found a pole to mount it on a few months ago, cemented that in, and finally mounted the dish about a month ago.
About the only receiver I have that I can take out to the dish is a CNX DUO, and we all know what a pain they are to blind scan anything, but you work with what ya got and that's what I did.
I jury rigged an LNB holder to the end of this thing and mounted an old LNB whose ancestry is totally unknown. The tag came off it a long timer ago, and I have tried over the last several months to try and locate and pull in SES 103. I finally managed it yesterday, and connected the coax to a multi switch to my OpenBox S9, and ran a blind scan, and what I found were 11 channels scanned in. Two of them were "NBC" (without any other notations) plus I was glad to finally see the beach in Huntington, north and south, and an occasional watchable channel that held little interest for me. The average S readings were around 50, some lower, few higher, and the Q was about the same, some dipping as low as 35, but they locked in, so I have tweaked as much as I can, or care too.
Today, after the rain faded away, and an hour after the last lightening bolt/thunder, and using walkie talkies between Phottoette and I (and I here-by nominate her for "SAINTHOOD") I tweaked this puppy as well as I could. The results were kind of disappointing, like I said, 11 channels scanned in.
OK, everything was locked down as tight as I could get it, without warping anything, and I changed the LNB to the new one I received last Thursday, the now famous SL1 PLL.
I did aother blind scan using the OpenBox S9 with nearly two year old FW (I really never saw the need to change it, I am happy with the way it works, and why fix something that ain't broke) and WHAMMY !!! 25 channels.
NBC East, Central, Mountain (I think) and West.
Huntington Beach North and South but with readings that are unbelievable, went from 60/55 to 90-95/85-95 S/Q.
And unbelievable HD !!
There are other channels, but I have misplaced my notes, but I will say this, I actually REALLY like this LNB.
And I think I'm going to have to order another one, so that I can get all I have lost off the 125 bird. I still have one more 1.2m dish, and if Saint Phottoette will just hang in there with that walkie talkie ....
Photto
I FREAKING LOVE IT !!!
Oh, you meant you wanted more than that?
OK, here goes.
We have had some of the hottest weather on record here in North West Arizona, followed by several days of torrential rain, daytime highs between 113 and 118, and monsoon rains that have closed roads IN TOWN and washed out roads in the mountains, causing big transportation problems. So we have heat AND muggie all at the same time.
I just wasn't feeling like I wanted to go out and mess with a 1.2m dish, especially one that I knew nothing about, and didn't have all the parts, but I did give it my best, so here goes.
The dish I have had in the back yard for nearly a year now. It had resided on the roof of the FedEx distribution center. I drive by this building every day on my way to work, and have at times even had to stop when a FedEx truck was turning into or coming out of their yard, I mean it is ON the road I take to work. I receive packages from my supplier at least three times a month, sometimes more, so I am in there quite often picking up my packages, like I did last week when I received my winning package from Brian (again, thank you very much Brian).
On one of these trips in I asked about the dish on the roof, it was obvious there was no LNB on it, so I asked if they had plans for it. I was told no, they didn't want it, but it would be a while before they could give it to me, not until they had a reason to go up on the roof. About a week or so later I saw it was gone, so I stopped off just to see what happened, and they said it was "on the ground out back and I could take it with me." It came home that day.
However, the entire assembly to hold the LNB wasn't all there, the screws and the top piece of the collar were missing. I've mentioned it a few times but never made a big thing about it. There are pieces I am sure on their roof, but that's another story. I'm also still trying to get the NPRM they took this baby off of but that will have to wait for another day too.
I always figured that when I had time I would just slap something together and besides I have LOTS of "Plumbers Tape" laying around. It (the dish) looks like it's fiberglass, or plastic, and the back has ribs like some of the smaller dishes I have seen.
I found a pole to mount it on a few months ago, cemented that in, and finally mounted the dish about a month ago.
About the only receiver I have that I can take out to the dish is a CNX DUO, and we all know what a pain they are to blind scan anything, but you work with what ya got and that's what I did.
I jury rigged an LNB holder to the end of this thing and mounted an old LNB whose ancestry is totally unknown. The tag came off it a long timer ago, and I have tried over the last several months to try and locate and pull in SES 103. I finally managed it yesterday, and connected the coax to a multi switch to my OpenBox S9, and ran a blind scan, and what I found were 11 channels scanned in. Two of them were "NBC" (without any other notations) plus I was glad to finally see the beach in Huntington, north and south, and an occasional watchable channel that held little interest for me. The average S readings were around 50, some lower, few higher, and the Q was about the same, some dipping as low as 35, but they locked in, so I have tweaked as much as I can, or care too.
Today, after the rain faded away, and an hour after the last lightening bolt/thunder, and using walkie talkies between Phottoette and I (and I here-by nominate her for "SAINTHOOD") I tweaked this puppy as well as I could. The results were kind of disappointing, like I said, 11 channels scanned in.
OK, everything was locked down as tight as I could get it, without warping anything, and I changed the LNB to the new one I received last Thursday, the now famous SL1 PLL.
I did aother blind scan using the OpenBox S9 with nearly two year old FW (I really never saw the need to change it, I am happy with the way it works, and why fix something that ain't broke) and WHAMMY !!! 25 channels.
NBC East, Central, Mountain (I think) and West.
Huntington Beach North and South but with readings that are unbelievable, went from 60/55 to 90-95/85-95 S/Q.
And unbelievable HD !!
There are other channels, but I have misplaced my notes, but I will say this, I actually REALLY like this LNB.
And I think I'm going to have to order another one, so that I can get all I have lost off the 125 bird. I still have one more 1.2m dish, and if Saint Phottoette will just hang in there with that walkie talkie ....
Photto
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Commit to buying a minimum of 5,000 units and it should cover development cost. Order 10,000 and we will make enough profit to place an order and carry stock for 6 months....
Price point? 
k, u got me whupped, guess i will stick with my fss lnb.
bandstacked are nice, i really dont understand why there are not more.
bandstacked are nice, i really dont understand why there are not more.
Very few people buy the bandstacked LNBFs that some distributors have already brought to market...
We make informed investments in bringing products to market that people are buying or will be likely to buy. If we guess wrong and people don't buy, we lose money. If we lose too much money, we aren't here to sell products that people want to buy....
Commit to buying a minimum of 5,000 units and it should cover development cost. Order 10,000 and we will make enough profit to place an order and carry stock for 6 months....
Kodaz, we're gonna need to put up more dishes
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Kodaz, we're gonna need to put up more dishes
I'm on it, only 4885 more or less to go!! I just started my second row of buds
I like what i read on the new LNB, but, its just too many cables.
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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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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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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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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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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
You're no fun.
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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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
www.apple.com
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
You should have looked in the APP STORE instead.
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
You have a different offer that is free for a shorter timeframe which is different than the one that I and bnewt saw without defining the promotion period as I sent the question to DISH Care via Facebook Messenger and this is the response I got back 20 minutes ago.
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Edq2eavsQ
Direct YouTube Link - This Week in Space 232
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Edq2eavsQ
Direct YouTube Link - This Week in Space 232
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oRVxjGm0qtE
Direct YouTube Link - Tim Cook, Elton John & King Charles: A Royal Tech Event
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View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oRVxjGm0qtE
Direct YouTube Link - Tim Cook, Elton John & King Charles: A Royal Tech Event
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Time for another AWESOME video from TFL Electric Vehicles!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyF_RH1m0mc
Direct YouTube Link - Watch the New Tesla Roadster Jump, Fly and Barrel-Roll in Mid-Air!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyF_RH1m0mc
Direct YouTube Link - Watch the New Tesla Roadster Jump, Fly and Barrel-Roll in Mid-Air!
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