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Unrelated to satellite reception... but based on the concept of a dish.
Watch this video and then I have some questions regarding my project:
What I am doing: I am constructing a large "pond" or water tank for my cabin on the river to maintain live baitfish for fishing. Bluegills and sunfish and bullheads for catfishing.
I am using a ~1000 gallon HDPE tank (5.5'W x 10.5'L x 2.5'H) and three 55 gallon HDPE barrels for filtration, waste bioconversion and oxygenation concerns.
To keep this "pond" or tank active all year long (through Nebraska winters) I need a method to heat the water for several purposes:
1] To keep the surface of the pond ice free so that gases which are harmful to the fish can escape to the atmosphere.
2] To keep the entire tank from freezing solid and damaging the tank and pipes.
3] To keep the overall water temperature just warm enough to keep the baitfish slightly active during winter, but not too overactive that they would require a lot of food.
4] To keep the denitrifying bacteria active in the bio-conversion filter system so that the bacteria does not die off each winter and require replacement when warmer weather returns.
When I saw the above video in another post here, I thought that the concept might have some merits for what I am tinkering with.
I didn't want to operate electrical heaters all during the winter for the reason of monetary expense, but I couldn't think of any simplistic method to do it otherwise.
Electric heaters are very simple to manage and control the temperature, but costly to operate over a long term.
This "satellite dish based" solar power notion could be my answer, but I need to figure out how to implement it and regulate the temperature so that it does not get too hot.
I don't want boiled fish bait! I am trying to develop a very simplistic approach which will incorporate the least amount of electronic controls and electrical power.
I will definitely have to use some electrical power from the grid to operate pond pumps to maintain the water circulation, but I am trying to limit my electrical power consumption to that alone.
My question here is how I could best harness the solar energy and regulate the tank water temperature with this solar collector during the winter months.
I am contemplating various ideas and concepts, but would be interested to hear anyone else's input because I might learn something new or take a different angle on it. I really like the concept from the video because it is a free source of power and I have a spare dish that would function perfectly. The dish is only large enough for minimal FTA purposes, so I wouldn't be sacrificing a valued piece of equipment for an experimental test.
I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions!
RADAR
Watch this video and then I have some questions regarding my project:
What I am doing: I am constructing a large "pond" or water tank for my cabin on the river to maintain live baitfish for fishing. Bluegills and sunfish and bullheads for catfishing.
I am using a ~1000 gallon HDPE tank (5.5'W x 10.5'L x 2.5'H) and three 55 gallon HDPE barrels for filtration, waste bioconversion and oxygenation concerns.
To keep this "pond" or tank active all year long (through Nebraska winters) I need a method to heat the water for several purposes:
1] To keep the surface of the pond ice free so that gases which are harmful to the fish can escape to the atmosphere.
2] To keep the entire tank from freezing solid and damaging the tank and pipes.
3] To keep the overall water temperature just warm enough to keep the baitfish slightly active during winter, but not too overactive that they would require a lot of food.
4] To keep the denitrifying bacteria active in the bio-conversion filter system so that the bacteria does not die off each winter and require replacement when warmer weather returns.
When I saw the above video in another post here, I thought that the concept might have some merits for what I am tinkering with.
I didn't want to operate electrical heaters all during the winter for the reason of monetary expense, but I couldn't think of any simplistic method to do it otherwise.
Electric heaters are very simple to manage and control the temperature, but costly to operate over a long term.
This "satellite dish based" solar power notion could be my answer, but I need to figure out how to implement it and regulate the temperature so that it does not get too hot.
I don't want boiled fish bait! I am trying to develop a very simplistic approach which will incorporate the least amount of electronic controls and electrical power.
I will definitely have to use some electrical power from the grid to operate pond pumps to maintain the water circulation, but I am trying to limit my electrical power consumption to that alone.
My question here is how I could best harness the solar energy and regulate the tank water temperature with this solar collector during the winter months.
I am contemplating various ideas and concepts, but would be interested to hear anyone else's input because I might learn something new or take a different angle on it. I really like the concept from the video because it is a free source of power and I have a spare dish that would function perfectly. The dish is only large enough for minimal FTA purposes, so I wouldn't be sacrificing a valued piece of equipment for an experimental test.
I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions!
RADAR
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Lak,
I will have to rephotograph all my equipment and construction over again. I had all my pix saved to a card in my cellphone and last fall I lost my cell phone while goofing off at my neighbors cabin.
I was helping him burn brush in his fire pit and I must have knocked my phone off my jeans pocket and it roasted in the fire. The only thing I found the next day was a square metal border that
enclosed the camera lens! I hadn't transferred any of the pix to my PC so I lost everything on that memory card that was in the cell phone. Therefore, no pix of my stuff until spring.
If you and your coworker friend are highly interested in the research that I have been engaged in so far, I will start compiling information for you and then send it off to you in a PM or even post it here so that others may benefit as well. My bait tank setup is quite extreme. As I stated in an earlier post, I have a few thousand $ tied up in this already. $1,200 was for two 1,000 gallon tanks alone. You guys probably wouldn't desire to get into that large of a system. I didn't mean to buy two tanks initially, but the seller offered me a second tank at a reduced price... I had the cash and I was there, and the tank was there and there was a truck to haul it and he wanted to unload it and I was a fool and I bought it, too! LOL! What the hell!
I've been keeping bait alive at my cabin for years with minimal expense and great success (long life to the baitfish) so if you are very interested in this subject, I would be more than happy to send information your way! This is one of those hobbies that is just as great as my FTA satellite stuff!
I'll have to pool it all together for you and that may take some time, but I think you will find that it is worth it and the worth the wait. Unfortunately, it ain't gonna happen tonight (I mean this morning now).
Ha Ha.
I have to work 12 hour shifts for the next few days, so I will wait until that is through before I get started on this. It will be fun and I think you will like the information I relay to you.
RADAR
We use a small electric air pump and a diffuser to keep our pond aerated and there is an open spot where the bubbles come up during the winter. I've been considering a wind-powered air pump but they are very expensive... If the pond freezes over and no aeration, the fish die and the water gets really stinky... Had that happen a few years ago when the pump quit working while we were away. The pond in question is 250' by 100' and 8'+ deep, we use it as a backup water supply and summer irrigation for our garden so this is a somewhat different scale but maybe would work on the smaller scale too.
In-ground tanks and a cover for overnight/cold weather plus aeration might work to keep the temp up, and some home-made solar collectors made with black PVC pipe facing south might pick up enough heat to make up for losses overnight. You might see these type of collectors on top of buildings and houses to heat swimming pools (maybe not so popular farther south). The heat exchanger idea would have to be incorporated in this system. Some engineering required! I am sure you will get something to work!
In-ground tanks and a cover for overnight/cold weather plus aeration might work to keep the temp up, and some home-made solar collectors made with black PVC pipe facing south might pick up enough heat to make up for losses overnight. You might see these type of collectors on top of buildings and houses to heat swimming pools (maybe not so popular farther south). The heat exchanger idea would have to be incorporated in this system. Some engineering required!
I am sure you will get something to work!
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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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Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!
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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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Has anyone subscribed to NBA League Pass for 2026-27 and try to link their account to NBA.com to stream League Pass? I purchased it for 2026-27, and when I linked, I got a message saying success, but then I receive an error that my linked subscription does not include the preseason games for NBA League Pass. Is that how it has always been? I know satellite doesn't have the preseason games on the NBA League Pass channels, but I thought that I was able to stream the preseason once I linked my account on NBA.com?
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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 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.
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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.
