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I started with a 10-foot C-band dish system built from surplus components in 1995, and I upgraded it over the years (C/Ku, 4DTV, and a separate FTA receiver/dish/motor that I never got working right at first). Now I have a new FTA receiver, and I am thinking of upgrading and combining the system. What do you all think of this plan:
-Replace Chapparal Corotor with dual-output C-only LNBF on the 10-foot dish (abandon Ku on it)
-Connect one output to the FTA receiver (through a DiSEqC switch), the other to the 4DTV receiver (set to C-band LNBF)
-Use a Vbox with the FTA receiver to control the 10-foot dish
-The 4DTV receiver will be used for 105 only, or any time I want to look for NTSC feeds
-The FTA receiver will also be connected to my 76cm dish/SG2100 motor
Thanks for any comments or advice.
I started with a 10-foot C-band dish system built from surplus components in 1995, and I upgraded it over the years (C/Ku, 4DTV, and a separate FTA receiver/dish/motor that I never got working right at first). Now I have a new FTA receiver, and I am thinking of upgrading and combining the system. What do you all think of this plan:
-Replace Chapparal Corotor with dual-output C-only LNBF on the 10-foot dish (abandon Ku on it)
-Connect one output to the FTA receiver (through a DiSEqC switch), the other to the 4DTV receiver (set to C-band LNBF)
-Use a Vbox with the FTA receiver to control the 10-foot dish
-The 4DTV receiver will be used for 105 only, or any time I want to look for NTSC feeds
-The FTA receiver will also be connected to my 76cm dish/SG2100 motor
Thanks for any comments or advice.
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Your original plan wasn't bad.
Just had some room for improvement, depending in what area you wanted to focus on.
re Ecoda 22khz: I thought you might try powering your 2100 through your switch.
Many diseqc switches won't handle the current.
I never recommend using a switch ahead of a motor, but some users insist on that configuration.
The Ecoda 22khz was shown to handle the load, along with a few diseqc switches.
About all I have to say on the matter.
re Ku dish size: if you are happy with a 76cm on a 2100, that's fine.
But somewhere down the line, you'll find some stations need their own fixed dish...often a bigger one.
Instead of making a decision in the dark, why not put this aside and come back to it later?
There are just too many variables and choices; leave room to change your mind.
re molded dishes: my favorite kind.
the 90cm would be an improvement, but the weight would call for a more robust motor.
I'd outfit it with a Standard PLL LNBF.
The oval Primestar would be best if you kept the matching feedhorn.
But unless it was the larger 84e, you'd be better off with the 90cm molded.
And it would need a robust motor, too.
When/if you are ready to spend money on a big Ku dish and motorize it, a safe choice would be the GeoSatPro 1.2m and PLL LNBF from SatellliteAV.
I'd stick that on a STAB 120, and be done.
There are a 100 other ways to skin that cat.
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Your original plan wasn't bad.
Just had some room for improvement, depending in what area you wanted to focus on.
re Ecoda 22khz: I thought you might try powering your 2100 through your switch.
Many diseqc switches won't handle the current.
I never recommend using a switch ahead of a motor, but some users insist on that configuration.
The Ecoda 22khz was shown to handle the load, along with a few diseqc switches.
About all I have to say on the matter.
re Ku dish size: if you are happy with a 76cm on a 2100, that's fine.
But somewhere down the line, you'll find some stations need their own fixed dish...often a bigger one.
Instead of making a decision in the dark, why not put this aside and come back to it later?
There are just too many variables and choices; leave room to change your mind.
re molded dishes: my favorite kind.
the 90cm would be an improvement, but the weight would call for a more robust motor.
I'd outfit it with a Standard PLL LNBF.
The oval Primestar would be best if you kept the matching feedhorn.
But unless it was the larger 84e, you'd be better off with the 90cm molded.
And it would need a robust motor, too.
When/if you are ready to spend money on a big Ku dish and motorize it, a safe choice would be the GeoSatPro 1.2m and PLL LNBF from SatellliteAV.
I'd stick that on a STAB 120, and be done.
There are a 100 other ways to skin that cat.
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
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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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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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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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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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