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I spent the day in the sun, it was sooooo miserably hot today. OMG..
But it was worth it!
For a few months I've had problems with my PC tuner. I couldn't quite figure it out. I've messed with all the dishes, wires, switches, tried all the meters I had. I really thought that the tuner card in the PC had gone kaput.. It just didn't make sense to me.
So I got out my big floppy hat and my new AI Turbo S2 meter and I set about figuring out this mess.
Step one was detangle the years of messy wires.
I cut all the wire ties and disconnected everything from everything.
After that I stripped the switches out of the boxes.
I then had a bunch of dishes connected to nothing at all.
Then I rerouted all the wires and coiled up the excess and tied everything up nice and neat so I don't have to worry anymore about hitting them with the mower or weed eater.
I remounted the switches in the boxes so they are much easier to access. Before they were very difficult to take wires on and off because they were mounted flush to the wood. I put them several inches off so I can reach behind and turn the connectors.
But before I reconnected everything I sat down with a wrench and my new meter and I discovered in just a matter of seconds that the dish I had aimed at 97w was out of alignment, quite a bit.
I tweaked it up and BOOM! , got the missing channels back!
I also discovered a polarity problem with my 10' C-band and fixed that too.
Another old Direcway dish I have been trying for more than a year to aim at 125 for PBS, I got it lined up too. I never once before was able to aim that dish at 125 and find a signal. I tried and tried and tried soooo many times and I never could find it. Today, I did.
This new meter is wicked cool !!
I still need to retweak all of my dishes properly. Today was sort of a whim thing. I really started out just wanting to figure out why I couldn't get vertical KU channels in my PC tuner.
But when I looked at the mess of wires I knew I had to just stop and clean that up, first.
This week I will work on the other dishes, one by one until they are all working right.
After all the years of struggling with this stuff it's all starting to make sense now.
I also need to go fix my dad's dish, he needs his PBS.
But it was worth it!
For a few months I've had problems with my PC tuner. I couldn't quite figure it out. I've messed with all the dishes, wires, switches, tried all the meters I had. I really thought that the tuner card in the PC had gone kaput.. It just didn't make sense to me.
So I got out my big floppy hat and my new AI Turbo S2 meter and I set about figuring out this mess.
Step one was detangle the years of messy wires.
I cut all the wire ties and disconnected everything from everything.
After that I stripped the switches out of the boxes.
I then had a bunch of dishes connected to nothing at all.
Then I rerouted all the wires and coiled up the excess and tied everything up nice and neat so I don't have to worry anymore about hitting them with the mower or weed eater.
I remounted the switches in the boxes so they are much easier to access. Before they were very difficult to take wires on and off because they were mounted flush to the wood. I put them several inches off so I can reach behind and turn the connectors.
But before I reconnected everything I sat down with a wrench and my new meter and I discovered in just a matter of seconds that the dish I had aimed at 97w was out of alignment, quite a bit.
I tweaked it up and BOOM! , got the missing channels back!
I also discovered a polarity problem with my 10' C-band and fixed that too.
Another old Direcway dish I have been trying for more than a year to aim at 125 for PBS, I got it lined up too. I never once before was able to aim that dish at 125 and find a signal. I tried and tried and tried soooo many times and I never could find it. Today, I did.
This new meter is wicked cool !!
I still need to retweak all of my dishes properly. Today was sort of a whim thing. I really started out just wanting to figure out why I couldn't get vertical KU channels in my PC tuner.
But when I looked at the mess of wires I knew I had to just stop and clean that up, first.
This week I will work on the other dishes, one by one until they are all working right.
After all the years of struggling with this stuff it's all starting to make sense now.
I also need to go fix my dad's dish, he needs his PBS.
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That's a good idea Jorgek, I shall give it a whirl !!
Honestly, I do not want to touch the thing now because ~everything~ works on it ! First time ever, since I began this project in 2009, this is the first time it gets everything!
What a nightmare trip this has been !!
But, the good thing is, I've been forced to learn several things, the number one being, slow down and be precise in what I do.
I get anxious and try to slap stuff up and it doesn't work, I freak out and throw fits and kick things and it gets me nowhere.
One last question here but I think I may have figured it out anyway.
The other day, when it was ~sort of working~, I was getting COZI on 103. And several NBC channels as well.
Now they are gone.
Is that because at that point in time I probably had my skew cranked over enough to get them?
I know they are replacing the satellite very soon. I was thinking they had changed the skew a little bit in favor of normality in advance of the total switch over but it's still off somewhat.
There was a video floating around about changing the skew to like half of what it has been.
Are they still transmitting it strictly at the old -20 degree skew only ?
Did I just happen to pick it up because my dish was so badly misaligned at that moment?
Being that it's still over two months from the official switch over, wouldn't I do better for now to just point a fixed dish at 103 (I have a few to spare) ??
Another thought that just occurred to me is that I could attached another LNB to the dish (I have LOTS of spares) and set it on a switch so that the STB looks for 103 on like port 2 of a Diseque switch?
I was thinking that I could play games with the system so that the motor parks at the 97w position but the STB will look for it on a switch rather than the LNBF on the dish. Somehow.
Or something like that. I'm pretty sure I can find a way to make that happen.
Anyway, I'm not exceptionally worried about rigging up some more Frankendish monster mash stuff just to get 103 when it would be far easier just to point a spare dish at it instead.
My main boggle is why/how I was picking it up the other day but not anymore.
Thanks!
Honestly, I do not want to touch the thing now because ~everything~ works on it ! First time ever, since I began this project in 2009, this is the first time it gets everything!
What a nightmare trip this has been !!
But, the good thing is, I've been forced to learn several things, the number one being, slow down and be precise in what I do.
I get anxious and try to slap stuff up and it doesn't work, I freak out and throw fits and kick things and it gets me nowhere.
One last question here but I think I may have figured it out anyway.
The other day, when it was ~sort of working~, I was getting COZI on 103. And several NBC channels as well.
Now they are gone.
Is that because at that point in time I probably had my skew cranked over enough to get them?
I know they are replacing the satellite very soon. I was thinking they had changed the skew a little bit in favor of normality in advance of the total switch over but it's still off somewhat.
There was a video floating around about changing the skew to like half of what it has been.
Are they still transmitting it strictly at the old -20 degree skew only ?
Did I just happen to pick it up because my dish was so badly misaligned at that moment?
Being that it's still over two months from the official switch over, wouldn't I do better for now to just point a fixed dish at 103 (I have a few to spare) ??
Another thought that just occurred to me is that I could attached another LNB to the dish (I have LOTS of spares) and set it on a switch so that the STB looks for 103 on like port 2 of a Diseque switch?
I was thinking that I could play games with the system so that the motor parks at the 97w position but the STB will look for it on a switch rather than the LNBF on the dish. Somehow.
Or something like that. I'm pretty sure I can find a way to make that happen.
Anyway, I'm not exceptionally worried about rigging up some more Frankendish monster mash stuff just to get 103 when it would be far easier just to point a spare dish at it instead.
My main boggle is why/how I was picking it up the other day but not anymore.
Thanks!
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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 making their own breakfast sausage? I've recently been trying different recipes, found some I like, some I've modified...
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Who cares if it's cheaper than store bought. you do realize that ground beef is like hot dogs right lips and a**holes!!! you have no idea whats in it and what animal came from what carcass right
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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.
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 ...No. Bring in someone new.
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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Time for another AWESOME video from Marques Brownlee!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scwlR0QHGOk
Direct YouTube Link - The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scwlR0QHGOk
Direct YouTube Link - The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction
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Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m44iKsdN1-Q
Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA RTX Spark launch party!!!
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Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA RTX Spark launch party!!!
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Buy her book!
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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.
