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This is an article I happened upon, trying to figure out when the much improved newer & stronger SES 3 Satellite will replace AMC 1 Satellite at 103W. I am wanting to receive the 103W C-Band with my upcoming dish experiment IF successful, so I was trying to gather more information to see if it would be worth the trouble without bothering anyone. Looks like after all that I have read and seen from the new footprint so far, I definitely want to try it! 
It's an experiment after all! After my dish experiments are successfully done, I will post everything in a new thread. This article came from Microspace.com, which included a youtube video explaining important instructions on how to best receive the new SES 3 signals from 103W. I plan to do that, give or take a few degrees on the skew on my stationary C-Band dish. I don't know how this will affect those of you with motorized dishes in relation to the new skew setting, maybe none at all? I'm not sure. But as you read this article for yourself (and keep this just to yourselves), you will see the proof that all of these satellite signals are not originally intended for us, but to cable headends and the like thereof. This is what I copied and pasted from microspace.com/satellites/satellite-transition:
Satellite Transition Information
AMC-1 to SES-3, Transponders 12 & 22
Previous Information:
As you know, Microspace Communications Corporation provides satellite services for your network in North America via the satellite known as AMC-1. AMC-1 is owned and operated by SES World Skies (SES). While AMC-1 continues to operate properly, it is approaching its end-of-life due to fuel requirements. SES successfully launched the replacement satellite in July, 2011. That replacement satellite is named SES-3. In a letter dated January 19, 2012 your company was notified that the AMC-1 to SES-3 transition date was anticipated for the first quarter of 2015. That timeframe is now being updated.
Updated Transition Date Information:
SES has notified Microspace that SES-3 will replace AMC-1 on Sunday, August 24, 2014. Per the terms of the Satellite Services Lease Agreement between our firms, Microspace is responsible to give your company at least four months' notice prior to the transition date. Due to our diligence with the satellite owner, we are able to give you more than a year's notice of the anticipated transition date, and wanted to share this with you proactively.
No Frequency Reassignment:
Often times in such a satellite transition there are frequencies (customer channels) that need to be reassigned. For your network there will NOT be any frequency changes when the SES-3 satellite is deployed.
Polarization Change:
As your company was previously notified, there is a 26 degree polarization difference between the two satellites. Microspace has been recommending that when your company installs new locations and/or is performing maintenance at the downlink antenna locations, you can minimize the impact of this polarization change by setting the LNB polarization 13 degrees away from optimum. This LNB offset adjustment will prevent any adjustments from being made following the August 24th, 2014 transition date. Microspace has created a video about the polarization change, and you can view it anytime on the Microspace website at: http://microspace.com/satellite-transition/
Activities at the Actual Time of the Transition:
Simply stated, on Sunday August 24, 2014, you and your customer sites will NOT have to perform any actions, assuming the polarization adjustments recommended by Microspace were followed.
So you know, the current Microspace uplink transmission will be transferred to our in-place backup antenna, which will have been calibrated, including the polarization change, for the new satellite. Later that day, after recalibrating our primary uplink antenna and transmission systems, we will transition all traffic onto that primary uplink antenna.
These described transitions will occur in milliseconds, therefore we are not anticipating any downtime during this transition.
Benefits of the New Satellite SES-3:
From a daily operational standpoint, you should expect a highly reliable and available signal from SES-3 at your downlink locations in North America. The satellite's higher power levels will provide additional rain-fade margin, presuming properly aligned antennas.
The new SES-3 satellite is expected to have improved adjacent satellite performance and it has a larger footprint than its predecessor.
Additionally, since SES-3's operational life is expected to exceed 15 years, you and your customers are on a very stable, long-term delivery platform.
**End article
I hope this helps, in case you might be wondering why the signals aren't coming in too well for you out of the blue next week. I sure am happy I found this out, just in time for my upcoming experiments this weekend, weather permitting.
It's an experiment after all! After my dish experiments are successfully done, I will post everything in a new thread. This article came from Microspace.com, which included a youtube video explaining important instructions on how to best receive the new SES 3 signals from 103W. I plan to do that, give or take a few degrees on the skew on my stationary C-Band dish. I don't know how this will affect those of you with motorized dishes in relation to the new skew setting, maybe none at all? I'm not sure. But as you read this article for yourself (and keep this just to yourselves), you will see the proof that all of these satellite signals are not originally intended for us, but to cable headends and the like thereof. This is what I copied and pasted from microspace.com/satellites/satellite-transition:Satellite Transition Information
AMC-1 to SES-3, Transponders 12 & 22
Previous Information:
As you know, Microspace Communications Corporation provides satellite services for your network in North America via the satellite known as AMC-1. AMC-1 is owned and operated by SES World Skies (SES). While AMC-1 continues to operate properly, it is approaching its end-of-life due to fuel requirements. SES successfully launched the replacement satellite in July, 2011. That replacement satellite is named SES-3. In a letter dated January 19, 2012 your company was notified that the AMC-1 to SES-3 transition date was anticipated for the first quarter of 2015. That timeframe is now being updated.
Updated Transition Date Information:
SES has notified Microspace that SES-3 will replace AMC-1 on Sunday, August 24, 2014. Per the terms of the Satellite Services Lease Agreement between our firms, Microspace is responsible to give your company at least four months' notice prior to the transition date. Due to our diligence with the satellite owner, we are able to give you more than a year's notice of the anticipated transition date, and wanted to share this with you proactively.
No Frequency Reassignment:
Often times in such a satellite transition there are frequencies (customer channels) that need to be reassigned. For your network there will NOT be any frequency changes when the SES-3 satellite is deployed.
Polarization Change:
As your company was previously notified, there is a 26 degree polarization difference between the two satellites. Microspace has been recommending that when your company installs new locations and/or is performing maintenance at the downlink antenna locations, you can minimize the impact of this polarization change by setting the LNB polarization 13 degrees away from optimum. This LNB offset adjustment will prevent any adjustments from being made following the August 24th, 2014 transition date. Microspace has created a video about the polarization change, and you can view it anytime on the Microspace website at: http://microspace.com/satellite-transition/
Activities at the Actual Time of the Transition:
Simply stated, on Sunday August 24, 2014, you and your customer sites will NOT have to perform any actions, assuming the polarization adjustments recommended by Microspace were followed.
So you know, the current Microspace uplink transmission will be transferred to our in-place backup antenna, which will have been calibrated, including the polarization change, for the new satellite. Later that day, after recalibrating our primary uplink antenna and transmission systems, we will transition all traffic onto that primary uplink antenna.
These described transitions will occur in milliseconds, therefore we are not anticipating any downtime during this transition.
Benefits of the New Satellite SES-3:
From a daily operational standpoint, you should expect a highly reliable and available signal from SES-3 at your downlink locations in North America. The satellite's higher power levels will provide additional rain-fade margin, presuming properly aligned antennas.
The new SES-3 satellite is expected to have improved adjacent satellite performance and it has a larger footprint than its predecessor.
Additionally, since SES-3's operational life is expected to exceed 15 years, you and your customers are on a very stable, long-term delivery platform.
**End article
I hope this helps, in case you might be wondering why the signals aren't coming in too well for you out of the blue next week. I sure am happy I found this out, just in time for my upcoming experiments this weekend, weather permitting.
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - AI Can Self-Replicate: Unplugging the Threat! #shorts
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - AI Model Poisoning: The Hidden Threat on Hugging Face #shorts
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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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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.
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
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
Help, I'm a little confjused on the activation process.
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
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All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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i bought mine straight from dish as it was only $ 100.00 bucks!!! had the protection plan they came out removed and deactivated the 4k joey and activated and installed the joey 4.All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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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
The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
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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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