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While I will most likely be successful designing and fabricating a satellite dish mount for the rotational Azimuth & Elevation mechanics for the conversion of my 30-year-old Birdview Satellite TVRO (Model No. AP-2028) into an Amateur Radio Communications Satellite Dish, it is the selection or designing and building the modern control box and selecting or developing the software for the control box that I will need help. I will get the project started by getting the measured dimensions from my own Birdview Satellite TVRO Dish (30-years-old) and get them entered into Onsape 3D CAD online Cloud software.
I intend to completely remove the original Bridview HTH mount and put in the sets of Slew Gears.
Any volunteers?
While I will most likely be successful designing and fabricating a satellite dish mount for the rotational Azimuth & Elevation mechanics for the conversion of my 30-year-old Birdview Satellite TVRO (Model No. AP-2028) into an Amateur Radio Communications Satellite Dish, it is the selection or designing and building the modern control box and selecting or developing the software for the control box that I will need help. I will get the project started by getting the measured dimensions from my own Birdview Satellite TVRO Dish (30-years-old) and get them entered into Onsape 3D CAD online Cloud software.
I intend to completely remove the original Bridview HTH mount and put in the sets of Slew Gears.
Any volunteers?
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OHHH MANNN! Kick my ass! The link you provided to www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl listed Ham Radio Deluxe's Satellite Tracker. I already have Ham Radio Deluxe! I had forgotten about the Satellite Tracker because I don't have an amateur radio satellite dish (yet). WELL! That's one problem SOLVED! (ROFLMAO!) Thank you for that reminder! Now it's down to the Satellite Control Box with the Ham Radio Deluxe Satellite Tracker interface. Solving problems is FUN! (LOL).
The HTH "hinge" attached to the "dish" is what I intend to replace with Slew Drive Gears. Fabricating the new mount will require a welder.
Don Hamrick/KI5SS
OHHH MANNN! Kick my ass! The link you provided to www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl listed Ham Radio Deluxe's Satellite Tracker. I already have Ham Radio Deluxe! I had forgotten about the Satellite Tracker because I don't have an amateur radio satellite dish (yet). WELL! That's one problem SOLVED! (ROFLMAO!) Thank you for that reminder! Now it's down to the Satellite Control Box with the Ham Radio Deluxe Satellite Tracker interface. Solving problems is FUN! (LOL).
The HTH "hinge" attached to the "dish" is what I intend to replace with Slew Drive Gears. Fabricating the new mount will require a welder.
Don Hamrick/KI5SS
Tall trees, 50 feet average height, in close proximity present three logical solutions: (1) Raise the height of the Birdview Satellite Dish, (2) Cut down the trees blocking the celestial horizon, or (3) Accept the limitations for less than optimal amateur radio satellite communictions. Even if the Birdview Satellite dish was not a factor, the tall pine trees were blocking sunlight to the shadowed grass. The grass died out giving "lawn moss" their creeping space to dominate the yard. I opened up my yard to sunlight to let the grass take back the lawn.
The backstory here is that my mother's husband (age 87) (my step-dad), died last year. When he was in his 20's or 30's he planted young pine trees on the property. The same pine trees I had cut down. The row of pines you don't see to the right of the mobile home were also planted by him. I don't own the property for those pine trees. My in-laws own that property. The in-laws don't like me all that well for cutting down the pine trees on my property they loved for their sentimental value.
I got the 5 tall pine trees lining the Southern edge of my property and the 6 tall pine trees lining the Northern edge of my property cut down last year (saw mill owner took the trunks as payment, leaving me the huge pile of branches to clean up). It took a year for the pine branches and pine needles to dry out to their dead-brown color before they could burn hot and fast (this month). I have been burning that pile these past two weeks to completely burn them down to ashes. I will till the ashes into the ground to improve the soil for new grass. You can see a column of smoke rising to the left of the graphic image of the satellite dish.
After I get the Birdview Satellite Dish installed I will ask each of the property owners with tall trees blocking the horizon for my satellite dish if they will allow the sawmill owner to cut down their tall trees for free (the saw mill owner taking the trunks for lumber, leaving the branches for them to clean up). Why? I am running for mayor of Kensett, Arkansas, pop. 1,648. I am the only amateur radio operator in Kensett but there are ample hams in the county. I can bring amateur radio emergency & disaster communications into Kensett in the HF (shortwave), 50MHz, VHF, UHF, and satellite communications in the amateur radio frequency bands.
I am trying to make the best of the situation I have on my property.
Don Hamrick/KI5SS
Yeah! I thought about that. But, I will just do what I can with what I have now as the photo shows. The other night provided a clear sky, no clouds. I sighted in the North Star. I used one T-bar staked in the ground at a convenient spot. I used my long length of galvanized pipe tied to the T-bar. Then I used a second T-bar to sight in the North Star. I used my fence post-pounder to plant the second T-bar giving me the North-South Line. The yellow circle is my collection of 11 Dish Network and DirecTV satellite dishes. Some where given to me (at my request) by a DirecTV installer when we switched to DirecTV. The others were given to me by the same neighbor who gave me his Birdview Satellite Dish you see leaning on my front porch advertising to the neighborhood and the driveby's of my coming installation of a satellite dish; but they won't know it is for amateur radio satellite communications until they read my campaign blog. The TV dishes are something I want to R & D ideas to convert them to amateur radio dishes.
The brown oval is the septic tank leak I am digging up to find the cause and get it repaired. The brown circle is one of two bags of lime I used to neutralize the septic tank leak. Later I will bag up the contaminated dirt and dispose of it. I will haul in a couple of dump truck loads of topsoil to replace the contaminated soil and to change the predominant clay soil of the yard more favorable for grass and slope the new topsoil to drain rainwater off the yard. All on a V.A. pension. Months if my time-line.
With the North-South Line plotted I can add a sundial to the satellite dish installation. I am considering a sundail like this one:
How To Build and Install A Sundial In Your Garden
Most likely though, it won't happen. Probably too expensive for me.
My campaign sign: Vote Don Hamrick for Full-Time Mayor of Kensett. "Corruption Free Zone." The current mayor works Full Time at RidOut Lumber Company. I am taking care of my 84-year-old mother as her live-in caregiver. She has behavioral problems and she sometimes gets angry at me for no reason. One night last year she called the police on me thinking I betrayed her when I requested a referral from her doctor (after notification be a clinic nurse that she saw signs of Alzheimers in my mother). My mother does get vindictive. She called the police on my claiming I hit her. I did not hit her. I spent 13 days in jail. Would have been longer but an in-law persuaded my mother to get me out of jail.
Kensett is a small corrupt town. The Kensett District Court is a corrupt kangaroo court. The prosecutor did NOT do his due diligence to make sure the circumstances of the case matched the offense charge. Both the judge and prosecutor have a reputation of convicting everyone at trial. I have first hand experience of the corruption. The pretrial stage took almost a year. I had enough evidence of bias on the judge that my Motion for Recusal was successful.
I am now in the process of filing my civil complaint of False Conviction at the U.S. Supreme Court and with that filing I am including my attempt to revive my 2003 National Open Carry Second Amendment case from a merchant seaman's point of view that got denied by the U.S. Supreme Court even though I had opposing opinions from two U.S. Courts of Appeals on the Second Amendment, one opinion said the Second Amendment is an individual right and the other said it is not an individual right. That should guaranteed my appeal would be accepted. But because my case was advocating National Open Carry it was a political hot potato too hot for the U.S. Supreme Court that I intended it to be.
My new approach for National Open Carry?
National Open Carry is the GOLD STANDARD for the Second Amendment right to kept and bear arms under the Common Defence Clause and the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
I am a logical, analytical pragmatist. I don't side with partisan politics. That's why I am running for Mayor of Kensett as an independent candidate.
My U.S. Supreme Court appeal was administratively returned because I did not use the U.S. Supreme Court form proving I cannot afford the filing fee (3 or 4 pages in length, a financial accounting form). I made a simplified declaratory statement denoting my only income is my V.A. pension. That in itself should have been enough.
The U.S. Supreme Court Clerk returned my appeal on the basis I also exceeded the 40-page limit (about 70 pages I had). I explained in my appeal filing (Motion to Exceed the 40-Page Limit) that dividing the pages in half because of the two Subject Matter Jurisdictions, both for the U.S. Supreme Court my appeal was technically within the 40-page limit. Didn't take.
I am now preparing my protesting rebuttal: U.S. Supreme Court Rule 22: Application to a Specific Justice of the Supreme Court. I am preparing my Rule 22 Application for the Chief Justice all of the other Justices. There are a number of "trip wires" in the Rules of the U.S. Supreme Court that, in my opinion, are designed to stop pro se, (unrepresented civil plaintiffs with civil rights and/or constitutional rights cases) from getting their appeals accepted on procedural due process even though the substantive due process, subject matter have jurisdiction for the U.S. Supreme Court deserve acceptance bore the Supreme Court, like my False Conviction appeal (a global problem) and the Gold Standard for the Second Amendment.
I will slam the U.S. Supreme Court on the judicial bias rising to the level of judicial, tyranny. My Rule 22 Protest will include my declaration that I cannot and will not reduce the number of pages to 40. The Supreme Court's 40-page limitation violates my First Amendment right to Petition the Government for Regress of Grievances. SWHTF with my Rule 22 Protest. I will post my Rule 22 Protest to my campaign blog in a couple of weeks.
I had to get that off my chest!
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Thanks to Fitch Ratings ( who gives the ratings on Credit and debt, as approved by the SEC, so they have accurate numbers) we have the totals.
DIRECTV's video subscriber base is the third-largest traditional multi-channel video programming distributor (MVPD) in the U.S. with about 8.2 million subscribers at the end of 1Q26.
The last time it was reported, it was 8.8M at the end of 2Q25, so only a 600,000 loss for 3 quarters, which is a major improvement, since for many years before that, it was losing 500,000 a quarter, 2 Million a year.
It is now losing less than Dish/Sling combined, I believe the Genre Packs are helping to retain and get subscribers.
DIRECTV's video subscriber base is the third-largest traditional multi-channel video programming distributor (MVPD) in the U.S. with about 8.2 million subscribers at the end of 1Q26.
The last time it was reported, it was 8.8M at the end of 2Q25, so only a 600,000 loss for 3 quarters, which is a major improvement, since for many years before that, it was losing 500,000 a quarter, 2 Million a year.
It is now losing less than Dish/Sling combined, I believe the Genre Packs are helping to retain and get subscribers.
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Recently came back to DirectTV Satellite service and have two boxes, Gemini and a main HR54.
DirecTV is charging me two "TV access fees" of $10 each, but can only watch TV on the one without the server. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
DirecTV is charging me two "TV access fees" of $10 each, but can only watch TV on the one without the server. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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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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I feel like this was discussed in another thread, but I can't find it. I have T-Mobile and my last iPhone upgrade was in 2020. I want to get a new iPhone, but what is the best way to go about doing it? Should I order the iPhone from T-Mobile directly, or should I buy from the Apple Store? I feel like there are pros/cons to each option.
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I have a Hopper with Sling. (Don't know exact model.) A couple nights ago, I went into the DVR screen, and noted that it was recording three programs. Yet I was able to view live TV (that was not one of the channels being recorded.) Did something change? In the past, it would only let me watch one of the channels being recorded, or any recording in the DVR menu. Maybe it was streaming, although there was no indication of that?
Apologies if this has been covered; I searched and didn't find anything.
Thanks.
Apologies if this has been covered; I searched and didn't find anything.
Thanks.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YJjxjYvmQ8s
Direct YouTube Link - Good Bye, Tim! Last WWDC
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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WANTED DirecTV LCC
Anyone have a DirecTV Local Channel Connector that you'd like to get rid of at a reasonable price? DirecTV is currently in a contract dispute with owner of my local ABC affiliate.
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I did that. The response was that the LCC is not available. Escalated the issue to a tech support person with the same results.
Could be out of them I guess ... I'd keep trying, every 3-4 days.I did that. The response was that the LCC is not available. Escalated the issue to a tech support person with the same results.
If they are not out of them as them WHY you can't get one, seeing Your in a Dispute. Thats what they are for.
I would make them give you a real answer, don't let them off the hook.
I had one, and it worked well, but I believe I gave it to another D* friend (also had a AM21), I know I gave them away ...
According to the tech support guy, they don't have any in stock. He said I should receive an email when and if they have them. I even told him I would accept a refurbished unit.
I'm not sure your going to find any Refurbished ones as D* doesn't ask for them back.According to the tech support guy, they don't have any in stock. He said I should receive an email when and if they have them. I even told him I would accept a refurbished unit.
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Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
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Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
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House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones, premieres on HBO Max on 8/21. I will be warching
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