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iBoston
Last reply · posted in C-BAND Satellite Discussion
I have a 8' SOLID dish that i would like to dedicate to KU. I will need to 3D print a KU holder to fit/slide into a Cband scaler ring.

I believe the hole diameter should be 40mm for KU, but what should the outer diameter be to fit inside the scaler ring.


I am thinking of making it my new 103w / 99w and use my 1.2m for another location.

Any insights anyone would like to share?
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iBoston
Well, i got my KU lnbfs and i got the LNB holder, but i have a pending sale on paypal for almost a month and i sent them an email, and they never replied.. I suspect the pending order will cancel out in another week... Does anyone know where i can reliably order the ADF-120 'C120' Adjustable Feedhorn???
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N6BY
Well, i got my KU lnbfs and i got the LNB holder, but i have a pending sale on paypal for almost a month and i sent them an email, and they never replied.. I suspect the pending order will cancel out in another week... Does anyone know where i can reliably order the ADF-120 'C120' Adjustable Feedhorn???
I got my KU prime focus LNB and feedhorn several years ago from Satellite Superstore in the UK (same place Titanium mentioned in post #21): Primesat prime focus feedhorn, c120 flange. For prime focus dishes. F/D 0.41 Feedhorn with c120 flange LNB. Feedhorn support clamp. Ku band

But I think the C120s have been discontinued. I would contact the place before ordering.

Here is a photo of an Invacom LNB with C120 on my Birdview. For the mount I used 1/2" PVC sheet.

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iBoston
Thanks, i put in for the order.. I remember that site, i had a hard time navigating it. Let's hope it all goes smoothly this time, and the original order from the other site cancels out.. If it doesn't cancel, ill have to put in for a charge back.

I've had the LNB and HOLDER sitting on the floor for weeks, i cannot wait to receive the feed horn so i can turn my 8' mediocre Cband dish into a super hero KU dish.
iBoston
Just a checks and balance for my Inverto Twin LNB.

I should be setting the LNBF frequency on the STB to 9750/10600 ?

I had a broken bolt holding the satellite in place on the pole. I had to use a 4 1/2 inch grinder to cut it off, and then i welded a new NUT onto the pole so i could have a brand new bolt. I then re-added the 4th arm back onto the dish.. That silly Chinese adapter to hold the LNBF onto the satellite dish only has 3 corner bolt holes and doesn't support 4 support arms. I put the Cband adapter back on, so the ARMS aren't hanging with no attachments. Ill have to figure out how i am going to get that little KU LNBF attached. - In the mean-time i put one of the Cband LNBF's back onto place. I have it locked on 123w, as i was gonna test the 123w Cband and the 123w KU.

Ps, ill take pictures when I'm done...

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flody1
I got my KU prime focus LNB and feedhorn several years ago from Satellite Superstore in the UK (same place Titanium mentioned in post #21): Primesat prime focus feedhorn, c120 flange. For prime focus dishes. F/D 0.41 Feedhorn with c120 flange LNB. Feedhorn support clamp. Ku band

But I think the C120s have been discontinued. I would contact the place before ordering.

Here is a photo of an Invacom LNB with C120 on my Birdview. For the mount I used 1/2" PVC sheet.

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Did you use treaded rod to extend the original ones??
N6BY
Did you use treaded rod to extend the original ones??
No. When I got the Birdview dish several years ago it did not come with the original rods. Instead, I had to buy new threaded rods at Home Depot that were longer than the original rods. So I cut them to size.

It didn't have the original Birdview metal ring either so I ended up cutting a circular ring out of 1/2" PVC sheet to hold the LNB.
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No. When I got the Birdview dish several years ago it did not come with the original rods. Instead, I had to buy new threaded rods at Home Depot that were longer than the original rods. So I cut them to size.

It didn't have the original Birdview metal ring either so I ended up cutting a circular ring out of 1/2" PVC sheet to hold the LNB.
Thanks looks to real solid like my original ones. I been thinking for a while about changing out the 11inch scaler for standard 6 1/2 . This may be a way to do it, by extending my reg rods .
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Last reply · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center
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.
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Foxbat
Yeah. It's probably something going on with the MacBook as my iPhone has been pretty snappy.
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Scott Greczkowski
I have been optimizing the site the past few days... and got us here now. :) We are rocking now!

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Foxbat
Yeah. It's probably something going on with the MacBook as my iPhone has been pretty snappy.
I rebooted my MacBook Air and it's zipping right along. Sorry, but it was taking over 20 seconds to load pages, with the pulsing blue bars so it was munching on something.
Scott Greczkowski
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. :D
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. :D
WTF… …What the Foxbat!😱
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dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum
Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.

I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.

Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Foxbat
Doing a Google of the HughesNet Email notice, it seems that HughesNet has been trying to eliminate hosting emails since 2019. And with HughesNet filing Chapter 11 back in August, it would be a smart move to switch to a more stable Email provider. Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

SpaceX's Starlink and the Cellular 5G Home Internet solutions have pretty much relegated HughesNet and its high latency, low bandwidth Internet service to History. If Earth had shorter days, maybe a Geostationary Internet Solution might have stood a fighting chance…
dishstaller
Well, I helped him set up a gmail acct....I actually wanted to see what the new process is for setting up a gmail acct since it had been years since I set mine up. Anyway, I showed him how to forward the emails he wanted to keep over.
navychop
If Earth had shorter days,

Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

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Foxbat
Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…😉
dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.

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Jimbo
Back on the Goliath Roller Coaster ... I'm interested to find more details as well ...
Like where on the track did this happen (somewhere I read that it was on the climb up the top), which is impossible ...

They really need to take that ride and add at the very least, seatbelts ...

The Park is opening back up on Friday, the ride will Not be opening ... personally, I would keep it closed until different type of restraints can be designed and installed (over the winter).

I find it hard to believe that this ride is even allowed to be running with the restraints that exist at the moment, there are other rides that use the same type and they have been shut down across the country.

You got to believe that every ride has at least 2 types of restraint systems in place.

I wonder what and when we will hear from the Manufacturer ... and whatever governing bodies control these ...

Just think, this is a Major Amusement Park .... I would not have any problem getting on the Roller Coasters I have rode ...

Imagine what these County Fairs and others like them, I would not be caught Dead on one of them ... they get put up and tore down every other week, where is the safety for those rides ... No Thank You.
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navychop
I would not be caught Dead on one of them

Yet IF you were on one, you might be caught dead.
dishstaller
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.
Jimbo
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.
It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.

Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...

NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system :)
I'm glad to see ...
dishstaller
with a Seat belt as last resort.
According to the article, when you see a seat belt on a ride like this, it is basically used as a way of making sure the rider isn't too large/fat to safely ride the ride.
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Last reply · posted in FTA Receiver / Equipment Support
I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....
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Titanium
Have you tested using external power? Over the years, have found unpowered polarity switching to be unreliable. Especially problematic when used with DiSEqC motors or switch stacking.
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No I have not. I just got it the other day and it is connected to six receivers working just fine. What I do is non power mini multi-switches work best with LNBF's and with LNB's
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TheRatPatrol
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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?
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TheRatPatrol
Wait, Tony is the director now? Apologies, I stopped watching a while ago.
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Jimbo
Wait, Tony is the director now? Apologies, I stopped watching a while ago.
Was Gibbs still there when you quit watching ?
If so, A Lot has happened ....

It's been pretty good all along , once you get use to Gibbs being gone.
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
I bought the fixed color version of these bulbs for my store several years ago...work great and no more replacing ballast. Finally had one go out and when I went back to Amazon I saw that now they come in selectable versions so no more guess work as to what color light would do best in a certain area. They are now double OR single ended...used to be strictly one way or the other. If any of you are looking at replacing the old style 4 or 8 ft bulbs, you might want to give these a try. The 8 footers are BRIGHT. I put 5 in my shooting/target shed and you can get a decent tan if you are in there long enough.

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Foxbat
When we re-lamped my in-Laws' house for sale last year, we were able to get all the Edison bulbs and a few fixtures with switch-selectable Color Temperature. We tried a few and settled on 3000°K as the best fit for the house. Matching the lighting in all the rooms made for an inviting experience. The Shop was the only place that we went with 4000°K for the LED 4' fixtures.

The house was sold within a month of going on the market, so we must have done something right.

The other advantage is if the new owners decide that they prefer a warmer light, they can unscrew the bulbs (I think it was close to 70 bulbs) and set them to the 2500K/2700K settings.

I'll have to check these out. Thanks!
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