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sharpee

Last reply May 28, 2007 · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion

Ask and it shall be given

Seek and you will find your dish!. Well, i finally picked up my first Primestar (Free Of Charge) from a client of mine who was very happy to see it go away.
Im very thankful for the wealth of information you guys have posted on this gem.
I'm gonna try to do a "retrofit" to a smaller pipe since the original looks like it's 2 or 3 inches. Maybe a motor in the future?? I'm kind of confused about setting the skew for this but it should be easy.

Anyways, I'm posting some pics for the group to see. Looks like a 40x30

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BarneyBean

May 27, 2007

Sharpee that dish works great with a motor, and the best part is its free. When I first got mine I had it aimed at g10 lots of good stuff on there, just find the satellite first then adjust the skew, a small turn of the LNB does a lot.

sharpee

May 27, 2007

Thanks Guys for the info on the skew adjust. Turns out I do have a 7mm wrench that I got at a local flee market. On the back of the dish there is no 84E only a pat number and a mold number. Must be an earlier model. I did however use the ol' tape measure and it is in fact 40x30. Currently I'm in the process of building a rooftop mount for it with some spare parts n stuff I have laying around. Wish I could put it in the garden but my wife doesn't think so! She spends much time diong a great job in the garden with lots of neat looking plants. But I think a Primestar dish next to the purple Iris would look beautiful!
Happy Memorial Day and Thank God for our Troops and Veterans.

grusome

May 27, 2007

My wife feels the same way about an 8' mesh dish and her Iris and Daylilies.
grusome

Anole

May 28, 2007

dueling with the Devil . . .

I don't know about the 8 footer, but for the little 40" dish, you might take some nice pictures of the flowers, then have them printed on sticky vinyl.
It can be done at art-supply stores (... in big cities...)
Stick that on the dish, and it'll blend right in!

Well, at the very least, tell her my idea, and get back to us with what she thinks!

sharpee

May 28, 2007

LOL Great Idea Anole! Well I made my wife a sticky vinyl offer and she just had a good laugh and said no way!. ....That would have been true dish/garden art.
Still workin on the roof mount this morning but had to stop for the trip to the inlaws for the "big" holiday picnic.

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Marques Brownlee

7 minutes ago · posted in Marques Brownlee

This can SEE Sound!

Time for another AWESOME video from Marques Brownlee!

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osu1991

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12 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Susan Saint James, Emmy-Winning Star of 'Kate & Allie' and 'McMillan & Wife,' Dies at 80

Susan Saint James, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Kate & Allie’ and ‘McMillan & Wife,’ Dies at 80

Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who starred in "Kate & Allie," died Monday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was 80.

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iJustine

37 minutes ago · posted in iJustine

New Dive Computer! Oceanic’s o.i 🤿

Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply 40 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

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....

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FTA4PA

Today at 12:09 PM

Strange Days - Nazareth

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gms49ers

Today at 1:17 PM

Dancing Days - Led Zeppelin

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dishstaller

Today at 2:34 PM

Dancing in the Street - Van Halen

long_time_Dish

Today at 3:47 PM

Bakers Street - Gerry Rafferty

Bobby

40 minutes ago

long_time_Dish said:
Bakers Street - Gerry Rafferty

Let me fix that for you:
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

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JSheridan

Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 45 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

All DMA's now Western Arc

I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.

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Strega

Friday at 10:01 PM

Even if you are broadcasting old SD-only shows, I would think advertisers would still want their commercials to look good.

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Jimbo

Friday at 11:17 PM

Strega said:
Even if you are broadcasting old SD-only shows, I would think advertisers would still want their commercials to look good.

Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.

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Mister B

Saturday at 7:35 AM

Jimbo said:
Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.

I watch mostly SD channels (H&I, Start and ION, etc.). There are plenty of advertisers, this time of the year it is mostly Medicare Advantage plans, auto extended warranties and the occasional walk-in-tub. They know who is watching.

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slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 10:40 AM

Mister B said:
I watch mostly SD channels (H&I, Start and ION, etc.). There are plenty of advertisers, this time of the year it is mostly Medicare Advantage plans, auto extended warranties and the occasional walk-in-tub. They know who is watching.

can't forget the little blue m&m's

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charlesrshell

Yesterday at 11:23 AM

slow_poke_pete said:
can't forget the little blue m&m's

That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!

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telstar_1

Yesterday at 8:12 PM

Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 9:01 PM

telstar_1 said:
Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink

Because he didn't have a fleet of reusable rockets. Starlink works because SpaceX is able to launch hundreds (thousands?) of their Starlink satellites for what a single geostationary Internet satellite costs to build and launch on a disposable launcher.

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telstar_1

Today at 12:08 AM

But how is it reusable if it's disposable

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slow_poke_pete

Today at 2:09 AM

charlesrshell said:
That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!

My gf is 29 years younger than me :shh

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Almighty1

45 minutes ago

telstar_1 said:
Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink

He does not have the resources aka $$$ compared to Elon Musk as in reality, Elon can eat Charlie for lunch or even mop the floor with Charlie if he wanted to.

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osu1991

Pub Member / Supporter

Last reply 46 minutes ago · posted in Movie Talk

Dune (2020)

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long_time_Dish

Jun 4, 2024

Also watched part 2 about a week or so ago after rewatching part 1. It's not as faithful to the book as I was hoping for. Part 1 stayed fairly faithful to the novel, but part 2 took some liberties that I felt were rather excessively non-novel. It looks like a prequel series will happen before part 3. My issue is: there's no prequel that was written as a novel, so what will it be pulled from? Or will it just be "based loosely" on the novel?

klang

Jun 4, 2024

long_time_DNC said:
Also watched part 2 about a week or so ago after rewatching part 1. It's not as faithful to the book as I was hoping for. Part 1 stayed fairly faithful to the novel, but part 2 took some liberties that I felt were rather excessively non-novel. It looks like a prequel series will happen before part 3. My issue is: there's no prequel that was written as a novel, so what will it be pulled from? Or will it just be "based loosely" on the novel?

There is a bunch of other Dune written by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert (Franks son). I think the series in production is taken from one of their books about the Bene Gesserit.

long_time_Dish

Jun 4, 2024

klang said:
There is a bunch of other Dune written by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert (Franks son). I think the series in production is taken from one of their books about the Bene Gesserit.

Correct. I've read all of them (yes, it took awhile, better part of a year, in my spare time). And they can't really consider or classify a series about the Bene Gesserit as a prequel. Sure, I suppose they can call it that, if they want to, because it begins before the time of Paul Atredies, but it's still a stretch. It's a Dune-related novel, not a prequel as we generally think of prequels...

klang

Mar 17, 2026

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klang

Today at 3:41 PM

Big finish coming:

View: https://youtu.be/uJqaGLmZpGo?si=WBhK28F4HiSVI-qx

long_time_Dish

46 minutes ago

Well, it looks good! I just hope they stayed close to the trilogy, but it doesn't look like it.

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TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Today at 2:32 PM · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

MacBreak Weekly 1048

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