Fun Fun Fun :) old receivers

[gabshere]

well i got a few days off to go back home and some time to play with my old system .... some of my gear is up at Baltimore ( MicroHD , Coolsat 5k )
so i'm stuck here playing with old boxes ... trying to get them to play nice

working with a pansat 2700a - its filled with out dated sats and i'm sure full of old transponders.... you know how hard it is to get my old brain wrapped around what T-5 is or SBS6 is or where it was lol

so here i am manually changing things ( its not hard just time consuming ) oh and my motor doesn't like the pansat + USALS (yeah i know its a minor problem that a motor reset would most likely fix) so i tune in everything just fine using 1.2

now to go search the forum for an editor that works well with the pansat

another thing to note that although the pansat 2700a isn't my favorite box it does shine for being an older box and it has the ability to control old c-band corotor skew

maybe that could be an option for the new improved not so MicroHD ( i know not a lot of us still use the skew )
maybe i'll have to learn better skills at soldiering and build that inline skew listed in the c-band area

anyway hope everyone is enjoying the day

 

[Blindowl1234]

Have three old receivers in the garage, one of which was my Fortec Dynamic. Haven't had them out in a long time. I may get bored and set up a fixed dish for one of them in the garage someday.

 

[waylew]

Hell I use one of my "old" boxes(CS5k) almost everyday.In fact it's on right now,seeing what's shaking,er jiggling, on 30w.

 

[Mr Tony]

I have a Pansat 1500 that I use to aim dishes with
At the time I could have upgraded to a 2500 which had AC-3 and s-video....I thought "why would I need AC-3?" and got the 1500 instead

My Coolsat 5000 is still hooked up

 

[T4Runner]

I still have my 2500A. I didn't remember it processed AC3?

 

[rv1pop]

OLD? OK, I tried to get my OLD one going, but Maybe - just maybe it needs an LNA instead of an LNB... ?? no success yet.

 

[waylew]

Hmmmmm,I've got a Drake an LNA and a down converter around here somewhere.