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  1. arlo

    Windows 10/11 Download

    I use Thunderbird. Works for me.Has forever. Everyone else at work used Outlook. An email server my give you some or as much account control on their end as they wish. A hill of beans if you associate your local email client with one. I like being able to use T-bird offline or searching for...
  2. arlo

    Windows 10/11 Download

    I agree on that. But some people at the place lived on it. Some actually used it as a defacto standard. For a time the billing dept. used Excel solely for customer tracking and billing purposes with all of the garbage formulas and macros that made no sense to me at all. Until one day a peddler...
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    Volts, Amps, and Watts — How should you measure electricity?

    Water works well for an explanation. Although you cannot send one electron down a wire and get the exact same one out the other end. You know. Like flushing the commode! Ohms is pretty easy if you equate it to kinking a garden hose. If no water flows, you have the same pressure (voltage) at the...
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    To TheForce. I would be interested in knowing the applications that you believe won't work under 11. The migration from XP to 7-8, etc.certainly did kill a lot of peripherals that worked just fine. Graphics cards, BT dongles, USB card readers. My Radeon All in Wonder tuner/GPU card. I'm sure a...
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    Looking for better TV reception? Just add height!

    Trust The Antenna Guy's experience. Height plus position is important. Just a few feet left or right can make a noticeable difference in reception strength. Especially in hilly locations.
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    Which LNB is for which satellite?

    I believe this to be accurate. In theory since the separation in degrees of each lnbf, would work for other satellites spaced by the same amount. Edit: And why peaking signal for the center lnbf and then tweaking the skew angle would help get max. signal for the outer ones.
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    Getting the Azimuth

    For me. It's now entirely a digital angle gauge. For me anyhow. A Klein Tools from HD. Great for setting up elevation and declination angles and the tweaks needed to get a dish tracking correctly. A bit jealous now because mine reads to 0.1 degree. My circle dirt friends have one the same size...
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    OTHER C Band Orthomode Feed. How do you switch LNB's?

    Looking for a few tips here. Again! And oh, I searched. Rummaging through the box of LNB's I found a few matching ones. LNA's, LNB's, downconverters. I guess they were good because they mostly have Sharpie check marks on them. Free is free, right? Anyway. I wrote a few model numbers from...
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    Software for sketching Cable TV diagrams

    kicad is a good one. A bit of a learning curve. Cad models are downloadable from Mouser and Newark, although libraries are out there if you search. Drawing simple circuit diagrams is pretty simple. From design to production. And it's free!
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    Oh boy...

    At times a bit laggy opening the page. And delays opening posts. If this server is in the CONUS maybe block that whole region.
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    Do you need special cable in order to ground your equipment?

    I use Polyphasers also. I would bet if you look at the pc boards of almost every device out there that has a port for external cabling. You will find TVS voltage clamps. So. Although you may not use them, any voltage spike above 6-7 volts gets routed straight to the ground plane. Before they...
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    Do you need special cable in order to ground your equipment?

    Why. Why is this needed. A statement. Self proclaimed 'engineers' on a soap box irk everyone. On the bright side, there are brushup courses. No. Really! They even bring out a bit of a positive outlook on folks. Lot's of words, little proof. Like a lecture with no lab. Where's the fun in that...
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    Do you need special cable in order to ground your equipment?

    Man. Sometimes it's like you need and extra few sheets of charmin on top after the tank is full again before pushing the handle. Looking at Amazon ring chow ping from Shenzhen UPS's? "Ones worth having". A look at the little pictures or one step deeper at the user guide. If you need it and it's...
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    Do you need special cable in order to ground your equipment?

    Pardon me. Most UPS's WORTH owning. Better? Surge suppressor....not surge preventer or arrestor.
  15. arlo

    Do you need special cable in order to ground your equipment?

    Wiring carried in EMT, various conduits are commonly THHN stranded. And contains ground that is green in color. Follow the NEC and local codes and you'll be kosher. As far as coax grounding goes. There are grounding blocks and surge suppression devices. Heck. Most UPS have coax in/out provisions...
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    Edision Service scan

    Just suggesting. Compare the 2. Are you sure your lnbf isn't turned 90 degrees and the H antenna probe is actually aligned to V. And possibly you're receiving Digicipher channels from 103W. I could be wrong.
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    Edision Service scan

    Am I not seeing things right? On the buttonhook feed your lnbf heat sink is pointing up. And in the support arm pic it is 90 degrees off to the right. Means to me that since there is no 101W V. But you are getting SID's that are similar to V polarization on 103W 4180. Is it possible that you...
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    OTHER C Band Orthomode Feed. How do you switch LNB's?

    I guess since it works I'd still be interested in finding the circuit mod. So far a search here didn't lead me to the post. But still it raises a question. With a single-in receiver. In tuner setup for E2. You can only select that port for a single lnb, lnbf. Or did I miss something? With a 2...
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    Sirius Renewal

    It's a 2012 Mitsubishi After my last post. Lo and behold about an hour or so after, got a call from SXM Corporate Customer Care in S. Africa. Spoke with a gal. Questioned why I was getting a call from there and not from the USA. Gave a bit of info. and was told that I was eligible for the same...
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    Sirius Renewal

    That perked me up enough to call SXM and stress speaking with an rep. in the USA. Which turned out to be in Canada. Louis and Ian. Supers. I asked to be connected with one. The best they can do is $5.00/mo. plus taxes and fees. Works out to $6.31 a month. Over and over. The second call after...
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    OTHER C Band Orthomode Feed. How do you switch LNB's?

    Thanks Bri. Already have most of my C band xml done. A bit. Not much work. No extra hardware or mods needed. And tested. I have no 5G interference out here in the sticks. Hopefully I can snag a couple of Norsat's that work. Knowing little but what's still bolted to my Chaparral polorotor C/ku...
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    OTHER C Band Orthomode Feed. How do you switch LNB's?

    ...position="-1775"> And for the dish 'nudge'.... <sat name="131.0W C-band AMC 11" flags="1" position="-1311"> <sat name="131.0W C-band AMC 11 *" flags="1" position="-1312"> Names edited so I know what I'm on. And numbers in red exclusive so I can set my dish mover memory slot. So. It looks...
  23. arlo

    Windows 10/11 Download

    ...Done that for years. By using Administrator as your regular login. It's highly unlikely that you're going to use a long password with a string of *, _ , characters. Or unprintables. I believe even now, Windows has hidden control userpasswords2. Services have disabled things like function...
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    Rusted LNB Arm

    I would almost guarantee that the others aren't far off from rotting through. Especially if there are no weep holes drilled at the lowest spot on them. EMT conduit is engineered for outdoor use and is thin walled but rigid enough to just fabricate new arms. Sleeving them would be okay if you...
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    Nope. Even required when "run as administrator".